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- Retired gymnast MyKayla Skinner apologizes, clarifying comments she made in a since-deleted video in which she criticized the 2024 Olympics team, saying the talent "isn't like what it used to be."
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MyKayla Skinner Clarifies CONTROVERSIAL Comments About Olympic Team | E! News
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Naa, she meant what she said. We didn't misinterpret what she said. She has a history of talking like this.
What has she said in the past?
@@Nubia11 Things about Gabby when Gabby made the Rio team over her. LOL
@@Nubia11she voted for Trump so the internet gymnastics community hates her.
Seems like she was right on the money.
@@salreal4479 wow seems like she’s jealous
Except for the fact that SHE SAID, “Besides Simone,”……… so she did mean what she said.
Exactly what I was thinking. She meant it to this current team. Did she ever have kidney disease and be told she may never do what she loves the most then totally prove it wrong and make a second team as an AA champion? No, she did not. The injuries are sad. Really. But it’s the sport too. It’s freaking hard and the body doesn’t always hold up. She owes those ladies an admission and apology. I used to cheer her on but not now. Disappointed.
Indeed
@@heatherwicker9990took the words right out of my keyboard!
Yes after that first sentence it didn't sound good😢
Jealousy is very ugly.
I have a feeling she was mad at herself for not going for another olympics after seeing simone and the team succeed at trials and then took it out on everyone else
Yeah! During the team announcement her first thoughts were comparing how she wishes she had their outfits and how lucky they didnt need to wear masks. It was in the tone of jealousy instead of JUST being happy for them. And then in her recap she brought up multiple times that she thinks she WOULD make the team since the girls dont have that work ethic and because of all the falls that happened
I get why she didn’t go back because of her new family and injuries, and I get that she’s devoted her life to the sport and is adjusting to life without it. For me it just feels like she’s bitter and should’ve kept some of those comments to herself
Doesn't matter Simone will need another safe space and not compete
Yes she's jealous and bitter. No one told her to spit out a kid
In her youtube recap video she kept bringing up how she would have made the team after seeing the final members fall. I kept thinking “Were those comments necessary?” To put these hard-working girls down to put herself up? It really rubbed me the wrong way
A non-apology. Except for Hezly Rivera, they are all in their 20s. They are women, not girls.
Gaslighting is worse than no apology.
I agree
Ultimately Simone, Jade, Suni Lee, and Jordan put the work in for another 3 years. They had the guts to try for another Olympics. And they were rewarded for their hard work. MyKayla didn't - she chose a different path. Jealousy is ugly!! Be happy for your former teammates! Or say nothing.... ugh!
Her life looks pretty awesome to me. Beautiful happy family. People are allowed to have a different opinion
@@rbrinks5 I agree she has the life she wants and that's amazing! She didn't want to continue in the competitive gymnastics world. I saw the original video, where she said several times how she sort of wished she had been at these Olympic Trials which I thought was understandable (after seeing all the mistakes). But then she kept saying more and more about what a "mess" the competition was.... and other than Simone, the rest don't have the talent or work ethic. etc etc... it made her look ugly. She made her choice 3 years ago. For her, it was the right choice. But no need to publicly slag former teammates. They won their spot on the team - even if it wasn't their best performance ever. If she had stayed in gymnastics, she might have made the team this time, but she chose a different path 3 yrs ago.
@@ShannonBoon-gy1up I don't see anyone on the team she might have ever bumped off. Except for maybe Rivera, but when you look at the team they are so deep on floor and vault, that Rivera with her beam fills a bigger need than she ever would, especialy as Biles and Lee have had some unusual misses on beam lately, and Skinner herself was never consistent enough on beam. I guess Chiles is also possible, but Chiles is a stronger AA gymnast due to her far better bars, and the only event Skinner at her best might score higher on is vault and not by that much.
@@frankiedelgadoes Agreed. I not confident Skinner would have made it - doubtful at best. But I feel like when she saw all the mistakes.... that was her thought... "why didn't I stay in for another 3 years??" Of course, so many variables involved. She probably wouldn't have made it. I think she did the right thing for herself by having a family - it's ultimately what she wanted.
@@ShannonBoon-gy1up So some of the girls had a bad meet at Trials? It happens. I agree Trials was not great, Biles won by something crazy like 6 points (granted she sometimes wins by that anyway) despite having unusual mistakes since the other girls had so many problems too. But it is not like Skinner is not prone to mistakes in her prime too, as we all remember, in addition to her form issues, and being mainly only a 2 event gymnast- floor and vault, with a 3rd sort of capable event in beam. Which was a big problem for her even in her prime, since vault and floor is where the US is strongest and she was always overshadowed by Biles, Raisman, Carey on those events which left little space for her.
I can see her seeing the mistakes and feeling it was an opportunity missed, but I still think all things considered her odds wouldn't be that great. But we will never know, and she didn;t handle the feeling well. There was a way to say what she felt without dissing anyone. She could just say the Trials weren't the best meet for the girls and it made her feel more frustrated it might have been an opportunity missed for her, as she still felt capable and strong, and feels she maybe could have bumped someone off the team. Nobody would be upset at that.
I heard the whole video, there was not context to be lost - she was very clear.
Her original comments were insulting to the US and her very recent teammates + her clarification/apology is insulting to her audience. She is assuming we are too dumb to understand her very clear description of a messy and untalented team. If you are going to be an AH, at least don't lie about it.
Thank you for explaining this especially since you saw it.
She didn't clarify anything, she lied when she made her half assed apology.
what makes a good apology? (i don’t agree with mykayla - i’m just genuinely wondering what people consider a good apology)
A proper apology involves taking responsibility, being specific about the wrongdoing, and explaining how it could have been handled better. Her “apology,” however, was a condescending “sorry you took it wrong,” which implies the listener is not intelligent enough to understand her words, adding insult to injury. She gaslit those who fully listened. While it’s possible that someone’s words can be poorly articulated and lead to misunderstandings, a sincere apology would clearly specify what was misinterpreted. We’ve all experienced situations like this. In such cases, you would quickly clarify that the misunderstanding was unintentional and be in the mission to explain exactly what was misunderstood. Look at Shannon’s Sharpe apology to Megan The Stallion for a proper example of an apology.
As someone diagnosed with a kidney disease, Suni is someone I look up to. What I have to go through is hard. I can't even imagine how hard it was for her to get back to that level and EARN her spot. Simone is a hard worker but so are all the girls that made it and didn't make it on the team. She said what she said and MEANT IT. She didn't even make the team she was an alternate.
While she is an Olympian, she cannot judge a team she knows nothing about and yes, she was saying Marta’s reign created winning teams. Suni Lee suffered from two kidney issues and was told she’d never compete again and yet she did it…how? HARD WORK. I love that these ladies support each other. I’d rather see them fall at Trials and nail it at the Olympics. They earned their spots and she did mean what she said. Time to grow up. She would not last with what’s required now. I used to cheer her on but no more. Just a sad turn of events. So disappointed with her comments.
I’ve been a huge supporter of her at the University of Utah and her comeback to elite and the Olympics, but her comments are disappointing and offensive, especially about the lack of work ethic. ANY of the gymnasts who made the Olympic Trials are hard workers because it’s an intense and difficult sport!
Her “apology” did nothing to help because she did not take accountability for her hurtful comments and instead blamed it on misunderstanding.
It’s a free country and she is entitled to her opinion. I’m so tired of soft people and their hurt feelings. I happen to agree with her. Though it unfortunate that shilese got injured, aside from her and Simone the other gymnasts on the team will have a hard time medaling on individual events and the USA really didn’t have that problem in the past. Other countries have caught up and gymnasts such as Suni and Jade will be lucky to medal on UB and vault this quad. The Brazilian and Italian gymnasts have come such a long way while our gymnasts who compete in college struggle for months to get their difficulty back. Look at what happened to Leanne Wongs gymnastics since she went to college. Her elite gymnastics skills are worse while other non American gymnasts pass us by. Out of over 300 million people we have no decent beam workers to compete with the Chinese? Konner and Skye were our best beam workers and they got hurt. But realistically Skye is inconsistent and Konnor would have to up her difficulty to medal. There needs to be a real conversation about the direction of American gymnastics and why things have fallen off since the Karolis. Is it a work ethic issue, poor balance between elite and college skills, poor instruction? Something’s amiss and people shouldn’t be shamed on social media for stating an ugly truth. With a couple of mistakes I can see this team coming back with a silver again or no medal at all if they crash on beam like they did in trials. It is what it is.
@@nicoles9077wth are you talking about? The US has consistently won world team medals lately and the difficulty is still at the level of last Olympics. Suni has a massive D score on beam and bars and let’s not even start on Simone’s vaulting. Also people weren’t upset about her take on today’s gymnastics but rather her putting the girls down talking about work ethic. She thinks that a woman with kidney disease doesn’t have work ethic? She was always a privileged * who was taken out of consolation last Olympics because she was close with the guy in charge on team selection. She even got a medal with her atrocious landings so she should be grateful she had her chance and not be miserable.
@@luzcannon9753 yes the US has consistently won world medals because we have always had good all arounders that were way better than other gymnasts. That gap is closing if you look at other gymnasts around the world. We’ve always won because we stayed ahead of other gymnasts. You have to ask yourself why. I don’t care how skinner framed her remark. I don’t get butt hurt when someone asks a legitimate question. USA used to brag how they could bring two teams to a competition and clean up. We can’t say that anymore because our girls have lost a lot of their consistency and the elite athletes who do college gymnastics aren’t progressing in their skills because college gymnastics is a step down in difficulty from elite and they struggle to get their elite skills back when they do international competitions. Tell me I’m wrong. Rebeca Andrade has perfected her Cheng vault while olympians from the last quad such as chiles, Carey and Wong have nowhere near the level of form Rebeca has. Mind you Jade was a heavy vault favorite above Rebecca in the last quad had she not made that mistake. Jade will be lucky to get a bronze on vault this time around. Aside from Simone and shilese the other gymnasts will be lucky to place third on the individual apparatuses and I think that’s a shame considering how well our gymnasts used to do and we are essentially returning the same team. Yes, I concede Suni was sick and is coming back from illness. But she might have had the same fate as the other gymnasts who went to college and regressed. Looking at Leanne Wong. Flavia of Brazil and a few of the Italian gymnasts have gotten so much better over the past years and you can see it. Their difficulty is harder and they are a lot cleaner. Simone has definitely gotten better, but I can’t say the same thing for the other team members.
Whatever.. stop backpedaling.. you’re not even an Olympic gold medalist. You’re no longer an Olympian. Move on.
Regardless of if you medaled at an Olympic game or not since you made it to the games you are considered an Olympian. Not defending her, just pointing out she’s still an Olympian and a random CZcams comment won’t take her accomplishments away.
It was a podcast. I guess you’re right in that she’s an Olympian. Still think it’s funny how she tries to back pedal.. her excuse wasn’t even half good. She’s be better off just admitting she misspoke and apologize to the current team that made it.
She has an Olympic silver medal for the vault from the 2020 Olympics.
@@nicoleskorupsky1007she did medal tho
@@ashruz_3095
I’m aware I was responding to the person who commented she’s not an Olympian
Jealousy
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So much talk to someone who did not even make it to the 2021 team and was only able to participate in event finals because Simone was not able to.
I mean she DID WIN a silver medal 🤔
@@skprincess725 read again. She was only a reserve athlete due to 2 per country rule. She wouldn’t have that chance to get a silver medal if Simone was able to compete.
she actually did make up the strongest scoring team, but they didn't want what happened in 2016 to happen again so they just went rank order
We all knew what she meant when she was calling the girls lazy and saying that their weak because they're not competing when they're injured.
Skinner has got to be the most tone deaf gymnast. She was part of the 2020 OG as a specialist and trained along with all the 2024 team (except 1). She knows and see how hard they train. She must've forgotten about it.
Two suggestions for MyKayla Skinner:
1) Rewatch your videos before you hit the UPLOAD button.
2) I live by a standard: Say What You Mean and Mean What You Say.
3) Refer to 1 & 2 to avoid "Foot-in-mouth syndrome".
I was a huge fan of hers for so long, but no elite gymnast can ever be characterized as lazy or not having a good work ethic. It’s just not possible. The two do not go together. Some gymnasts are so incredibly talented that they don’t have to put in quite as many routines or as many hours in the gym, and I think this is seen to her as laziness. And maybe she is upset that there are people out there who can train a lot less to take care of their bodies and still get those high amazing scores and dominate. Unfortunately, she was unable to do that. There were so many other things she said that were wrong, just flat out factually wrong, like she couldn’t believe gymnasts had falls at Olympic trials and still made the team. If you go back and check the last 50 years of people making the teams, there has always been one person making the Olympic team, who has fallen at trials. Someone has always fallen at trials on every single Olympic team. So that’s not a fact at all. In 2016 it was Gabby and Madison. In 2021 it was Grace I believe and Simone. Plus, she said under Bela and Marta, the US always dominated. And that’s just not true. They didn’t win gold until 1996, so all of that time in the 80s and early 90s, they did not dominate, and then it was the same in 2000 and 2004. The US team has only dominated in 1996, 2012, and 2016. That’s it. So so many things she was presenting as factual were untrue. There’s a lot more, I watched the entire video, but not everything is coming to mind since it was taken down, unfortunately. Again, I think she had a lot of regret because she sees four of her former Olympic teammates up there, and I think she really wishes she could be up there and the only way to make herself feel better is to somehow say that they are not as good as when she was on the team. It makes her feel better. Not to mention that she couldn’t even remember which gymnast had fallen twice and gotten second place, which was Suni, someone she claims as one of her best friends and a teammate from only three years ago. And she could not believe she was put on the team. And she couldn’t even pronounce Hezly’s name correctly and said it was a crazy name. Her husband Jonas had to keep correcting her from off camera. It just kind of reeks of entitlement and how she would have definitely made the team if she would have stayed on because of all those injuries. With the scores that happened that night, and with her scores, she had back at Olympic trials, she would have placed either sixth or seventh. so I’m betting she would not have made the team even though she feels she would have. And I think that’s where the envy comes in and becomes the reason for all of her comments. And the fact that she said all this, and then thought it was OK to post it and assumed everyone would be agreeing with her. yes, things gotten a little bit more laid-back, but the incredible over correction had to happen because of all the intense abuse that was happening for so many years, that she herself said she was lucky enough to escape. She had fantastic coaches, and her apology, she said she was actually talking about her own gym and her coaches, so then she threw them under the bus. And in her original video, she did not mention her coaches at all so that doesn’t even fit. And her coach said the only reason Mykayla escaped any serious injuries and having to go visit that horrible team doctor is because she has absolutely no flexibility, and because of that, she has been saved a lot of injuries, ironically. And through all of this, all of her former teammates have either unfollowed her or have made comments about how sad they are with what she said.
Kinda weird that the alternate who never made the main team and only got to compete because Simone had to take care of herself had something to say...Mind you when she did get to compete she did absolutely nothing for the team....
She should have kept her mouth shut. If she thought she said nothing wrong and went as far as trying to "explain", why delete the original comment?
She's so rude. Girl, you weren't even good enough to make the USA gym team.
Exactly 🫰
I really don’t get where she is coming from with the work ethic comment. It seems like the comment was directed at all the top gymnasts “except Simone”, and not just gymnasts in general, which is pretty bold to say. Is she talking about “lack of difficulty” in routines or something else? I’m really not getting what she is referring to. Also, the field this year was too stacked even with the gymnasts that got injured being out of the running, for Mykayla to have a chance at making the Olympics again. Some things are better left unsaid.
LO|L, She meant what she said! I was watching it live, and knew as soon as I heard those words come out of her mouth, I knew she'd get some backlash. It was a little shady, but she's probably right that it may apply to some gymnasts. Cut the new team some slack, they had to slowly pace themselves, especially Suni who has 2 kidney diseases. Jade, and Jordan had to juggle elite, and College gymnastics, and may have been viewed as "lazy" to some people. They're older, and the recovery process is longer, so they had to stick with their pacing plans without getting injured. I like Myk. I have a lot of respect for her, and what she's achieved, but she was a sloppy gymnast, and seemed like the type to get overzealous with training difficult moves, and didn't pace herself by sacrificing her form. She worked hard, but not smart.
Her LIVE WAS RAW AND UNFILTERED so her true thoughts spilled out without editing soooooo
she , as anyone , has the right speak her mind, thats "Freedom of a Speech", and she might be right, in a sense that may be the rigor and demands are not as hard as they use to be compared with previous olympics, where gymnast were forced to do break their bones to be outstanding and show sheer supremacy...thats was the only way to dethrone China, USSR, Rumania, and all those teams / countries that did not care at all for their athletes , just the ambitious GOLD ...
we , the audiences have become so addicted to the "extremes" that we want in gymnastic a replication of UFC mortal combats- like shows , a bloody battle in the Olympics kind of like the Ultimate Fighter Battle, and that mentally comes more from the consumers and of course the media that $$$ monetizes on it and Ad campaigns .
Do we really want this athletes have a short lived career and do somethings inhuman ? thats the question
Only Biles , because she is in another level , can deliver such a death-defying level in gymnastics without breaking a sweat , but the rest ? they are regular athletes that force themselves thru their limits ti achieve the best they can
and many like Shilese Jones , Paid that price with injuries and not coming to Paris ... there will never be a global understanding of what the masses want
I agree with that observation and thats clearly the movement currently to care for the athletes . No one said she cant vocalize her opinions or she shouldnt have free speech , but one thing is to say something then pretend that thats not what you meant when you receive a bit of criticism. Additionally to imply that you who have not been training could have made a team is a bit insulting to the athletes who have been working tirelessly in trying to master their skills … not even Simone wakes up and performs at peak and to be real not even at her peak was Skinner successful… maybe it was a joke but she said it and she meant it.. I would have been like well o well if she said yea I said that maybe I was wrong but I believe Im right … that would be more genuine than trying to take back what she said and blame others for misunderstanding
@@caramelobelize9200 agree 100% .. One you meant a thing you should be able to maintain it regardless the pressure, and she crumbled after criticism. Be brave, say that s.. with Your Chest .. I dont think MS would have been on this team, even SB who is built for endurance and gifted had to train really hard and had plenty of flaws during the trials , Biles beam routine is not as Solid and secured as it is been in the past , Vault , yes big time difficult but not always consistent (we watch it every time with a hand in the chest) we never know how Biles is going to land and Bars .. the same , we always super concerned , she just makes it quick to get past by before we know it .. and thats Simone, .. I cant even think of MyKayla doing a thing
Skinner sure needs to think before she speaks. Sure she has the right to say what she wants, but she is up to receiving criticism then. Plus, I do not agree with her. Sure there were mistakes, but she made plenty of mistakes also. The nerves at trials was on display. But these amazing, hardworking athletes deserve to be on the Olympic team. If we don’t win gold, it’s ok! But I think they will do great.
Gurl, we all knew you were talking about THIS team
Even back in Tokyo, you could tell she's not in a cheering mood watching Suni compete in AA.
I am having a Difficult Time un hearing WHAT you said, “Besides Simone sthletes don’t work as hard as they use to”
She said "fell twice and got 2nd place" Who else would she be talking about besides Suni?
Not that great of a gymnast. Always at the end of the team selection and has mostly bad form.
Okay, I think Mykayla is a crappy person but at her time she was one of the best vaulters in the world. Yes, she has her form issues but score wise she was a top vaulter. Even in 2016 if she went and competed for a different country she would have been a contender on vault. We can criticize Mykayla the person without pretending she wasn’t consistently named to the US National team/an Olympian.
shocked she would ruin lifelong friendships to say that crap. She told Simone that medal was for both of them. I'd feel betrayed
You mean she’s trying to save face. 🙄
I know she’s endured trauma. And perhaps her speaking like this is a behavioral pattern stemming from that? But the fact that she’s doing it over and over and so publicly and putting down other gymnasts who are not from her era of training, and doubling down on it. She only apologized when she got major backlash. And I don’t even think that apology was genuine. She’s got a lot of growing up to do and needs help dealing with her past trauma, instead of projecting it onto athletes that did nothing to deserve it
Jealousy is very ugly and she is very very Jealous.
Jealousy at its worst. Go Team USA!
She’s not even competing why does she get to speak on the current gymnastics
Ouch 😳
I came to find this video to find out what people "misunderstood" since I never seen the OG video and a had a feeling it would be gaslighting 101 and I was right. Even just that short clip towards the end is enough. Sounds pretty crystal clear what she meant. You purposely singled out one person as great and essentially said more or less everyone else doesn't do A, B, and C, not just "past team mates".
Excelente su reflexión gracias por compartir 🥰
she shouldn't have to apologize for 95% of people taking her words completely out of context. she was speaking her truth from her experience.
Remember when she never actually worked to lean out or condition until she started at Utah and AFTER she missed out in the 2016 Olympics… what work ethic were we actually talking about here???
She meant what she said. She can’t gaslight to try and say otherwise. It was classless and uncalled for. She needs to realize her time and era is done In gymnastics. Move on with life
You love & support the current team but made fun of "Hazley" or it "Hezley" .... Such a shameful & disgusting video. She's an embarrassment to the USA & NCAA
No. She's followin her old teammates and just wanted to go back...i love to see her do the vault again come 2028 and win the gold.
She a jealous has been period Smh!
Love and support so shady couldn't even remember how to pronounce Hezly name correctly girl bye
Whatever!! You told the truth the first time. The thing that made me so mad. This girl was an alternate in 2016 and a specialist in 2020. Not selected. She was going home until Simone withdrew. Jealous and I always knew she was that girl.
She’s just jealous
She should've just kept her mouth shut
Gaslighting.
Her and her husband are so disconnected
Oooh girl you should’ve kept it shut cause one cancel culture and twoooo what she said just looks like jealousy 😅
Yeah right
I tend to agree with her that safe sport has changed coaching intensity.
And that is a good thing. Some of those coaches and used those practices to overstep those lines into abuse. The whole point of safe sport was to stop those practices. Abuse has no place in the sport
How many medals did this lady win
Don’t be bitter girl
Girl bye! Please be quiet
She never even made team USA just an Alternative & ended getting a medal! Not relevant! 😅
John 3:16💕
Biles didn’t “withdrawal” from the last Olympics. She Quit because she “wasn’t having as much fun.”
You’re very ignorant and very wrong.
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Backpedaling. Classic MyKayla. Ever see what she said in 2016?
She shouldn’t have apologized cause she meant what she said. Stand on it! So now she looks like an even bigger a-hole and seems jealous.
You meant everything you said, your just mad cause you were never as good as they are
She's not jealous, she's just giving her opinion. And she's allowed to do that.
She can give all the opinions she wants. Doesn’t mean there won’t be consequences. Whether she’s jealous or not, what she said was insanely disrespectful. And to add insult to injury, she doubled down, “clarifying” her disgusting remarks. Only when people spoke up and she started losing followers did she give a half-assed apology and lied saying she didn’t mean it. She meant every word.
She was pushed to change her stance because of backlash. I wish she just stayed the path and owned it. I kind of agreed with her 🫣
@@ericagibson747 She wasn't pushed...she's being a coward.....
09k😊
But she was rigth
Excuse me? Right about what?
Flop
She lazy now
Crazy that her comments have been so blown up. 😂 Myk has the right to her own opinion, even as a huge fan of the current team who does not agree with her statement. The truth is the Championships/Trials season was a huge disaster with injuries and a lot of gymnasts are out. And still, it was an incredibly deep and challenging team to make.
She has no room to speak on ANY gymnast. With her horrible form, lack of success, and disgusting attitude, she should just be happy she was able to go as an alternate last time.
And others have a right to an opinion about what she said.
It's all about jealousy..... Regret..... Because you didn't make it to Paris don't you?
Larry Nassar is waiting for a visit.
you are a creep
She wasn’t one of the victims. Her coach protected her and never left the room so he had no opportunity.
And to be fair, SOME of what she said holds true - there isn't the same depth to the team, aside from Simone. If Shilese and Skye hadn't been injured, it would have been a much stronger team. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE that the girls picked get to go back for another Olympucs, it's awesome - but it's not as strong a team overall as ot was last time.
I believe the team we have now has a very good shot at gold, regardless of how it compares to previous teams. Who cares if they’re not the same? Clinging to the past and putting down current athletes’ effort and sacrifice because you don’t think the training is “intense enough” is crazy talk. You can say that two teams are different without being disrespectful. And MyKayla missed that mark by a mile.
A team that will probably win team gold even though TWO top contenders had to withdraw is not deep? That’s a depth most other countries can only dream of.
What she said is true. To act like Americans in all industries have the same work ethic that they did 20 years ago is delusional
I’m glad it’s not the same. You don’t have to endure abuse to be successful. And the proof is evident. There are amazingly talented athletes who do not accept abuse from their trainers, nor do they try to compete when injured. The culture is changing and THANK GOD! Simone is a great example of that, yet she was dragged to filth for putting her safety and mental health first. And look at her now! Dominating. Same for Suni Lee. She put her health first and is now going back to the Olympics. So I don’t think anyone is being delusional
I mean it’s her opinion
It was Rude
Next time don’t comment.
And people have the right to disagree and voice their disagreement just because we have a right to our opinion it doesn't mean others are barred from criticizing it ...If you can't stand the heat of the internet criticism just be quiet.....it's kind of ironic though considering she's basically calling these elite gymnasts lazy snowflakes who cant take intensity yet she can't take internet criticism without backpedaling as fast as she can.......
She spoke the truth…. Now she has to backpedal to be politically correct. Her ordinal statement was correct.
She made many statements…. There original videovis long. She has a history of controversial oppinions and racist remarks. She herself worked hard, but oh god she did not work smart. Most other gymnasts work hard and smart.
No she was not correct. She's not making any team nowadays. These girls absolutely have a strong work ethic and there's plenty of depth, shown by how there's a team of 4 Olympians even with 3 injured out.
She didn't have to back pedal she chose to because that's what cowards do ....she was being a passive aggressive mean girl here and got called out for it by the most decorated gymnast in the world........Only people that have an innate desire to be cruel believe abuse is necessary for success it's simply not true but that belief is why abuse goes unchecked.......Skinner should stop acting like she has never fallen in competition or stepped out of bounds...
She was apologizing. People can be so picky about the little things. Why can't people just be honest, apologize, and others accept it without being so critical.
Simone was just being protective big sister.
It wasn’t a genuine apology. That’s why. She doubled down at first and “clarified” her remarks. Made no real apology. And then only when people spoke up and she started losing followers did she make a half-assed apology. “I didn’t mean what I said”. Yes tf you did. Funny thing about live streams is that you can’t be edit the footage and deceive people as easily. She went all out with her true thoughts, which she’s allowed to do, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be consequences.
But she said the truth, usa doesnt have gymnast like before, carly patterson, shawn johnson, chelsie memmel, nastia, aly raisman, gabby douglas, marooney, jordy weiber, samantha peszek , lets get real here
The US girls though did work fo make it as suni literally was told she would not be able to compete again but she is. That means she worked hard and two of the girls is juggling college and having to practice
It’s weird saying that, when the current team has three recurring individual Olympic champions. Where as only two gymnasts you mentioned fit that category, the athletes you mentioned span over four Olympic cycles, even five if you count Gabbys short comback attempt.
What? Simone biles is better than every one of them and has beaten everyone on the second half of that list
You must not know much about gymnastics. I love all the gymnasts you mentioned but a lot of them wouldn’t be able to outscore some of the US gymnasts of today. Difficulty has only grown
She is speaking her truth
And Simon, not everyone thinks its all about you.
The others are great too.
And yes Myk is an olympian and will remain so.
Indeed a lot is about Simone. They are very good, but numbers don’t lie!
Umm her name was brought into this. And yes everything is about her.
Only because simone pulled out! She was already to fly out! Simone told her not to fly cuz she would get a shot
When has simone said "It's all about me!"?
Really, controversial comments ? Give her a break. MyKalya is still super awesome.
If hugely racist and delusional is your definition of awesome, she sure is
She’s never been awesome. She has the most horrendous form I’ve ever seen. She’s a bitter has been.
I hate how people misinterpret things 😢 she did not mean any harm
She meant what she said. She blames safe sport for why she thinks athletes aren't tough. She's unbelievably awful.
I had a team mate whom constantly threw shade at me & gv me backhanded compliments. When met w my standard stare & no comment, she would always say "I didn't mean no harm". 🙄
How is she not throwing shade to the current team when she said besides Simone there's less talent and depth?
She meant what she said.it’s sad she hadn’t learned since 2016
Who cares if people agree. She's 100% correct and should make no apologies. Gymnastics sucks these days.
are you an expert gymnast
Lol she did it back in 2016 when she was only named an alternate and called Gabby Douglas a Monkey.
Free advice MyKayla Stay on parenting and family life topics GL
So she made a “recap video” yet she was talking about past teams…I mean, her “explanation” is not adding up. Typical behavior from one of these people, if you know what I mean…