Simone Biles continues to defend husband Jonathan Owens after viral ‘catch’ comment

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Simone Biles continued to defend her husband, Jonathan Owens, after he said he was the “catch” in their relationship.

During the second part of “Simone Biles Rising” released Friday, the star gymnast addressed the backlash Owens faced after her interview on “The Pivot” last year, saying her comments were “taken out of context.”

“Social media gives (followers) this false sense of reality that they really know who you are and how you function,” Biles said.

“Most of the time they don’t understand the mental toll it takes, especially coming into an Olympic year.”

The 11-time Olympic medalist, 27, continued: “I know we signed up to be judged in the gym, but when you guys are going to talk about him or my family, yeah, I’m going to attack you.”

He also criticized people who “equate our love with the number of trophies, medals and praise I have,” saying that “that is not how love is measured.”

“Most of the time I bite my tongue, but now, yeah, I have a voice, I’ve always had a voice,” Biles said.

“Just because you didn’t think I wouldn’t see it doesn’t mean I’m not obligated to respond… it’s crazy.”

In December 2023, the Chicago Bears safety said he was the “match” in his relationship with Biles, who is the most decorated Olympic gymnast of all time.

At that time he also admitted He had no idea who she was. when they matched on the Raya dating app in 2020, but that her career choice “piqued” his curiosity.

Despite a barrage of criticism on social media, Owens stood firm in another interviewsaying there is no point in silencing trolls.

“I have all my social media notifications turned off, so I didn’t even know for a while,” Owens told us weekly in June 2024.

“I was actually with my mom and Simone every time it came out, so all the comments and everything, I just let them read it. “I try to stay out of it and obviously if you feel like things are getting out of hand, that’s when you reach out and say something.”

“I don’t want to say bad words, but damned if you do, damned if you don’t,” he further told the outlet. “If you say something, they will say something; If you don’t say something, they will say something.”

“So, just live your life. “People are going to talk about you anyway, so you might as well do it the way you want,” he added.

As for Biles, this isn’t the first time she has had to defend her comments. In April 2024, he admitted that the the reaction “really hurt” his feelings.

“He said it was a catch,” he exclaimed on an episode of “Call Her Daddy.” “Because it is! “I have never met a man like him.”

“I thought everything was fine, and then I go on Twitter and everyone is saying, ‘Divorce this man.’ It’s bad!’” Biles recalled.

“I say, ‘He’s the sweetest.’ He praises the ground I walk on.’ Truly, I have never met a man like him… he really goes out of his way to do anything for me.”

And although at first the situation seemed “funny” to him, it definitely “hurt” his feelings.

“One night I broke down and thought, ‘Why are they talking about my husband like that? You don’t know him. You don’t know who he is and if anyone has met him, you know he’s the sweetest guy, he’ll do anything for anyone,’” he told host Alex Cooper.

She continued: “It hurt me a lot that they were talking about my husband like that. For me it’s like, talk about me all you want, but don’t come for my family, ever.”

In May 2024, she also kindly He told his followers to “fuck off” because they were being “disrespectful” to their marriage.

The Olympic gymnast explained that if people “keep commenting or tweeting me,” she “will just block you. “It’s that simple.”

Biles went on to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where Owens supported her from the front row.

The couple began dating in 2020 and married three years later.