Simone Biles BROKE DOWN After Husband Jonathan Owens’ Viral Interview _ E! News
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00:00 I broke down and I'm like, why are you guys talking about my husband like this?
00:03 Simone Biles is finally addressing the hate against her husband, Jonathan Owens.
00:08 Nearly four months after the football player's viral interview, the Olympian reacts to the
00:13 public criticism and people calling for her to divorce him.
00:16 In an April 17th episode of the podcast, "Call Her Daddy," Simone reflects on the hate and
00:21 how it made her feel.
00:22 I thought it was hilarious what people were saying, "Divorce him, divorce him."
00:26 All this crazy stuff and like, he doesn't even like to say divorce.
00:29 He's probably dying right now that I've said it like six times in a row.
00:32 Divorce.
00:33 Yeah, literally.
00:34 Divorce.
00:35 Because like, that's, whatever.
00:36 So, I thought it was hilarious at first, and then they hurt my feelings.
00:40 Ultimately, the gymnast thought some of the online comments went way too far.
00:44 I broke down and I'm like, why are you guys talking about my husband like this?
00:48 Like you don't know him, you don't know who he is, and if anybody's met him, they know
00:52 he's the sweetest guy and will do anything for anybody.
00:55 Yeah, it was just perceived in not the correct way.
00:58 Yes, and so that really hurt that they were talking about my husband like that.
01:02 Because for me, it's like, talk about me all you want, but don't come for my family.
01:07 Never.
01:08 Back in December 2023, Jonathan appeared on the Pivot podcast where he admitted he didn't
01:13 know who Simone was when they first connected on a dating app.
01:17 So you was really the catch in-
01:19 I always say we the man of catch, man.
01:21 I always say we the catch, man.
01:23 Yeah, so she really booked you.
01:25 She did though.
01:26 Is what you said.
01:27 I was fighting it.
01:28 I was fighting it.
01:29 I was fighting it.
01:30 So in truth, if I say this out loud, was Jonathan Owens ain't really want Simone Biles,
01:36 is what you're saying.
01:37 At the time, I'm not going to say that.
01:39 That what you're saying?
01:40 I was afraid to commit.
01:43 I'm like, man, this my third year.
01:46 I'm trying to ... I'm like, it's kind of early.
01:50 But like I said, man, it happened when you least expect it.
01:53 And we hung out, man.
01:54 It was like we hit it off instantly.
01:55 We just laughed the whole night.
01:57 Man, play ... Look, go ahead.
01:59 I really want to talk about football.
02:02 Did you tell her you didn't know who she was?
02:05 Actually, my question to her was like, who's your competition?
02:08 I didn't know nothing about gymnastics.
02:09 I'm just asking.
02:10 Nobody.
02:11 Yeah, and that's what she's like.
02:13 She told me like myself.
02:15 That's the most vivid memory I have of that.
02:17 She was like, myself.
02:18 And looking back at the moment, Simone recalled being in the room for Jonathan's interview.
02:23 I was in the room.
02:25 I was sitting on the chair.
02:27 You just couldn't see me on the videos.
02:29 I was there for the whole entire video.
02:30 And you were feeling great.
02:31 I was feeling great.
02:32 I was like, my man just killed that.
02:33 Stop.
02:34 Stop.
02:35 And I'm so excited.
02:36 And like they even panned over to me with that viral moment.
02:41 And I just like roll my eyes and laugh.
02:43 But then she read the social media reactions.
02:46 Whenever he did that interview, I thought everything was okay.
02:50 I'm dying that you're in the corner.
02:51 And I go on Twitter and everybody's like, divorce this man.
02:55 He's mean.
02:56 And I'm like, he's the sweetest.
02:59 He like praises the ground that I walk on.
03:01 Like truly, I've never met a man like him.
03:04 Meanwhile, Jonathan seemed to suggest the remarks weren't going to bring him down.
03:07 Sharing an Instagram photo of the couple in December 2023 with the caption, "Unbothered.
03:13 Just know we locked in over here."
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