Ultra-right-wing conservative Jason Whitlock is getting eviscerated on social media for demeaning record-breaking gymnastics hero Simone Biles, telling his audience that she would not be recognized in public.
Biles, 27, the most decorated Olympic gymnast in U.S. history, opened up about her fears during the Toyko Olympics in 2021 that she would be banished from the country after her struggles during one event.
“America hates me. The world is going to hate me. I can only see what they’re saying on Twitter right now,’ she recalled feeling during her interview on the ‘Call My Daddy’ podcast.
“Usually if you go to the Olympics and flop or whatever it is, you get people on their couch eating those little chips. I thought I was going to be banned from America, ’cause that’s what they tell you: ‘Don’t come back if not gold. Gold or bust. Don’t come back.”
Whitlock, conversely, claims that Biles has an inflated sense of self-importance and cannot boast the type of nationwide fame and adoration accorded basketball superstar Caitlin Clark. Moreover, Whitlock believes that no one would recognize Biles in public.
“Simone Biles is pretending like she’s Caitlin Clark and that people actually know who she is. She’s built up this importance of herself and does things to make herself feel important.” Whitlock said on the ‘Extra Fearless’ podcast.
“She’s a gymnast and every four years they are relevant for a two or three-week stretch,” Whitlock continued. “But Simon Biles could walk by the overwhelming majority of people in an airport and they wouldn’t think twice – ‘oh there goes a little black girl’. They just wouldn’t think twice.”
Simone Biles is pretending like she’s Caitlin Clark and that people actually know who she is. She’s built up this importance of herself and does things to make herself feel important. pic.twitter.com/ve8Koy1hm3
— Jason Whitlock (@WhitlockJason) April 19, 2024
Simone Biles defenders put Jason Whitlock on blast
Interesting logic from Whitlock when you consider that Biles has close to 10 million followers across her social media platforms, became the youngest-ever recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom at age 25, and is universally considered the greatest gymnast of all time.
Not surprisingly, Biles backers jumped all over sportswriter-turned-political commentator.
Who TF is Jason Whitlock?! 😭
I just saw a screenshot of his post about Simone Biles. He’s delusional. 😭 pic.twitter.com/u19ZUkrbqt
— Bean Nicky Barnes 🇺🇸🇨🇺🇩🇴 (@BeanNickyBarnes) April 20, 2024
Simone Biles is the G.O.A.T. Other people strive for her level of achievement. Caitlin Clark is a Queen, rising. Any idiot trying to denigrate either one isn't going to get the mention from me they are willing to humiliate themselves for on the internet… pic.twitter.com/nSUxCvM1T9
— L'amant Boulanger (@cillcillwi) April 20, 2024
Acting like you don’t know who Simone biles is just to please yt republican twt is on brand for your demo https://t.co/emCtkHLeyX pic.twitter.com/za1DBF9f7B
— Lilly🧚🏾♀️ (@LillyImaan) April 21, 2024
That Whitlock would mercilessly attack Biles should not come as a surprise to pop culture as he called her a “coward” during the Tokyo Olympics back in 2021.
