Simone Biles fired shots at anyone criticizing her hair as Team USA’s women’s gymnastics competed in the team event at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday.
With Biles as the closer, Team USA cruised to the gold medal.
Perhaps seeing some snide comments on social media, or perhaps anticipating them, Biles posted on her Instagram story from the team bus on Tuesday with an explanation of the extenuating circumstances she was facing.
“don’t come for me about my hair. IT WAS DONE but bus has NO AC & it’s like 9,0000 degrees,” Biles wrote. “oh & a 45 min ride.”
Simone Biles explained that the bus ride to the Olympics affects her hair. Instagram / Simone Biles
Simone Biles competed in the Team USA gymnastics team event on Tuesday. Instagram / Simone Biles
In a second slide, Biles added, “gonna hold your hand when I say this — next time you wanna comment on a black girls hair. JUST DON’T.”
The Daily Mail found about a dozen users on X who earlier this week had offered unsolicited advice to Biles on how to handle her hair, including one who said she put it in a “ballet bun” because “her messy hair is unacceptable”.
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Another said that she “always looks like she woke up late, said f–k it, I’m Simone f–king Biles, and just tossed it up there.”
Simone Biles of Team United States looks on during the Artistic Gymnastics Women’s Team Final on day four of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on July 30, 2024 in Paris, France. Getty Images
Simone Biles, of the United States, prepares to perform during the women’s artistic gymnastics team finals round at Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in Paris, France. APThis is the second time that Biles has fired back at critics in recent weeks.
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In an early episode of her new Netflix docuseries, “Simone Biles Rising,” Biles responded to a social media user who said she “choked” when she suffered from a bout of the “Twisties” during the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
Biles shot back that the writer was “sitting on your couch watching me from home. OK.”
“I really don’t need your two cents,” she continued, as covered by the Laredo Morning Times. “And not your two cents because you guys can’t even do a cartwheel.”
