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McKayla Maroney’s Racy Instagram Video Wasn’t the Result of Hacking

An Instagram video of former Olympian McKayla Maroney posing in a thong left the world thinking she’d been hacked Sunday, Cosmopolitan reports. 

 

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A post shared by McKayla Maroney (@mckaylamaroney) on

After the comments section of the post blew up with both positive and negative reactions, McKayla shared another photo to clarify that she did intend to post the video. “I didn’t get hacked. Unfollow if [you] need to. All love,” she wrote.

Maroney also expressed her feelings about the reactions to her video on Twitter and let the haters know she’s “just doing me.” She gives no f*cks—literally.

While we may remember McKayla as a teenage gymnast, she’s 21 years old now. What she posts on social media is totally up to her. She’s just trying to live and isn’t worried about the backlash. Haters gonna hate, right?

Abbey is a senior at the University of Wyoming and is currently majoring in Journalism. She couldn't imagine a world without Jesus, coffee, The 1975, Twitter or her family. You'll usually find her at a concert or cafe somewhere, which is where she spends majority of her free-time. Talking to band members after their shows is a hobby, along with thrifting & indulging in all aspects of pop culture. After college, she plans to spend more time at concerts, getting paid to write about music and bands.