‘Brutal’ Simone Biles hits back at people criticizing husband Jonathan Owens for wearing her gold medal

Jonathan Owens posed with Simone Biles' gold medal resulting in a barrage of criticism from fans.

‘Brutal’ Simone Biles hits back at people criticizing husband Jonathan Owens for wearing her gold medal

Jonathan Owens and Simone Biles (via IMAGO)

Simone Biles is on cloud nine after yet another stellar performance in the Olympics. She became the most decorated American gymnast after leading Team USA to the gold medal in gymnastics and winning the gold in All-around individual performance and in the vault event.

Shortly after Simone Biles received her gold medal, her husband Jonathan Owens, safety for the Chicago Bears who took time out of his busy schedule to fly out to Paris to support his wife was seen wearing her medal around his neck. Fans were irked by this and began to criticize Owens with some alleging that he was wearing the medal as though it belonged to him. It was just trivial to criticize this move from Owens and Simone Biles made sure to shut the hate down.

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Crazy thing is, I put my medal on every single one of my family members and took pictures. So don't ever make assumptions, like y'all are so f***ing miserable. Leave us alone.
Simone Biles called out the online critics on TikTok

In all fairness, it is bizarre to think that Biles posing with her husband wearing the gold medal is insulting or disrespectful to her in some way.

Jonathan Owens was accused of attempting to undermine Simone Biles’ accomplishments by wearing her medal

The most criticism came from Kiera Breaugh, a social media influencer who posted a TikTok wherein she went all-in on Ownes for attempting to steal Biles’ special moment from her. 

Take her medal off! Take her medal off! Was it you, Mr. Simone Biles, who was flying through the air yesterday? Was it you who spun like a top 30 times in the air and landed without stumbling? No. You were taking notes in the audience, and I thought that was cute...
Kiera Breaugh on TikTok

She is referring to the safety’s comments on a podcast wherein he called Biles lucky to have him as her partner.

Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens
Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens (image via Imago)

Jonathan Owens has every right to take a picture with his wife while wearing her medal. The gymnast herself put things into perspective after she revealed that it is normal for her to put the medal on her family members and take pictures with them. Owens has stuck through thick and thin with Biles, he was there for her while she took criticism for withdrawing from the Tokyo Olympics.

After Biles gave a fitting response to the critics, the hate toned down. Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens are one of the most supportive couples in sports. She has been present to watch him play at NFL games and he is doing his duty by being present to support her as she competes at the biggest platform in sports. Biles has made America proud by winning three gold medals in the Paris Olympics.

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