Fans rip into Simone Biles' husband Jonathan Owens for 'odd' behavior after gymnast's Olympic win

Simone Biles' NFL-star hubby Jonathan Owens has been slammed by fans for wearing her Olympic golden badge successful a loved-up photograph connected Instagram.

Biles helped USA onshore its first gymnastics golden of nan Paris Games connected Tuesday, erstwhile they saw disconnected Italy and Brazil successful nan teams last pinch an awesome winning people of 171.296.

It goes down arsenic America's first triumph successful nan arena since 2008, pinch nan likes of Sunisa Lee and Jordan Chiles besides inspiring them to nan historical triumph successful nan French capital.

For Biles, though, nan gold-medal triumph marks a return to nan pinnacle of nan athletics for a gymnast considered by galore arsenic nan top of each clip - and location could good beryllium much to travel successful nan all-around, vault, equilibrium beam and level workout events.

Yet pursuing her first occurrence successful Paris, fans person been near fuming connected societal media aft Owens - Biles' hubby of nan past 2 years - was seen proudly wearing her badge connected Tuesday night.

In a station celebrating his wife, nan Chicago Bears safety posed adjacent to her pinch nan golden astir his cervix and wrote: 'Witnessing history each clip you measurement connected nan mat - Congrats babe connected becoming nan astir dressed up American gymnast successful Olympic history!!!! Just wow!!!! 8 of them!!!!! So thankful I was location to spot it'.

Owens is retired successful Paris Biles this summertime aft being granted clip disconnected from believe pinch nan Bears to watch Biles successful action.

She showed her appreciation for him by commenting: 'means nan world you're here'. 

But contempt his heartwarming words, Owens has been blasted by fans online for his 'odd' behaviour successful wearing nan medal.

One wrote: 'You do recognize that is not your medal… right?'

Another put: 'But why are you wearing it? How odd.'

'I knew he was gone deterioration her badge for illustration he won it,' said a 3rd user.

A 4th commented: 'That's Simone's golden badge you're holding, not yours my guy.'

While 1 simply told him: 'give nan badge backmost bby thats not yours'.

Owens not only received disapproval for his medal-wearing antics, however.

Fans were besides speedy to reference an infamous 2023 question and reply successful which he claimed to person not known who Biles was erstwhile they first met connected a making love app. 

Having insisted that he is nan 'catch' successful nan relationship, Owens said astir their first encounter: 'I didn’t cognize who she was astatine nan time, but nan first point that I saw was that she conscionable had a bunch of [Instagram] followers. So successful my mind, I’m like, "OK, she’s sewage to beryllium good."'

And nan shot subordinate was reminded of those comments aft donning his wife's Olympic golden this week.

One personification said: 'but you didn’t cognize who she was right?'

Another wrote: 'Do you cognize who she is now? Lmao'.

While a 3rd posted: 'Now he knows bout gymnastics'.