Back in December, Simone Biles and her husband, Jonathan Owens, found themselves at the center of public attention after he made some now-viral remarks about the early days of their romance. At the time, Simone didn’t explicitly address the backlash Jonathan was facing, and now, Simone is opening up about this discourse.

“I thought everything was OK, and then I go on Twitter and everybody’s like, ‘Divorce this man. He’s mean!’ … That really hurt that they were talking about my husband like that.”

Back in December, Simone Biles and her husband, Jonathan Owens, found themselves at the center of public attention after he made some now-viral remarks about the early days of their romance.

Simone has been married to Jonathan, who plays for the NFL, since April 2023.

Even though Simone is the most decorated gymnast in history, Jonathan insisted that he had no clue who she was when they first met in 2020 on celebrity dating app Raya. “I didn’t know who she was at the time, but the first thing that I saw was that she had a bunch of followers, so in my mind, I’m like, ‘She gotta be good,’” he said on The Pivot podcast.

After the podcast hosts seemed surprised by Jonathan’s revelation, the athlete explained, “When she won the Olympics, I was in college. We didn’t have NBC. We didn’t have Olympic channels. And we’re in [football] camp in late July, early August, so I’m not really paying attention. So, I never would’ve had a moment where I would have watched.”

Simone was present at the interview, and when the cameras panned over to her, she could be seen giggling.

Jonathan was later asked if he felt he was “the catch” in his and Simone’s relationship, to which he said: “I always say we, the man, are the catch. I always say we the catch.”