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MyKayla Skinner's Husband Responds Amid Bullying Over Simone Biles Post
By Angelo Guinhawa,
21 hours ago
MyKayla Skinner's husband, Jonas Harmer, showed his support for his wife amid the bullying that she's enduring as a result of Simone Biles' recent subtle shade.
The Tokyo Olympics silver medalist posted a video on Tuesday revealing how Biles' Instagram post, which appeared to take a shot at her, "fueled another wave of hateful comments, DMs, articles and emails."
After USA Gymnastics won gold in the team all-around event, Biles shared photos from their win and captioned it, "lack of talent, lazy, olympic champions." It was a clear shot at Skinner, who previously criticized the team's depth and the athletes' poor work ethic.
Skinner has already apologized for her comments, so she was surprised to see Biles revisit it. According to Skinner, it has led to "disgusting" threats of "physical harm" to herself, her husband and their daughter.
Skinner also pleaded with her former USA Gymnastics teammate to ask her fans to stop the bullying.
"Please ask your followers to stop. You have been an incredible champion for mental health awareness and a lot of people need your help now," Skinner said in a message directed to Biles.
"We’ve been attacked in ways that I’m certain you never intended. Your performance, the team’s performance and the Olympics in general should be a time that we support one another."
After hearing his wife's painful admission, Jonas Harmer commented on the post and shared how proud he is of Skinner for speaking up for herself.
"Proud of you for apologizing when you did, staying quiet when you did, and now standing up for yourself. You’re the strongest person I know!" Harmer wrote.
Simone Biles has yet to address MyKayla Skinner's video and revelation, though she did explain recently why she chose to make her controversial Instagram post.
Hopefully, however, the bullying can stop and the issue can be put to rest.
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