Simone Biles holds her gold medal during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Bercy Arena in Paris, on Tuesday.Lionel Bonaventure / AFP - Getty Images
A story has been going around on Facebook and other social media saying that Simone Biles wrote a blog mocking Charlie Kirk after he died. The posts claim she finally responded to things he said about her in 2021. But that claim is false. There’s no blog post, no statement, no proof that she said anything publicly about Kirk’s death.
Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at a university event in Utah. After that, some old criticisms between him and Biles were brought back into discussion. Back in 2021, Kirk had called Biles names and said she was “immature” and a “shame to the country” after she withdrew from some Olympic events due to mental health concerns. Because of that past, some people believed she would respond when he died. That belief helped the fake story spread.
The viral posts used dramatic language—suggesting pain, emotional damage, and a strong response from Biles. But none of that is true. Media fact-checkers say the blog post is entirely made up and some content was generated by AI. Biles herself has not made any comment about Kirk’s death.
People are sharing the fake post widely. The story shows how quickly misinformation can spread, especially after an event that affects many people emotionally. A post that connects real past events (Biles’s mental health pause in 2021, Kirk’s insults) with a false claim (that she mocked him after his death) can seem believable. But all verified sources so far say there is no original statement or blog post from Biles.
