By VIVIAN KWARM | [email protected] | New York Daily News
Four-time Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles talked about the negative reaction her husband received after he talked about their relationship and it became very popular. The retired Olympian revealed that the calls for her to separate from Jonathan Owens made her emotionally distressed.
“I initially found it amusing, but then it started to hurt my feelings,” said the world-famous gymnast, 27, during the Apr. 17 episode of the “Call Her Daddy” podcast.
“Then one night, I couldn't hold back my emotions and I thought, ‘Why are you guys talking about my husband like this? You don't know him. And if anyone has met him, they know that he's very kind and willing to help anyone.’”
Biles also felt that the online comments went too far.
“It really hurt that they were talking about my husband in that way,” she continued. “For me, it's like, ‘Say what you want about me, but don't go after my family — ever.’ I've been in the public eye long enough to be able to ignore things and have my own private reaction. You won't know that I cried about it, but I do get upset. However, I only get upset because I can't respond. Just remember that.”
In December, Biles’ football player husband caused a stir with a controversial interview on “Pivot Podcast.” Owens stated in the episode that, when he met Biles on a dating app, he “didn’t know” who she was.
When co-host Channing Crowder asked, “How in the hell did you pull did you pull Simone Biles?” Owen’s responded: “It’s really how did she pull me, that’s the question.”
Co-host Ryan Clark then asked, ” You was really the catch?” The Chicago Bears player doubled down: “I always say the man (is) the catch.”
Biles was in the room during the interview and is seen smiling and laughing during the viral interaction.
“I was feeling great. I was like, ‘My man just killed that,’” she told “Call Her Daddy” host Alex Cooper. “Whenever he did that interview, I thought everything was OK. And then I go on Twitter and everybody’s like, ‘Divorce this man! He’s mean!’ And I’m like, ‘He’s the sweetest. He praises the ground that I walk on.’ Like truly, I’ve never met a man like him.”
The gold medalist added, “First of all, that interview had nothing to do with me. It was all for him. So I think they were mad that he didn’t include me in the interview. But he has to have his moments too, and I let him have it.”
Following the viral interview, Biles responded to the online backlash tweeting to her followers, “Are y’all done yet?”
Meanwhile Owens also took to Instagram to let the world know he’s “unbothered.” In the Dec.21 post, he shared a photo of the couple at their wedding captioned, “Just know we locked in over here.”
