Simone Biles defends husband Jonathan Owens from backlash over viral ‘catch’ comments

Simone Biles she is trying to clear up her husband jonathan owens‘ controversial comments from his 2023 interview in The pivot podcast.

The 11 times Olympic The gold medalist addressed the criticism that followed her partner after his comments last year in a recent episode of her. netflix documentary, Simone Biles on the rise.

When Owens joined hosts Ryan Clark, Channing Crowder and Fred Taylor on The pivotThey asked him who he thought was the “cheat” in his relationship with Biles. “I always say men are the party,” he responded before Crowder asked how NFL The star “threw” her.

“Man, that’s really how she attracted me, man. That’s the thing,” Owens said.

The Chicago Bears player sent the Internet into a spiral for his comments, which many perceived as sexist and condescending.

However, in Simone Biles on the rise, The gymnast is seen laughing in response to Owens’ comments.

“Social media gives (fans) this false sense of reality that they really know who you are and how you function,” Biles said on the Oct. 25 episode. “Most of the time they don’t understand the mental toll it takes, especially starting an Olympic year.

“I know we signed up to be judged at the gym, but when you guys are going to talk about him or my family, yeah, I’m going to attack you,” he continued. “Most of the time I bite my tongue, but now I do have a voice, I have always had a voice. Just because you didn’t think I wouldn’t see it doesn’t mean I’m not obligated to respond. “It’s crazy.”

Biles and Owens married in April 2023 after getting together in March 2020. Since they started dating, they have built a house together in Houston, Texas. For Biles, her love is more meaningful than “the number of trophies, medals and accolades” she has.

“That’s not how you measure love,” Biles noted.

Amid all the criticism last year, the happy couple proved they were above the negativity. On Instagram, Owens wrote: “Not bothering me. “I just know we’re locked in here.” Meanwhile, Biles claimed that she and Owens were “for life.”

Additionally, he downplayed the backlash in a June 2024 interview with US Weekly

“I have all my social media notifications turned off, so I didn’t even know for a while,” Owens told the outlet.

“I was actually with my mom and Simone every time it came out, so all the comments and everything, I just let them read it. I try to stay out of it and obviously if you feel like things are getting out of hand, that’s when you reach out and say something.

“I don’t want to say bad words, but damned if you do, damned if you don’t,” he further told the outlet. “If you say something, they will say something; If you don’t say something, they will say something.

“So, just live your life. “People are going to talk about you anyway, so you might as well do it the way you want,” he added.