For seven days, Simone Biles found a new home, and this time without Jonathan Owens. After her fun-filled trip to Belize, she traded Texas for the British Virgin Islands, traveling over 2,000 miles to embrace beach life once again. On Instagram, she shared serene coastal views and laid-back welcome drinks, giving fans a peek into her latest escape: a sleek Tanna 47 yacht, which she simply captioned, “home for the week .” But once the week wrapped and she headed home, a different kind of storm started brewing online…
Simone shared scenic snapshots, from sunsets to scrambled eggs on the yacht. But as the yacht docked and the tropical week ended, it was time for her to come home. The gymnast uploaded a picture to her story on Monday, writing, “& back home I go” with a shot of her boarding a flight. While on the day, she did make a stop at Hayley Paige’s “Twice Upon a Time” launch, she is now back home, but her latest social media activity has left the fans wondering.
The gymnast took to her Threads account to drop a cryptic text, which read, “If you’re gonna say it, SAYITONYOURREAL ACCOUNT“. Her aunt, Monique Robinson, jumped into the comment section, showing her support as she commented on the post, “Who’s messing with my niece?!” She even took the post to her Instagram story and wrote, “point, blank, period because why y’all soooo scared.” Within minutes, the whole of the internet was left asking questions like What does it mean? Who is she targeting now? Who said something about her and what? At its core, the post calls out critics hiding behind fake and anonymous accounts to make hurtful and cowardly commentary.
Source: Instagram/Simone Biles
She had also made a cryptic post back when she deactivated her X account. She took to her Instagram Story to say, “Strength is what we gain from the madness we survive.” Biles is not someone new to being trolled, but in the past few months, it has been more than normal.
Simone Biles trolls have been active lately
Simone Biles publicly clashed with Riley Gaines a few weeks ago, and her comments were interpreted by the internet as a personal attack on the former swimmer. Though she later did apologize, the arrow had been shot. Her social media was hit with intense backlash. Waves of criticism and hostile reactions quickly escalated, making the environment toxic. The pressure eventually led her to deactivate her X account. Some people did not even believe that it was she who wrote the apology, not even Riley.
It was speculated by one netizen, “She either used ChatGPT or a pr team. In my opinion.” Bringing tech into the conversation, a user pointed out, “Grok agrees and says it’s ‘unlikely’ that she wrote this post.” Taking a break from all of that, she went to her second home, Belize, to have a fun time with her husband, Jonathan Owens, but trolls found a way to get to her. Following vacation photos in Belize, fans speculated online that Simone had undergone breast augmentation. She has not publicly responded to those rumors.
For now, the meaning behind her latest post remains unclear, but it has certainly reignited conversation across social media.
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