Olympic gymnast Simone Biles has reacted to her husband Jonathan Owens’ past comments stating that he was a better catch than her.
In a podcast interview in December 2023, NFL player Owens was asked by the host, “How in the hell did you pull Simone Biles?,” to which Owens responded: “Really, how’d she pull me, man? That’s the question.”
Biles had at that point become the most decorated gymnast of all time.
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Owens stated he had no idea who Biles was when they matched on dating app Raya in 2020.
He explained that when Biles took home four gold medals and one bronze at the the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio for her gymnastics prowess, he was in college at the time and didn’t watch the Games.
When the show’s co-host questioned Owens’ assertion that he was the “catch” in their relationship, the 28-year-old simply replied: “I always say that the men are the catch.”
The comments caused a frenzy online, with fans questions Biles and Owens’ relationship.
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Now Biles admits that the social media intrusion even caused her to “break down”.
The gold medalist explained on the Call Her Daddy podcast that she was in the room when her husband uttered the now infamous comments, thinking nothing of them at the time.
“I thought everything was OK, and then I go on Twitter and everybody’s like, ‘Divorce this man. He’s mean!'” Biles recalled.
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She defended Owens, saying that her “never said [she] wasn’t a catch.
“He said he was a catch. Because he is! I’ve never met a man like him,” the 27-year-old exclaimed.
She added that she thought the commotion was “hilarious at first, and then it hurt my feelings.
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“One night I broke down and I’m like, ‘Why are you guys talking about my husband like this? You don’t know him. You don’t know who he is and if anybody’s met him, you know he’s the sweetest guy, will do anything for anybody.’
“I’m like, ‘He’s the sweetest. He praises the ground that I walk on.’ Truly, I’ve never met a man like him … he truly goes out of his way to do anything for me.”
“That really hurt that they were talking about my husband like that. For me, it’s like, talk about me all you want, but don’t come for my family, never,” she asserted.
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