Chloe Kim added another medal to her Olympic resume, but she removed one thing from her social media.
The three-time medalist in the halfpipe revealed Friday that she had to turn off direct messages from her Instagram account over “very disturbing images” she had been receiving.
“Hello hello! Happy Friday! I unfortunately had to turn off my DMs due to people taking things too far,” Kim wrote on her story.
“I’ve seen too many fake and very disturbing images/videos and I need to protect myself. Hopefully with some time we’ll be back! I really do enjoy connecting with you all! Much love 💖💖”
Kim, 25, didn’t elaborate on what she was receiving that she needed to protect herself, but there was a fake image that circulated online in recent days that appeared to show her and her NFL boyfriend, Browns star edge rusher Myles Garrett, getting engaged.
She went on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on Wednesday to clarify that the couple had not actually decided to get married.
“Don’t fall for it, guys!” Kim said of the image that was likely made through AI.
Kim added that there were some obvious clues to see that the image was fabricated.
“[Garrett is] wearing sunglasses,” she said. “I don’t want my man to propose to me with sunglasses on.”
Kim had an eventful last two months, as she incurred a scary fall and dislocated her shoulder while training in Switzerland in early January.
In spite of all that, she made Team USA’s Olympic snowboarding roster.
“I’m really just grateful to be in the position where I’ve won all these events multiple times,” Kim said at the onset of the Winter Games.
“The fact that I’m able to be here and riding and being confident is all I can ask for.”
She fell just short of gold, taking the silver in the halfpipe after she fell on her final two runs of the Milan Cortina Olympics.
