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Simone Biles had quite the night at the ESPYs on Wednesday. This was her first trip to the ESPYS since 2017.

The record-breaking Olympic gymnast was nominated for two awards, including Best Athlete in Women’s Sports and Best Championship Performance, for her gold medal win in women’s all-around at the 2024 Olympics‬.

Biles won both awards.

The 11-time Olympic medalist claimed the night’s first award, best championship performance for her efforts at the Paris Games. She won three golds and a silver while helping the U.S. women’s gymnasts win their first team title since 2016.

During her speech, Simone Biles stated, “That was very unexpected, especially in a category of all men.”

Biles was the only woman nominated in this category.

The other nominees were basketball player Stephen Curry, MLB player Freddie Freeman, and golfer Rory McIlroy.

How fans Reacted To What Simone Biles Said

Simone Biles (Photo by Jack Gruber/Imagn Images)
“She’s a racist woman hater who supports men competing in women’s sports,” one fan said.

“She’s also anti-woman and is a weirdo. She thinks men can be women,” a second person added.

“Is she a her, zer, or der? I’m pretty sure advocating for men in women’s sports would make it difficult for women. Maybe I just don’t understand logic. 🤔,” a third person wrote about Simone Biles.

“All due respect to her, but when u start ur speech by I’m surprised i won in a category of men.” while she vouched for biological men playing in women’s sports..u do the math bc it ain’t adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing right….,” a fourth person commented.

“Nah. She doesn’t support women and has only excelled because she wasn’t forced by others like her to compete against a dude,” one final person added.

Fearne Cotton has broken her silence on split from husband Jesse Wood in her first TV interview since the breakup.

Joining Lorraine Kelly on Monday’s episode of the ITV show, the TV presenter, 43, also gave an health update after having two tumours removed from jaw.

Fearne announced her split from Jesse, the son of Rolling Stones bass guitarist Ronnie Wood, in December after 10 years of marriage.

She has since made swipes at Jesse and moved on with TV director Elliot Hegarty, with the pair having been seen kissing during a recent night out.

Fearne has had a difficult few months after undergoing surgery to remove two benign tumours from her jawline, just days before her split with Jesse emerged.

She told host Lorraine: ‘It’s all very amicable and kids are doing great. I am in a very good place.’place.’

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Fearne Cotton has broken her silence on split from husband Jesse Wood in her first TV interview since the breakup

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Fearne announced her split from Jesse, the son of Rolling Stones bass guitarist Ronnie Wood , in December after 10 years of marriage (both pictured in February 2024)

Discussing her recent surgery, she added: ‘I feel very grateful to have completely recovered.

‘I feel really good. I have a lot of people reaching out who have had the same thing.’

Davina McCall, 56, announced in November she’d been diagnosed with a colloid cyst, a rare type of benign brain tumour, and has supported Fearne.

She continued: ‘Everyone needs a Davina. She’s been amazing, weird that we had the same health thing going on at the same time. She’s so calming and we speak every day. She is just the best

It comes after Fearne has seemingly made another thinly-veiled dig at her ex-husband as she gushed that she is the happiest she’s ever been in a positive update.

Speaking to Scott Mills on his BBC Radio 2 breakfast show, Fearne gushed that she is ‘really happy’ and is ‘springing out of bed in the morning ready for life’.

Scott, who has known Fearne for 25 years, said he has never seen her ‘more positive or happier’, prompting Fearne to agree and reply: ‘Yeah I feel great!’