People are confusing olympians McKayla Maroney and MyKayla Skinner amid Simone Biles shade

The X user noted the pair did both win silver at vault — Maroney in 2012, Skinner in 2021 — but clarified, “McKayla Maroney is one of the most universally liked gymnasts in the sport and she's been an amazing role model all these years.”

Skinner, 27, shared a since-deleted YouTube video in June 2024 when the Team USA girls were announced, infamously saying, “Besides Simone, I feel like the talent and the depth just isn't like what it used to be… I mean, obviously a lot of girls don't work as hard. The girls just don't have the work ethic.” She even complained that coaches weren’t tough enough on the athletes. 

Maroney famously then became a meme when she made her "not impressed" face while receiving her medal. “I remember doing that face for literally two seconds,” she later said in a 2014 interview with Inside Gymnastics, before admitting, “I was sad. I was upset. And I was not impressed.” 

However, her support of the Team USA women has never wavered, hence her quickly responding to Biles’ Instagram shade. “It doesn't get more iconic than this. She f'd around n found out fr,” Maroney commented, adding, “Feels like I need to apologize just to redeem my first name.”

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