diff --git a/native/markdown/markdown-user-mention.react.js b/native/markdown/markdown-user-mention.react.js
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/markdown/markdown-user-mention.react.js
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+// @flow
+
+import { useFocusEffect } from '@react-navigation/native';
+import * as React from 'react';
+import { Text } from 'react-native';
+
+import { useMarkdownOnPressUtils } from './markdown-utils.js';
+import { getMarkdownStyles } from './styles.js';
+import { useNavigateToUserProfileBottomSheet } from '../user-profile/user-profile-utils.js';
+
+type TextProps = React.ElementConfig<typeof Text>;
+type Props = {
+  +children: React.Node,
+  +userID: string,
+  +useDarkStyle: boolean,
+  ...TextProps,
+};
+
+function MarkdownUserMention(props: Props): React.Node {
+  const { userID, useDarkStyle, ...rest } = props;
+
+  const { messageKey, isRevealed, onLongPressHandler, markdownContext } =
+    useMarkdownOnPressUtils();
+
+  const styles = getMarkdownStyles(useDarkStyle ? 'dark' : 'light');
+
+  const { setUserProfileBottomSheetActive } = markdownContext;
+
+  const navigateToUserProfileBottomSheet =
+    useNavigateToUserProfileBottomSheet();
+
+  useFocusEffect(
+    React.useCallback(() => {
+      if (!messageKey) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      setUserProfileBottomSheetActive({ [messageKey]: false });
+    }, [messageKey, setUserProfileBottomSheetActive]),
+  );
+
+  const onPressUser = React.useCallback(() => {
+    if (!messageKey) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    setUserProfileBottomSheetActive({ [messageKey]: true });
+    navigateToUserProfileBottomSheet(userID);
+  }, [
+    messageKey,
+    navigateToUserProfileBottomSheet,
+    setUserProfileBottomSheetActive,
+    userID,
+  ]);
+
+  return (
+    <Text
+      onPress={isRevealed ? onPressUser : null}
+      onLongPress={isRevealed ? onLongPressHandler : null}
+      style={styles.bold}
+      {...rest}
+    />
+  );
+}
+
+export default MarkdownUserMention;
diff --git a/native/markdown/rules.react.js b/native/markdown/rules.react.js
--- a/native/markdown/rules.react.js
+++ b/native/markdown/rules.react.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import MarkdownLink from './markdown-link.react.js';
 import MarkdownParagraph from './markdown-paragraph.react.js';
 import MarkdownSpoiler from './markdown-spoiler.react.js';
+import MarkdownUserMention from './markdown-user-mention.react.js';
 import { getMarkdownStyles } from './styles.js';
 
 export type MarkdownRules = {
@@ -376,7 +377,6 @@
   chatMentionCandidates: ChatMentionCandidates,
   useDarkStyle: boolean,
 ): MarkdownRules {
-  const styles = getMarkdownStyles(useDarkStyle ? 'dark' : 'light');
   const baseRules = fullMarkdownRules(useDarkStyle);
   const membersMap = SharedMarkdown.createMemberMapForUserMentions(members);
 
@@ -395,9 +395,13 @@
           output: SharedMarkdown.Output<SharedMarkdown.ReactElement>,
           state: SharedMarkdown.State,
         ) => (
-          <Text key={state.key} style={styles.bold}>
+          <MarkdownUserMention
+            key={state.key}
+            userID={node.userID}
+            useDarkStyle={useDarkStyle}
+          >
             {node.content}
-          </Text>
+          </MarkdownUserMention>
         ),
       },
       chatMention: {