When Jordan Chiles published her book ‘I’m That Girl’, she envisioned it as something that would inspire the future of gymnastics; A memoir that details her struggles and also how she mastered her craft. No wonder it became a New York Times Best-Selling memoir. But what the gymnast didn’t anticipate was that the book would bring in allegations and contention. You see, the internet isn’t forgiving.

Social media has been buzzing with unhappiness over the content in the book and many fans have claimed that they have factual inaccuracies. For instance:

• Some fans noticed the fall-out between Simone Biles and Carlotta Ferlito, which in the book was dated back to the 2016 Rio Olympics when in reality, the incident dates back to the 2013 World Championships.
• Another example is when Chiles claimed that due to misogynoir, she was once tested thrice within a month by the USADA, but people took examples of Biles, Suni Lee, and other athletes, citing that Olympic athletes have to go through multiple tests.
• Additionally, her book also suggested that “Valeri reassured Coach Tiffany and me that I was “completely in consideration for the all-round” at Worlds” and so she wouldn’t have to perform a second vault. She felt this could have sabotaged her. But some fans felt that Valeri was giving the gymnast a realistic path to the Worlds team.

Well, Jordan has finally opened up about these criticisms which have also been affecting her family. What did the Olympian say?

Jordan Chiles appeared in a video posted by Bleacher Report on YouTube, where the WNBA player Candace Parker asked the UCLA gymnast about her book. The Olympian talked of a tweet that said that she was misleading the people with her book, and the tweet made her think, “How can I mislead a story that is my own story? How can I mislead myself in a way of being like, OK, this is what I wrote. This is, you know, and like you were saying, sometimes people don’t like hearing the truth or hearing what’s right.”

Further, she explained her intention behind writing the book. “And so I just want everybody to understand that this story was something for you to understand how I am sitting here or standing at 23 years old, being this strong, being this independent, being this amazing woman trying to succeed in her life in the trauma and all that stuff was something that I wanted to give out to the world.”

Life has not been easy for the UCLA gymnast. In her book, she also discussed how she struggled to establish a healthy relationship with food and her mental health after years of verbal and emotional abuse from her former coach. “I can look in the self myself in the mirror and be like, OK. I’ve gone through a lot of stuff in my life. I have gone through trauma. I was verbally and emotionally abused by my coach. I was doing all these things but yet those things only made me stronger.”

The gymnast also did not refrain from giving out a strong message saying: “No matter what you go through and what you have to sacrifice, you’re going to be able to come out of that and be stronger than what you thought. And I’m just happy that now my story is out. And instead of people going back and forth trying to create it, they can just read it and be like, ‘OK, look, I get where she’s at now’.”

Now just a day ago, she wrote on Instagram: “Words can’t describe how grateful I am for everyone that came out to my book launch party and celebrate my now NY Times Best Selling memoir…. thank you to everyone for buying and listening to my story. THAT GIRL will forever be THAT BOOK!!” It wasn’t just a simple post. She shared pictures from her book launch party, where she was seen wearing an all-black ensemble: A black corset paired with a maxi skirt with a high slit.

Despite all her efforts, the internet is divided about her book, and here is why.

Jordan Chiles faces backlash as ghostwriting claims surface…

When you look at the cover page of, ‘I’m That Girl: Living the Power of My Dreams’ you will see another name under Jordan Chiles’ name; Felice Laverne; A name that has started quite a controversy. You see, Laverne is one of those ghosts from the ghostwriting world that one can see; She’s a big name and what’s interesting is that on her own website, Jordan Chiles’ book is showcased as one of her ghostwriting projects and this has led to the controversy.

Questions are being raised over the olympian; did she even write the book? If not, why claim the sole authorship? Mumma Chiles answered for her daughter. Replying to the earlier tweet, Gina Chiles first reminded the world that the ghostwriter is credited even when they are not supposed to citing:

“Take a look at the cover…under her name…shows you who co-wrote it with her. She did in fact open word documents for her book. I think ghostwriters are not acknowledged as writers or given credit on covers. But aside from that how did you like it?”

Gina’s reply sparked quite a lot of debate, ranging from questions about authorship to personal attacks over Mumma Chiles as well; criticism was not only limited to the Chiles family but also found its way to Laverne. In the end, Jordan herself had to enter and respond with a “Huh?”, the reaction was as puzzling as it was meant to be.