Simone Biles has been dancing her way to the quarterfinals of ABC's Dancing With The Stars, but it hasn't been easy. During her judging panel session, the gold-medalist was met with criticism for not bringing enough emotion to her Foxtrot and Paso double routines, per Entertainment Weekly.

She wasn't only criticized for her lack of emotion during the dance, but also taken to task during judging when host Tom Bergeron asked her why she wasn’t smiling from some of the more positive comments directed toward her. Biles quickly snapped back with, “Smiling doesn’t win you gold medals.”

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WELP!

Of course, Biles' deft reply was met with a "yaaaassss" parade from Twitter:

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After the show's broadcast, Entertainment Tonight interviewed Biles and her partner Sasha Farber: “I feel like everyone has their own opinion, clearly, and I feel it’s just how you take it,” Biles said. “I feel like I am trying, I am being honest, but if they don’t see that, I don’t know what more I can do.”

Whoop, there it is. Shouts to Simone Biles for staying true to herself and not succumbing to pageant puppetry.

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