Olympic gymnast Simone Biles was mistaken for a child by a flight attendant and given a coloring book last week.
Biles, known to be the country’s most decorated gymnast, was flying from Washington, D.C., to Texas after receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Thursday. At 25 years old, Biles is the youngest person to receive the medal so far. During her flight, she documented the awkward exchange with the flight attendant on her Instagram story.
“Not the flight attendant trying to give me a coloring book when I board,” Biles wrote. “I said ‘no I’m good I’m 25.'”
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i’m crying at the thought of a flight attendant giving simone biles the most decorated gymnast in history a coloring book because she is 4’8” pic.twitter.com/s03QHpUUH8
— matt (@mattxiv) July 9, 2022
A screenshot of her story shared on Twitter received over 162,000 likes.
At another point during the flight, another flight attendant asked the 4-foot-8-inch Olympian if she was of drinking age when she ordered an alcoholic drink.
“The other flight attendant gave me a mimosa so we’re in the clear,” Biles wrote in another post.
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Biles has earned 32 Olympic and World Championship medals during her career. Most recently, Biles testified against Olympic osteopathic physician Larry Nassar for the sexual abuse he committed against her, to which he pleaded guilty in 2017.
