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\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tSimone Biles and Jonathan Owens are a match made in world-class athlete heaven. The Olympic gold medalist and the NFL player, who was then a Houston Texans safety, met via the dating app Raya in March 2020. \u201cI didn\u2019t know who she was,\u201d Owens told Texas Monthly in June 2021. \u201cI just hadn\u2019t heard of [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Biles recently defended her husband after he was criticized for wearing one of her newly won gold medals<\/a> in a photo shared via Instagram.<\/p>\n\u201cCrazy thing is, I put my medal on every single one of my family members and took pictures. so don\u2019t ever make assumptions. \ud83d\ude44,\u201d she wrote via Instagram. \u201clike y\u2019all are so f\u2013king miserable. leave us alone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n![\"Jonathan](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/jowens.jpg?w=690&quality=86&strip=all\")
<\/div>Courtesy of Jonathan Owens\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nOwens incited controversy<\/a> in December 2023 when he spoke about the early days of his relationship with the most decorated gymnast of all time. When asked on \u201cThe Pivot\u201d podcast how he landed Biles, Owens responded, \u201cIt\u2019s really how she pulled me, man. That\u2019s the question,\u201d with Biles laughing as the camera panned to her.<\/p>\nBiles and Owens met on the Raya dating app in 2020, and she reached out to him first.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe messaged me on the app, like, \u2018Hey,\u2019 and I\u2019m like, \u2018That\u2019s gotta be fake,\u2019\u201d he recalled. \u201cI didn\u2019t know who she was at the time, but the first thing that I saw was that she just had a bunch of [Instagram] followers. So in my mind, I\u2019m like, \u2018OK, she\u2019s got to be good.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Owens also revealed that Biles traveled nearly an hour to spend time with him amid COVID-19 restrictions and acknowledged that she did most of the legwork in establishing their romance.<\/p>\n
\u201cI always say that the men are the catch,\u201d he said. \u201cShe did [pull me], though, because I was fighting it. \u2026 At the time, I was afraid to commit. I was like, \u2018This is my third year [in the NFL], I\u2019m trying \u2026 it\u2019s kind of early,\u2019 but, you know, it happens when you least expect it.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\n\n\t\t\tRelated: <\/span>What Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens Have Said About Their Athleticism<\/span><\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tCarmen Mandato\/Getty Images As Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens dominate their respective sports, they\u2019re also each other\u2019s biggest cheerleaders. When the couple first connected in 2020, Owens was just at the start of his NFL career, while Biles had already earned countless gold medals at the Olympics. The football safety admitted he wasn\u2019t familiar with [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
After Owens received major backlash for his comments, Biles, who married the NFL player in April 2023, defended his statements<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cI didn\u2019t think anything of that interview, and he never said I wasn\u2019t a catch. He said he was a catch. Because he is,\u201d she said on the \u201cCall Her Daddy\u201d podcast in April. \u201cI\u2019ve never met a man like him. A lot of people that meet him are like, \u2018Oh, my gosh, I want a man like that, like Jonathan.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Biles noted that she was present during the podcast\u2019s filming and was \u201cfeeling great\u201d about the interview. \u201cI was like, \u2018My man just killed that,\u2019\u201d she recounted, thinking that \u201ceverything was OK\u201d until she looked at social media. \u201cThen, I go on Twitter and everybody\u2019s like, \u2018Divorce this man, he\u2019s mean.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Biles insisted that naysayers had the wrong idea about Owens. \u201cHe praises the ground<\/a> that I walk on. Truly, I\u2019ve never met a man like him. He still opens my doors,\u201d she continued. \u201cI\u2019m not saying that to be like, \u2018He still opens my doors because that\u2019s to be expected of men,\u2019 but he truly goes out of his way to do anything for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCrazy thing is, I put my medal on every single one of my family members and took pictures. so don\u2019t ever make assumptions. \ud83d\ude44,\u201d she wrote via Instagram. \u201clike y\u2019all are so f\u2013king miserable. leave us alone.\u201d<\/p>\n Owens incited controversy<\/a> in December 2023 when he spoke about the early days of his relationship with the most decorated gymnast of all time. When asked on \u201cThe Pivot\u201d podcast how he landed Biles, Owens responded, \u201cIt\u2019s really how she pulled me, man. That\u2019s the question,\u201d with Biles laughing as the camera panned to her.<\/p>\n Biles and Owens met on the Raya dating app in 2020, and she reached out to him first.<\/p>\n \u201cShe messaged me on the app, like, \u2018Hey,\u2019 and I\u2019m like, \u2018That\u2019s gotta be fake,\u2019\u201d he recalled. \u201cI didn\u2019t know who she was at the time, but the first thing that I saw was that she just had a bunch of [Instagram] followers. So in my mind, I\u2019m like, \u2018OK, she\u2019s got to be good.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Owens also revealed that Biles traveled nearly an hour to spend time with him amid COVID-19 restrictions and acknowledged that she did most of the legwork in establishing their romance.<\/p>\n \u201cI always say that the men are the catch,\u201d he said. \u201cShe did [pull me], though, because I was fighting it. \u2026 At the time, I was afraid to commit. I was like, \u2018This is my third year [in the NFL], I\u2019m trying \u2026 it\u2019s kind of early,\u2019 but, you know, it happens when you least expect it.\u201d<\/p>\n \t\t<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\tCarmen Mandato\/Getty Images As Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens dominate their respective sports, they\u2019re also each other\u2019s biggest cheerleaders. When the couple first connected in 2020, Owens was just at the start of his NFL career, while Biles had already earned countless gold medals at the Olympics. The football safety admitted he wasn\u2019t familiar with [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n After Owens received major backlash for his comments, Biles, who married the NFL player in April 2023, defended his statements<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI didn\u2019t think anything of that interview, and he never said I wasn\u2019t a catch. He said he was a catch. Because he is,\u201d she said on the \u201cCall Her Daddy\u201d podcast in April. \u201cI\u2019ve never met a man like him. A lot of people that meet him are like, \u2018Oh, my gosh, I want a man like that, like Jonathan.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Biles noted that she was present during the podcast\u2019s filming and was \u201cfeeling great\u201d about the interview. \u201cI was like, \u2018My man just killed that,\u2019\u201d she recounted, thinking that \u201ceverything was OK\u201d until she looked at social media. \u201cThen, I go on Twitter and everybody\u2019s like, \u2018Divorce this man, he\u2019s mean.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Biles insisted that naysayers had the wrong idea about Owens. \u201cHe praises the ground<\/a> that I walk on. Truly, I\u2019ve never met a man like him. He still opens my doors,\u201d she continued. \u201cI\u2019m not saying that to be like, \u2018He still opens my doors because that\u2019s to be expected of men,\u2019 but he truly goes out of his way to do anything for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n\n\t\t\tRelated: <\/span>What Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens Have Said About Their Athleticism<\/span><\/a>
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