Simone Biles Doesn’t Regret Beef With Former Olympic Teammate MyKayla Skinner

Amidst drama with MyKayla Skinner, gymnast Simone Biles stands by speaking up for her teammates.

In a post-Olympics interview with People magazine on Tuesday, Biles explained why it was important to speak up. “It’s important because you have to teach them to use their voices…And if not, you’re a voice for the voiceless, which is okay.”

Biles is seemingly referring to the jab she threw at retired gymnast and former Olympic teammate MyKayla Skinner on Instagram last week.

Back in July, Skinner was critical of Team USA’s current roster in a since-deleted YouTube video. In the video, Skinner called into question the “talent” and “depth” of the team’s gymnasts. Skinner has since apologized for any offense her comments caused.