The gold medalist says the glam charge, which included a stylist, hair and makeup, left her “spiraling.”

Simone Biles calls out $23,000 charge for red carpet glam: ‘Is that f---ing normal?’

The gold medalist says the glam charge, which included a stylist, hair and makeup, left her "spiraling."

By Sharareh Drury

on April 28, 2026 3:37 p.m. ET

Simone Biles at the the 2026 Laureus World Sports Awards. Credit:

Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty

- Simone Biles revealed she recently paid $23,000 on glam for a red carpet event.

- In a TikTok video, the Olympic champion posed a question to celebrities, athletes, and influencers if the charge was "normal."

- Biles said the charge was for a stylist plus hair and makeup.

Simone Biles just revealed the massive price of getting red-carpet ready.

The Olympic champion shared in a TikTok video that she was charged $23,000 by a glam squad that included a stylist, hair, and makeup for a recent red carpet event, which left her "spiraling" and questioning how normal that cost is.

"If you're a celebrity, an athlete, influencer, these questions are for you," Biles began her video. "I just need to know if this is normal, because I know going outside is expensive as f--k these days. But like, is it this expensive?"

"I just want to know is that f---ing normal?" Biles continued. "Baby, if that's normal, and I get inflation, like I get prices these days have gone up, but if that's the new norm, y'all can have it. Y'all will never see me at another event. I'm gonna stay my ass right here, where it's free."

The gold medalist added she has been "spiraling" ever since seeing the hefty number.

"I see a lot of y'all at events, and there's no way you guys are paying these prices each and every time," she shared. "There's just no way."

***Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our ******EW Dispatch newsletter******.******* The decorated gymnast ended her video by saying she doesn't want her audience to "go bash people" and she has no "ill intent" in sharing her shock over the glam squad charge.

"I just need to know if this is normal. That's really it. Because if it is, I'm staying inside," Biles said.****Users were just as shocked as Biles, with one commenting on her video, "Can we get a breakdown cause what?!?" and another user writing, "They said SBST (Simone Biles Service Tax)." ()

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Biles did not specify which red carpet event left her with the considerable bill, but she recently attended the 2026 Laureus World Sports Awards as an ambassador.

"Basically the Oscars... but make it sports🤏🏾🤍" Biles wrote in an Instagram post, sharing pics of her in an ivory, one-shoulder feathered minidress.

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