Simone Biles and Riley Gaines exchanged sharp tweets after Gaines criticized a transgender athlete’s key role in her team’s championship. Gaines wrote, “Comments off lol, to be expected when your star player is a boy .” Biles replied, calling Gaines “ truly sick ” and a “ sore loser ,” and suggested creating a transgender category in sports. Biles later apologized for getting personal but stood firm on inclusion. But trolls did not go away.

After a wave of harsh backlash, Biles deleted her X account in June 2025 to protect her mental health. She left without a farewell post but remains active on other platforms.This is the risk being a public figure brings; Biles talked of this. Her thoughts-

“ Yeah, that can be sometimes annoying because you don’t realize the impact or just how b

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