Simone Biles made it clear that she won’t tolerate negative comments about her husband, Bears defensive back Jonathan Owens, and their marriage.
The seven-time Olympic medalist told those being “blatantly disrespectful” in comments on social media to “respectfully, f–k off” after she won the 2024 Core Hydration Gymnastics Classic in Connecticut, where Owens supported her while sitting front and center on Saturday.
“I’m going to quickly address this, the joke was never a joke!” the 27-year-old Biles wrote in a note on her Instagram Story Sunday. “Y’all are blatantly being disrespectful to my relationship & my husband. So I’m gonna go ahead and say this one time. Respectfully, f–k off.
“[And] if you keep commenting or tweeting at me I’m just going to block you. Simple as that. And no I don’t need to touch grass or whatever [the f–k] y’all suggest…. @ everyone else that supports us we love y’all so much.”
Owens reposted Biles’ statement on his Instagram Stories and wrote: ” If y’all gone support, support!!! If not respectfully keep scrolling. Cause being fake mad about people y’all don’t know from a can of paint is weirdo behavior.”
Biles’ message referred to a separate situation in December, when Owens faced backlash for his comments during an appearance on “The Pivot Podcast,” where he called himself the “catch” in their relationship.
Many believed that Owens should’ve given the title to his wife, who is the most decorated gymnast of all time — and arguably, the more famous one in the relationship.
Biles and Owens, who tied the knot in 2023, remained united in the wake of the controversial interview.
“He never said I wasn’t a catch,” Biles said during an appearance on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast in April, adding that she “didn’t think anything of” that interview. “He said he was a catch because he is. I’ve never met a man like him. A lot of people that meet him are like, ‘Oh my gosh. I want a man like that, like Jonathan.'”
Biles added that the interview [with “The Pivot”] had nothing to do with her, and that “he has to have his moments too.”
Biles recalled thinking some of the comments were “hilarious” at the time, but she “broke down” when she saw others trying to tear down her husband.
Biles also posted a photo of the couple sharing a kiss after she took home another title with a dominant all-around score of 59.500 in Saturday’s competition.
“My whole heart,” she wrote. “The best supporter, I couldn’t ask for a better husband.”
Biles announced her return to competition last June after she struggled with “the twisties” at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
The 2024 Core Hydration Gymnastics Classic, along with the Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships — set for May 30-June 2 in Fort Worth, Texas — are two of the final competitions before the USA Gymnastics national teams are selected to compete at the U.S. Olympic trials in June.
The 2024 Summer Olympics will take place in Paris from July 26 until Aug. 11.
