Simone Biles’ ‘Body Positivity’ Video Comes Back to Bite Her After Insulting Riley Gaines

Conservative News DailyJune 8, 2025

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In a recent social media exchange, olympic gymnast Simone Biles criticized former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines for her views against transgender athletes participating in women’s sports.Biles accused Gaines of bullying transgender individuals and made disparaging comments about her appearance, calling her “sick” and suggesting she should “bully someone your own size.” This accusation raised eyebrows, especially considering Biles’s previous advocacy for body positivity, where she has spoken out against bullying related to body image, reflecting on her own experiences of being mocked for her muscular physique.

Biles’s contrasting behavior prompted commentators to question her commitment to body positivity, especially given that she had once encouraged young girls to embrace their bodies. The commentary noted a perceived hypocrisy in her remarks towards Gaines, who has been vocal about her stance on fair competition in sports.this situation highlights the complexities surrounding discussions on body image and inclusivity in sports.

Olympic gymnast Simone Biles accused former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines of looking like a man, but that accusation that came despite her previous professed support for body positivity.

Biles blasted Gaines on Friday over her opposition to men playing in women’s sports, even accusing the former University of Kentucky swimmer of bullying self-described transgender athletes.

@Riley_Gaines_ You’re truly sick, all of this campaigning because you lost a race. Straight up sore loser. You should be uplifting the trans community and perhaps finding a way to make sports inclusive OR creating a new avenue where trans feel safe in sports. Maybe a transgender… https://t.co/pjpzuZ0AlO

— Simone Biles (@Simone_Biles) June 6, 2025

But the gymnast oddly followed up that claim with some bullying of her own, telling Gaines to “bully someone your own size, which would ironically be a male.”

bully someone your own size, which would ironically be a male @Riley_Gaines_

— Simone Biles (@Simone_Biles) June 6, 2025

After that snide remark, a previous video of Biles discussing how she was once bullied for her body — both for her short stature and, ironically, for looking too masculine and muscular — circulated on social media.

Biles said she has “learned to love my muscles a lot more than when I was younger,” noting that she “got made fun of for my arms a lot.”

She d that she used to wear sweaters and jackets often to hide her toned build.

Simone Biles once took part in a body positivity campaign where she spoke positively about her muscles in an effort to inspire “younger girls to love their bodies.”

Yesterday, she said Riley Gaines looked like a man because Gaines opposes boys in girls sports.

What happened to… pic.twitter.com/YuHlWkhaHy

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) June 7, 2025

The athlete encouraged “younger girls to love their bodies as well.”

Biles then offered a strong word to “body-shamers.”

“I feel like if you love your body, then that’s all you can do,” she said. “So it doesn’t matter what anybody else says. So I think they have to learn to fall in love with themselves.”

She added, “You know, I think it’s out of jealousy sometimes.”

Collin Rugg, a commentator and journalist who red the old video, noted the contrast between that message and her more recent behavior toward Gaines.

“Yesterday, she said Riley Gaines looked like a man because Gaines opposes boys in girls sports,” Rugg said.

“What happened to this Simone Biles?”