Fact Check: Simone Biles didn't respond to Charlie Kirk once calling her 'a disgrace' [View all]
Claim:
Seven-time, Olympic gold-medal-winning gymnast Simone Biles commented on conservative activist Charlie Kirk's past remarks about her after his fatal shooting in September 2025.
Rating:
Rating: False
In September 2025, online users claimed seven-time, Olympic gold-medal-winning gymnast Simone Biles posted a blog entry responding to conservative activist Charlie Kirk's past remarks about her after his fatal shooting that month.
However, searches of Bing, DuckDuckGo and Google located no news media outlets confirming Biles made any recent statements about Kirk. A check of her Facebook, Instagram and X accounts showed she did not publish a post, a blog post or other comments about Kirk, either.
This rumor — a made-up claim — appeared in numerous posts, primarily on Facebook, including in a very popular post (archived) on a Facebook page with a "page transparency" tab revealing its owners as largely residing in Vietnam. That Facebook page's post, as well as others, featured an external link to an advertisement-filled, artificial intelligence-generated blog article, where its authors earned ad revenue based on people reading their fabricated story.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fact-check-simone-biles-didnt-020000047.html
Kirk probably wished she had responded.
= new reply since forum marked as read