Despite her massive popularity, it seems Simone Biles prefers to dine alone
Simone Biles is the biggest name in gymnastics right now, but the athlete isn’t big on eating with her friends and competitors in the Olympic Village.
Biles is the most decorated US Olympic gymnast of all-time and is tied for the second most-decorated US Olympic female athlete of all time.
At the Paris Olympics, she has won gold medals in the vault, all-around and team gymnastics events, taking her total up to seven gold medals, one silver and two bronze.
So you’d think she’s be eager to celebrate her success with her fellow athletes at the Olympic Village.
However, Biles shared in a TikTok video before the Olympic all-around final that she generally prefers to eat alone at the cafeteria.
In the video, the 27-year-old gymnast allowed her fans to get a little bit of an insight into her thoughts and feelings:
@simonebilesowens get ready with meeee for all around finals @ the olympics 😱🥹 #olympics #gymnastics #usa #paris
After so much success, you would expect Biles to be literally oozing confidence but she admitted she was ‘really nervous’ about the upcoming gymnastics all-around final. Though she need not be since she claimed gold at the event.
But as well opening about her nervousness, Biles said she felt overwhelmed in the cafeteria with many people coming up to her asking for photos.
She said after experiencing it once before, her feelings of anxiety went through the roof.
In the video she said: “I have not done much around the Olympic village. It is because the first day we got here I got to the cafeteria and a lot of people were asking me for photos, non stop.
Simone has been praised for talking about her mental health.(Simone Biles)
“Whenever I got sat down to eat my anxiety was so bad I was shaking and I couldn’t stop shaking. I was so overwhelmed.
“So for a little while I went to the cafeteria to meet my friend yesterday but before that I haven’t gone back to the cafeteria in five days.
“I just go to the store, stock up on food and just stay here, because it gets me so anxious.”
