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Gymnast Simone Biles has been busy with her historic comeback at the Paris Olympics. But she made time to shut down “fucking miserable” people attacking her husband, Chicago Bears defensive back Jonathan Owens. Particularly one TikTok user. Owens, who got time off from training camp to watch Biles compete, wore her gold medal in a photo of the two after she led the U.S. squad to victory in the team event. “Witnessing history every time you step on the mat,” he wrote on Instagram. “Congrats baby on becoming the most decorated American gymnast in Olympic history!!!! Just wow!!!! 8 of them!!!!! So thankful I was there to see it.”
Negative comments popped up, telling Owens that the medal was not his to wear. “Why is he holding it like he won it,” one person remarked. “That’s Simone’s gold medal you’re holding, not yours my guy,” an additional person wrote.
Then, in a TikTok video, one person instructed Owens to “Take her medal off!” “Take her medal off!”
The gymnastics legend responded strongly in the comments section.
“Crazy thing is, I put my medal on every single one of my family members and took pictures,” Biles posted on Thursday. “So never make assumptions. Like you’re so fucking miserable. Leave us alone.
In a follow-up video, the user expressed gratitude for being reprimanded by “such a talented woman”.
Online trolling of Owens has been a simmering concern for Biles, which has occasionally bubbled over.
“Y’all are blatantly disrespectful to my relationship and husband,” Biles wrote on Instagram in May. “So I’m going to say this once. Respectfully, Fuck off.”
Much of the criticism arose from Owens’ admission on a December podcast that he had no idea who Biles was when they met on a dating service and that he was “the catch” in the relationship.
The couple married in April of 2023.
On the mat at the City of Light, she has let her performance to speak for itself. Biles won gold in both the team event and the all-around, extending her Olympic tally to nine medals.
She will compete in the women’s vault on Saturday.
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