The Riley Gaines-Simone Biles dust-up seems to be settling down – mainly after Simone babbled through a PR apology after getting wrecked for three straight days – but that doesn’t mean Hollywood hasn’t taken notice.
Rob Schneider – the dude in every single Adam Sandler movie – has thrown his support behind Riley for essentially saving women’s sports.
For those who missed it, in the wake of Riley’s takedown of Simone, USA Gymnastics told Fox News this week that they were re-assessing their transgender policy. Better late than never, I reckon.
Anyway, Schneider – who is a big MAGA guy – took to Elon’s Twitter early Friday morning to praise Riley for taking on #TheMob.
“I am proud to call Riley Gaines my biological female friend,” Schneider wrote. “And an American hero of all girls everywhere!”
Riley Gaines wins again!
Look, I know the Riley-Simone feud is pretty-well simmered at this point – especially in a news cycle now filled with potential WWIII stories – but it’s still important to claim victory whenever we can.
And OutKick has been atop the podium in this case for several years now. Slowly but surely, the #MOB is dying down. They keep trying to work in a couple of sneak-attacks on us, but they usually fail at this point.
That’s what we had last weekend, and earlier this week, with the insufferable Simone Biles. She tried to attack Riley for sticking up for women, and she got dragged through the mud for it. Did anyone, outside of Keith Olbermann and Jemele Hill, agree with her? Not really, and those ain’t folks you want in your corner.
After a few days of some nasty back-and-forth, Simone’s PR team finally waved the white flag and begged for mercy. They cobbled up some rambling social media post for her to hit ‘send’ on, and that was that.
Sure, Rob’s a little late to the party. But the bandwagon has plenty of room for more! Especially for dudes in Hollywood who have the balls to say what the rest of those insufferable elites won’t.
So, welcome to the party, Rob! Can’t wait for Grown Ups 3.
Simone Biles apologizes for heated exchange with Riley Gaines over trans athlete participation
Gymnastics superstar Simone Biles has apologized to former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines following a heated online exchange
Two-time Olympic all-around champion Simone Biles has apologized for getting personal in a heated online exchange with former collegiate swimmer turned anti-trans athlete activist Riley Gaines.
Biles, an 11-time Olympic medalist and the most decorated gymnast of all-time, initially responded to a post by Gaines on the social media platform X after Gaines called a player on a Minnesota high school softball team “a boy.” Biles wrote that Gaines was “truly sick” and a “straight up sore loser,” comments Biles later retracted.
Biles wrote that the current system in sports doesn’t adequately address the balance between competitive equity and inclusivity and the discussion of the topic can lead to “frustration and heated exchanges.”
“It didn’t help for me to get personal with Riley,” Biles wrote.
Biles clarified that her main objection was that Gaines opted to single out an underage athlete, when that athlete has no control over what Biles called a “flawed system.”
“I believe sports organizations have a responsibility to come up with rules supporting inclusion while maintaining fair competition,” Biles posted. “We all want a future for sport that is fair, inclusive, and respectful.”
Simone Biles, you’re a gymnastics icon. As a former competitive gymnast and a gymnastics coach in southern New Hampshire to young girls, I see you as a beacon of brilliance who has soared to unimaginable heights.
But your latest words? They’re a gut-punch, a betrayal of everything you’ve stood for, as you now seem hell-bent on twisting yourself into knots with mental gymnastics that leave us all reeling.
You’ve carved out a legacy in women’s sports, lifted by the fierce, unyielding women who fought for your place on that pedestal. Yet, in one reckless, self-serving rant, you’re ready to yank that ladder away from the wide-eyed girls who idolize you, crushing their dreams of ever standing where you do. How could you?
This isn’t just a misstep; it’s a catastrophic fall, more humiliating than any tumble you’ve ever taken. You, who’ve faced body shaming and even starred in campaigns to fight it, had the audacity to mock another woman’s athletic frame, calling her “manly.” The hypocrisy burns. You know better than anyone why biology matters in sports. Gymnastics thrives on fairness—men on rings, women on beams—because physical differences are real.
Your triumphs exist because women’s sports have been fiercely protected. But now you’re waving that away like it’s nothing?
Picture this: A male gymnast, lean and powerful, sidesteps puberty with drugs and storms into women’s events, obliterating records and dreams—yours included. Would you still shrug off the issue? It’s infuriatingly easy to dismiss women’s fears when you’ve never faced that threat.
But those girls watching you? They might not be so lucky.
You call yourself a “girls’ girl,” yet where’s your fire for uplifting women? You preach inclusivity, but why is it women’s burden to make room for men who already have their own spaces? Why aren’t failed male athletes demanding trans categories? Because they’re too busy eyeing our podiums, and you’re holding the door open for them!
To call feminism in sports “bullying” is a slap in the face when men are literally stealing women’s titles and dignity. To say women’s rights activists make sports unsafe? That’s a grotesque lie. Women are the ones in danger, forced to face male competitors while so-called allies like you enable this travesty. It’s heartbreaking.
Maybe you’re lost in a fog of fame or chasing clout from the loudest voices. That’s your call. But don’t you dare tear down the women who fight tooth and nail for others, the ones with the courage you lack, sacrificing everything to protect fairness. They’re the real heroes, the ones who value every girl’s shot at glory over their own spotlight. They’re the role models we need, not the ones who bow to mediocrity and betrayal.
Simone, your silence would’ve been bad enough. But to actively fight against the women defending our future? That’s not just disappointing; it’s a disgrace. Wake up. Stand up. Be the champion for women you claim to be, before your legacy becomes a cautionary tale of what happens when greatness turns its back on its own.
Gaines’ extensive history of attacking transgender (and cisgender) women in sports led Biles to call her a “bully” in an X post.
In June 2025, gymnast and 11-time Olympic medalist Simone Biles was suspended from Team USA over online comments she made to former college swimmer and anti-transgender activist Riley Gaines.
In June 2025, a rumor appeared on Facebook that gymnast Simone Biles, the 11-time Olympic medalist, had been suspended from competing for Team USA over comments she made online to Riley Gaines, the anti-transgender activist and former college swimmer.
Some readers seemed to interpret the rumor as a factual recounting of real-life events. However, there was no evidence that Biles had faced any repercussions over her response to Gaines.
Rather, the rumor about Biles and Gaines originated with America’s Last Line of Defense — a network of social media pages and websites that describes its output as being humorous or satirical in nature. The America’s Last Line of Defense Facebook page bio states:
The fictional story spread following real comments the two exchanged on X.
Gaines posted a photo of the Class AAAA Minnesota high school softball state championship team with the caption “Comments off lol. To be expected when your star player is a boy.”
Biles responded, calling Gaines “truly sick,” and a “sore loser” (Gaines tied for fifth place with transgender swimmer Lia Thomas at the 2022 NCAA championships). She said Gaines should try to support the trans community or find a way to make sports more inclusive. “But instead … You bully them,” she said. “One things for sure is no one in sports is safe with you around!!!!!”
Biles later posted a follow-up, telling Gaines to “bully someone [her] own size, which would ironically be a male.” (Biles is 4 feet, 8 inches tall).
America’s Last Line of Defense has a history of making up stories for shares and comments, and, as noted in its bio, for advertising revenue.
Snopes has addressed similar claims based around Gaines’ anti-transgender statements in the past, including the assertion that the NCAA would transfer medals won by Thomas to Gaines, and a rumor that Gaines had criticized WNBA star Brittney Griner for kneeling during the national anthem. Both claims were also satirical in nature.
Simone Biles earns another nemesis after talking too much while Jonathan Owens keeps quiet
Biles took a public stance supporting transgender athletes
A heated online debate has erupted this week as 11-time Olympic medalist Simone Biles took a public stance supporting transgender athletes, drawing fierce backlash from former ESPN anchor Sage Steele.
The controversy began after Biles criticized Riley Gaines over comments the latter made about a transgender softball player competing in a Minnesota high school league.
The firestorm began when Gaines posted a comment on X about a transgender teenager named Marissa Rothenberger, who helped lead her high school softball team to a championship win.
Rothenberger, who began her gender transition at age nine, had been approved to play under Minnesota rules after undergoing a formal review process.
Gaines responded to the team’s celebratory post, writing: “Comments off lol. To be expected when your star player is a boy.”
Biles swiftly clapped back at Gaines, accusing her of bullying and undermining transgender inclusion in sports.
“@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 category IN ALL sports!! But instead… You bully them… One thing’s for sure is no one in sports is safe with you around!!!!!” Biles wrote.
Sage Steele fires back
Not long after Biles‘ tweet, conservative sports commentator Sage Steele fired back in defense of Gaines. Steele, who left ESPN in 2023 following a high-profile legal battle, strongly criticized Biles for attacking a fellow female athlete and dismissed her comments as out of touch.
“Easy to say this, Simone Biles, when you only had to compete against fellow women. Every one of your Olympic medals came competing against fellow women,” Steele tweeted on Friday. “Riley Gaines was not only forced to compete against a man, but forced to share a locker room with a man. THAT is SICK.
“Shocked and disappointed that you’d attack another woman who has done nothing but uplift other women,” she wrote. “If YOU think it makes sense to create a league for trans people, go for it! Use that huge platform of yours! But to attack Riley for what she has done for little girls who want to be the next Simone Biles is……..sick.”
Simone Biles, the iconic American gymnast who has dominated the Summer Olympics for roughly a decade, is feuding with former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines.
Gaines, who swam at the University of Kentucky, once finished behind former Penn swimmer Lia Thomas, who is transgender, in a race. She has since become an outspoken influencer on the right, speaking out against transgender athletes in women’s sports.
Over the weekend, Biles called her out.
“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 category IN ALL sports!! But instead… You bully them… One things for sure is no one in sports is safe with you around!!!!!” she wrote.
Gaines has since clapped back.
“This is actually so disappointing. It’s not my job or the job of any woman to figure out how to include men in our spaces. You can uplift men stealing championships in women’s sports with YOUR platform. Men don’t belong in women’s sports and I say that with my full chest,” she wrote.
Since then, a 2017 tweet from Biles has surfaced, in which she admits that men shouldn’t be competing in women’s sports.
“ahhhh good thing guys don’t compete against girls or he’d take all the gold medals !!” she wrote.
Unsurprisingly, those who are supporting Gaines in the feud are taking this tweet and running with it.
“Oop don’t you hate it when your past self completely undermines your current nonsensical argument? How has 2025 Simone reconciled with the fact 2017 Simone was a ‘truly sick bully’ by her own standard?” one fan wrote.
“How long until she deletes this,” another fan wrote.
“I agree with Simone. Guys don’t belong in girls sports,” one fan added.
“The internet is forever, Simone,” one fan added.
Biles, meanwhile, has yet to address her old tweet.
Riley Gaines appears to unearth old tweet by ‘truly sick bully’ Simone Biles that ‘undermines nonsensical’ trans feud
Simone Biles and Riley Gaines engaged in a feud on social media over trans women
SWIMMER Riley Gaines hit back at Simone Biles in their feud over transgender athletes.
Gaines, 25, is an activist campaigning against the participation of trans women in female sports.
She drew the ire of Olympic gymnast Biles, 28, last week.
Biles labeled Gaines “truly sick” in a post on X.
It was in reference to Gaines’ remarks on a Minnesota State High School League softball game.
Chaplin Park girl’s team celebrated winning the State Championship.
But Gaines claims that comments were turned off on the social media post because their team had a transgender player.
“Comments off lol,” Gaines wrote.
“To be expected when your star player is a boy.”
Biles labeled Gaines a “bully” and said “no one in sports is safe with you around.”
The gymnast said, “You’re truly sick, all of this campaigning because you lost a race. Straight up a sore loser.”
The comment from Biles was seemingly in reference to Gaines’ failed legal challenges to overturn a result.
Gaines finished tied fifth with transgender woman Lia Thomas in the 200m freestyle at the 2022 NCAA Championships.
Biles added, “You should be uplifting the trans community and perhaps finding a way to make sports inclusive or creating a new avenue where trans feel sage in sports.
“Maybe a transgender category in all sports.
“But instead you bully them.
“One things for sure is no one in sports is safe with you around.”
Biles later followed up, “Bully someone your own size, which ironically would be a male.”
But Gaines has hit back at Biles by claiming to have unearthed a tweet from 2017.
“Ahhhh good thing guys don’t compete against girls or he’d take all the gold medals,” Biles’ message eight years ago read.
The tweet was sent during the 2017 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Canada.
The context of Biles’ tweet is not known with the gymnast not competing in that event.
But Gaines followed up, “Oop don’t you hate it when your past self completely undermines your current nonsensical argument?
“How has 2025 Simone reconciled with the fact 2017 Simone was a ‘truly sick bully’ by her own standard?”
Simone Biles is the GOAT in every sense of the word.
The seven-time Olympic champion stood up for transgender athletes Friday night, taking to X to chastise Riley Gaines for the relentless verbal abuse she directs at transgender girls and women.
“You’re truly sick, all of this campaigning because you lost a race. Straight up sore loser,” Biles wrote. “You should be uplifting the trans community and perhaps finding a way to make sports more inclusive OR creating a new avenue where trans feel safe in sports. Maybe a transgender category in ALL SPORTS!!
“But instead… You bully them…” Biles continued. “One thing for sure is no one in sports is safe with you around!!!!!”
Biles then added in a second post, “Bully someone your own size, which would ironically be a male.”
Gaines replied that Biles’ post was “so disappointing.” Which is just further proof that Gaines needs to get out of her right-wing bubble a bit more.
Anyone who is even slightly familiar with Biles knows she is an ally. Of her teammates. Of her competitors. Of sexual abuse survivors. And unabashedly of the LGBTQ community.
She also has little use for anyone who punches down on others, which is Gaines’ specialty.
Gaines has used her tie for fifth place with Lia Thomas, a transgender woman, in the 200-yard freestyle at the 2022 NCAA championships to become a MAGA media darling. But her grifting has done real harm to the transgender community, which is already at an elevated risk for suicide and self-harm.
There is no scientific evidence that transgender women athletes have a physical advantage over cisgender women athletes, but that hasn’t stopped Gaines from claiming they do. She insists they are “robbing” cisgender women of places on the podium, and she doesn’t care if it’s a 12- or 22-year-old that she’s putting in harm’s way in this overheated climate where ignorance and violence are celebrated equally.
Gaines has publicly lobbied for Biles and Caitlin Clark to support her in her hate which, again, is a laughable idea to anyone who has followed Biles’ illustrious career.
Biles is the most decorated gymnast of all time, man or woman, with 11 medals at the Olympics — seven of them gold — and 30 at the world championships. She has five skills named after her, two each on vault and floor exercise and one on balance beam. She has taken the idea that women’s gymnastics was a sport reserved for the young and turned it on its head, still dominating in her late 20s.
That has not spared Biles from the venom of keyboard warriors like Gaines, however. She was criticized for withdrawing during the team finals at the Tokyo Olympics because of a case of “the twisties,” never minding that not knowing where she was in the air meant she very well could have landed on her neck instead of her feet. She’s taken heat for her hair, her marriage, even her self-confidence.
But you don’t accomplish what Biles has without being fearless, and her admonishment of Gaines on Friday night was yet another example.
Simone Biles, of the United States, celebrates after performing in the floor exercise during the women’s artistic gymnastics all-around finals in Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Gaines had inserted herself into the conversation about the Class 4A softball championship in Minnesota, claiming Champlin Park had “hijacked” the title because its star pitcher is a transgender young woman. Never mind that there are nine players on a softball team and Champlin Park won the title game 6-0.
Or that her teammates “love having her out there. She’s a great kid and a great teammate.”
Gaines has never let facts get in her way, so she posted three times about it in a two-hour span. Made sure to mention the name of the transgender athlete, as well, while purposely misgendering her.
That was enough for Biles. That high school junior in Minnesota and all the other transgender women Gaines demonizes might not have platforms large enough to counter her vitriol, but Biles does. And she was happy to put it to good use.
Biles once agreed that men would dominate women’s sports. So why is she mocking Riley Gaines for saying the same thing now?
Old tweets have a way of biting you in the butt sometimes — just ask Simone Biles.
In the latest chapter of her public feud with OutKick’s own Riley Gaines, Biles is now being called out for a tweet she posted back in October 2017. And it’s not a great look.
The post, which was dug up and re-shared by Gaines, shows the star Olympic gymnast responding to a now-deactivated account with the message: “ahhhh good thing guys don’t compete against girls or he’d take all the gold medals !!”
Gaines wasted no time pointing out the irony, re-posting Biles’ old tweet and writing: “Oop don’t you hate it when your past self completely undermines your current nonsensical argument? How has 2025 Simone reconciled with the fact 2017 Simone was a ‘truly sick bully’ by her own standard?”
For anyone who missed the context: the beef between these two athletes began after Gaines criticized the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) for allowing a trans-identifying male athlete to compete — and win — a girls’ softball state championship. Biles jumped in, attacking Gaines personally, calling her a “sore loser,” “truly sick,” and suggesting she “bully someone your own size, which would ironically be a male.”
The insults drew backlash online, especially Biles’ decision to body-shame another female athlete while claiming to champion “inclusion.”
But now the criticism is heating up — not just over what Biles said in 2025, but what she clearly believed in 2017.
To be fair, the tweet Biles was responding to back then came from an account that’s since been deactivated, so we don’t know exactly whom or what she was referencing. But even without full context, the sentiment is crystal clear: male athletes have a competitive advantage over female athletes.
Simone Biles attacks Riley Gaines after her latest rant with transgender athletes: “You’re truly sick, straight up sore loser”
Simone Biles has publicly criticized former collegiate swimmer, Riley Gaines, as the Olympic champion describes her as “truly sick” and a “sore loser” following the latest comments about transgender athletes.
The confrontation emerged after the 25-year-old right-wing personality mocked a Minnesota high school girls’ softball team that includes a transgender player, something that the artistic gymnast isn’t letting slide.
“Comments off lol … To be expected when your star player is a boy,” Gaines had commented on X.com, formerly Twitter, after the Minnesota State High School League shared a celebratory post upon the Class AAAA state championship.
Simone responded sharply, denouncing her history of remarks about transgender inclusion in sports and offering a big wave of support and allyship to the LGBTQ+ community during Pride Month.
“You’re truly sick, all of this campaigning because you lost a race. Straight up sore loser,” Biles wrote on X. “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 category IN ALL sports. But instead … You bully them … One thing’s for sure is no one in sports is safe with you around.”
Gaines fires back at Biles
Gaines has become a prominent figure in the campaign against transgender athletes competing in women’s and girls’ sports after she tied for fifth place with Lia Thomas, a trans swimmer, at the 2022 NCAA Swimming Championships.
Since then, the political personality has been vocal in media and other spaces, arguing that the inclusion of transgender women compromises fairness in female sports – all stemming from that bitterness of losing.
“This is actually so disappointing,” Gaines said, retorting back at Biles. “It’s not my job or the job of any woman to figure out how to include men in our spaces.
“You can uplift men stealing championships in women’s sports with YOUR platform. Men don’t belong in women’s sports and I say that with my full chest.”
In recent years, she has aligned herself with recent political measures aimed at restricting transgender participation in sports as she continues to venture into reactionary political opinions.
In February 2024, she appeared at the White House, where President Donald Trump signed an executive order that attempts to bar transgender girls and women from competing in female school sports.
The executive action, which may face legal challenges, calls for the Department of Justice to enforce the exclusion nationwide and threatens to withdraw federal funding from non-compliant schools.
“I wish I could’ve told the girl in this photo what was to come in 2025,” Gaines said of her newfound fame. “She felt cheated, betrayed, and violated.
“I’m just glad that girl trusted God and took a leap of faith by stating the obvious when it wasn’t popular. It was true then and it’s true now. He’s a man.”
