Simone Biles congratulates husband Jonathan Owens on the end of the NFL season
Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens.
Courtesy of Simone Biles/InstagramSimone Biles showed support for husband Jonathan Owens after the Green Bay Packers lost, ending their NFL season.
“What a season,” Biles, 26, wrote via Instagram Story on Sunday, Jan. 21, after the San Francisco 49ers defeated the Packers 24-21 the day before. In the video, Biles and Owens, 28, hugged on the court and shared a few kisses.
Before the game on Saturday, January 20, Biles shared another video via Instagram Story, in which she affectionately kissed her husband on the field. “Good luck today honey,” she wrote, adding “go 34” in reference to Owens' jersey number. 'Let's do the damn thing! I am so proud of you.”
The four-time Olympic gold medalist and Owens married in April 2023 after three years of dating. Just months after tying the knot, Owens made headlines when he said he was the “catch” in their relationship.
“I always say the men are the catch,” he said during a December 2023 episode of “The Pivot” podcast. “She did [pull me]But because I fought it. … At the time, I was afraid to commit. I thought, 'This is my third year [in the NFL]I'm trying to… it's a little early,' but you know, it happens when you least expect it.”
Owens explained that Biles messaged him on the dating app Raya in 2020, claiming he didn't know much about the gymnast at first. Biles, who was present during the podcast, laughed at her husband's comments and said that in a “few years” she will be known more as “Jonathan Owens' wife” than he is now known as “Jonathan Owens' husband Simone Biles”.
Carmen Mandato/Getty Images As Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens dominate their respective sports, they're also each other's biggest cheerleaders. When the pair first connected in 2020, Owens was just beginning his NFL career, while Biles had already earned numerous gold medals in the Olympics. The football safety admitted he was unfamiliar with it […]
Following the controversial comment, the internet erupted into conversations with NFL stars Travis Kelce And Jason Kelce even weighing in on their thoughts during their “New Heights” podcast earlier this month.
After Jason, 36, revealed that Travis, 34, had been nominated for Athlete of the Year at the 2024 People's Choice Awards, he rattled off the names of other top athletes competing for the award.
Simone 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 in March 2020 on the dating app Raya. “I didn't know who she was,” Owens told Texas Monthly in June 2021. 'never heard of it […]
When Jason saw Biles' name, he joked, “How's Simone Biles doing on this…but her boyfriend isn't?” After laughing, Travis hinted that the Packers safety might not have enough playing time to earn a spot on the coveted list.
“He played some good ball there, I think,” Travis joked, while Jason joked that it was “so weird” that Biles would be nominated and not the other way around.