In a latest Self-importance Honest cowl story, Jonathan Owens, husband of gymnastics legend Simone Biles, addressed the persistent disbelief surrounding his declare that he had “no clue” who Biles was after they first linked on the unique courting app Raya.
Owens claims he did not observe gymnastics
Owens insists that, on the time they met on the app, he was centered on a coaching camp at his alma mater, Missouri Western State College, and was oblivious to the Rio de Janeiro Olympics the place Biles achieved iconic success.
“I by no means as soon as was like, ‘Oh, let me verify gymnastics out,'” he defined.
Owens rapidly caught up on Biles’ achievements when he discovered her on Instagram.
“I used to be like, ‘Man, she acquired loads of followers; she should be fairly good,'” he advised Self-importance Honest.
The NFL security confronted skepticism when he beforehand claimed ignorance throughout a joint podcast look with Biles in December.
“When she received the Olympics, I used to be in faculty, and we did not have NBC… So I am not paying consideration,” he mentioned on The Pivot podcast.
Owens & Biles linked through the pandemic
The couple, whose relationship blossomed through the COVID-19 pandemic, spent quarantine attending to know one another.
They shared moments of laughter, sangria, films, and video games.
Owens reminisced in regards to the early days, saying, “I simply seen her chuckle. It was simply contagious.”
Owens’ confidence, highlighted by his declare that he was “the catch” of their relationship, stirred controversy on social media.
“I at all times say that the boys are the catch,”Owens mentioned, after he was requested if he thought-about himself the “catch” in his relationship with Biles.
Grilled on “How within the hell did you pull Simone Biles?”, Owens mentioned on the podcast “It is actually how she pulled me, man, that is the query.”
Regardless of the general public scrutiny, Owens and Biles stay steadfast of their love.
As Biles shared a wedding-day photograph on her Instagram with the caption “Temper,” she addressed critics with a submit on X, saying, “Are y’all achieved but?”
