--- title: Simone Biles Shuts Down Troll on Instagram description: Simone Biles just shut down a troll who criticized her for "partying non-stop." canonical: https://time.com/4851168/simone-biles-troll-response/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-10T14:46:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:45:14.105Z og:title: Simone Biles Silenced a Troll Who Said She Was 'Partying' og:description: "Take a couple seats." og:url: https://time.com/4851168/simone-biles-troll-response/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc337950646342473/6988a7bf0a4a224e4a9cb6c5/sports-30.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Gymnastics - Artistic - Olympics: Day 6 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Simone Biles Silenced a Troll Who Said She Was 'Partying' twitter:description: "Take a couple seats." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc337950646342473/6988a7bf0a4a224e4a9cb6c5/sports-30.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's How Simone Biles Silenced a Troll Who Said She Was 'Partying Non-Stop' > Sponsored content. 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Simone Biles of the United States competes on the balance beam during the Women's Individual All Around Final on Day 6 of the 2016 Rio Olympics at Rio Olympic Arena on Aug. 11, 2016. Elsa—Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jul 10, 2017 2:46 PM UTC [Simone Biles](http://time.com/4446944/simone-biles-rio-2016-olympics-gymnastics-gold/) just nailed the art of the comeback like she nails a twisting somersault. On Saturday the charismatic [gold medal collector](http://time.com/4428013/simone-biles-gymnastics-usa/) shared a selfie in Hawaii where she was on vacation with the caption: “resting beach face.” While many fans wished her well on her trip, one user expressed that she was enjoying too much time off. “Seems like u have partied non stop for a year #trash #unfollow #suckya\*\* rolemodel,” the Instagram user wrote. Biles, who took her own sport to [impressive heights](http://time.com/collection/2017-time-100/4736292/simone-biles/) by winning four gold medals and a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics, opted to respond to the now deleted comment with the facts. “Talk to me when you train for 14 years and earn 5 Olympic Medals,” Biles, 20, wrote. “I think kids would say otherwise. My year off is well deserved! Take a couple seats.” She even posted screenshots of the offending comment and her own response to Twitter, telling her fans the criticism was offensive. Since dominating Rio, Biles has competed in _Dancing With the Stars_, where [she reminded judges](http://time.com/4772305/simone-biles-dwts-smile/) that “smiling[](http://time.com/4772305/simone-biles-dwts-smile/) doesn’t win you gold medals” and guest starred on NBC’s _Little Big Shots: Forever Young_. > [](https://twitter.com/Simone%5FBiles/status/883846433236856832) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4851168/simone-biles-troll-response/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4851168/simone-biles-troll-response/"},"headline":"Here's How Simone Biles Silenced a Troll Who Said She Was 'Partying Non-Stop'","datePublished":"2017-07-10T14:46:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:45:14.105Z","description":"Simone Biles just shut down a troll who criticized her for \"partying non-stop.\"","url":"https://time.com/4851168/simone-biles-troll-response/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Social Media","olympics","Internet","viral","Summer Olympics","Gymnastics","2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics","Simone Biles","Rio 2016 Olympics","Sports"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc337950646342473/6988a7bf0a4a224e4a9cb6c5/sports-30.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc337950646342473/6988a7bf0a4a224e4a9cb6c5/sports-30.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Gymnastics - Artistic - Olympics: Day 6","caption":"Simone Biles of the United States competes on the balance beam during the Women's Individual All Around Final on Day 6 of the 2016 Rio Olympics at Rio Olympic Arena on Aug. 11, 2016.","creditText":"Elsa—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4851168/simone-biles-troll-response/","name":"Here's How Simone Biles Silenced a Troll Who Said She Was 'Partying Non-Stop'"}}]}] ```