MyKayla Skinner sends message to Simone Biles with call to put end to ‘online bullying’

Gymnast Mykala Skinner sends message to Simone Biles with call to put end to 'online bullying'MyKayla Skinner (Harmer)

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00:00Four weeks ago, I made a comment about work ethic and what seems to be taking place with

00:06the rising generation. To be totally clear, I take 100% responsibility for poorly articulating

00:16the point I was trying to make and the last thing I wanted was to cause harm or offend

00:24our U.S. Olympic team. I sent individual messages to each of the women on the team.

00:31Only Simone had responded and she told me that she was proud of me. You guys can imagine my

00:39surprise last week when I was celebrating our team winning gold just to see this brought up

00:45all over again by a caption on an Instagram post. Simone's latest post and others that

00:53followed it field another wave of hateful comments, DMs, articles, and emails to Simone.

01:04I am asking you directly and publicly to please put a stop to this. Please ask your followers to

01:12stop. You have been an incredible champion for mental health awareness and a lot of people

01:21need your help now. We've been hurt and attacked in ways that I am certain you never intended.