Simone Biles Responds to Racist Comments About Music Video Appearance

There's a saying on the internet, "Never read the comment section," and unfortunately, in the case of Simone Biles' appearance in a music video with a white singer, that saying was definitely a harsh reminder.ย Biles was the love interest in Jake Miller's newly released video, โ€œOvernight,โ€ and was attacked with racist remarks from trolls. Suggested…

There's a saying on the internet, "Never read the comment section," and unfortunately, in the case of Simone Biles' appearance in a music video with a white singer, that saying was definitely a harsh reminder.ย Biles was the love interest in Jake Miller's newly released video, โ€œOvernight,โ€ and was attacked with racist remarks from trolls.

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The YouTube video comments ranged from referring to Biles as a monkey to calling it disgusting that Miller kissed a black woman. What was supposed to be a cute and fun video ended up being hard for Biles to deal with once it was released.

The gymnast took to Twitter and sadly had this to say:

https://twitter.com/Simone_Biles/status/789314244328161280

Biles doesn't seem to have a bad bone in her body, but, of course, the fact that she hasย four Olympic gold medals and has been named toย Time's "30 Most Influential Teens" list doesn't matter to racists.

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