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People recognize celebrities easily in public spaces. Most people even approach them to greet or click a selfie with them. Similarly, most people recognize Simone Biles when they see her in public. However, sometimes they fail to, as the most decorated gymnast found out recently.

The gymnast was returning from Washington after receiving the highest civilian honor when she faced an embarrassing situation. She even posted about the incident on her Instagram story.

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Simone Biles shared an Instagram story regarding a recent mix-up

Biles recently received the prestigious Presidential Medal of Freedom. The list included 16 other personalities who have achieved great heights in their respective fields. Everything went smoothly during the award ceremony. However, she faced a slightly embarrassing situation when boarding the return flight.

While boarding, the flight attendant handed her a coloring book. The attendant did not recognize the celebrated athlete and mistook her for a kid. Biles has a short stature, standing at 4?8?. Therefore, it must have been a gaffe on the flight attendant’s part.

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However, it must have been embarrassing for Biles as the gymnast shared the incident as a story on her Instagram account soon after boarding the flight. The caption read, ?Not the flight attendant trying to give me a coloring book when I board?.. I said ?no I?m good I?m 25.? ?

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The story featured a photo of the athlete inside the flight wearing a smirk. It left the seven-time Olympic medalist seemingly flustered by the incident. Soon after she posted the story, the incident spread like wildfire on social media. And it found its way to Twitter in no time.

Twitter users reacts to Biles’ embarrassing incident

The community cannot get enough of the gaffe. And it has resulted in some hilarious results from Twitter users. However, not all tweets on the platform were funny, as some users tweeted some rude comments about the athlete. Let’s check how Twitterati reacted to the story.

https://twitter.com/knowlestra/status/1546671061084672001

https://twitter.com/ID_As_Normal/status/1546742343507668994

https://twitter.com/Constance191611/status/1546690333207134209

Naturally, many tweets were regarding the age of the athlete:

https://twitter.com/Mikejku/status/1546669475499483136

However, some even came to the flight attendant’s defense:

But not all tweets were positive, some were plain rude:

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