Simone Biles clarified her comments on Tuesday after a heated social media interaction with conservative activist and former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines over the weekend over her views on transgender athletes.

Olympic gymnast Simone Biles is facing a ton of backlash for comments she made about transgender athletes on Friday night. Biles became the most decorated U.S. Olympic gymnast in history during the 2024 Summer Games in Paris.

Gaines — a former swimmer at the University of Kentucky — became a public figure in 2022, when she argued against the inclusion of transgender women participating in women's sports after she tied for fifth with transgender swimmer Lia Thomas at a meet.