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McKayla Maroney Supports Simone Biles for Seemingly Dissing MyKayla Skinner

In a comment under Simone’s Instagram post, McKayla joked that she wanted to ‘redeem’ her ‘first name’ by apologizing.

While sharing a photo of herself, Jordan Chiles, Suni Lee, Jade Carey and Hezly Rivera, Simone, 27, jokingly captioned her Tuesday, July 30, post, “Lack of talent, lazy, olympic champions.” In response, McKayla, 28, commented, “It doesn’t get more iconic than this. After referencing Team USA’s apparent nickname — “F**k around and find out — the retired gymnast added, “Feels like I need to apologize just to redeem my first name,” in her comment. Per a statement obtained by PEOPLE, MyKayla apologized to the team, insisting that it was “not [her] intention to offend or disrespect any of the athletes or to take away from their hard work.”

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