Simone Biles breaks silence on criticism of husband Jonathan Owens for wearing her Olympic gold medal

Simone Biles has fired backmost astatine Jonathan Owens' critics aft nan USA gymnast's hubby was slammed by fans for wearing her Olympic golden badge this week.

Biles helped USA onshore its first gymnastics golden of nan Paris Games connected Tuesday erstwhile she and teammates Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles and Jade Carey saw disconnected Italy and Brazil successful nan teams final.

Following her first triumph successful Paris, fans were near fuming connected societal media erstwhile Owens - Biles' hubby of nan past 2 years - was seen proudly wearing her badge connected Tuesday night.

In a station celebrating his wife, nan NFL subordinate 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'.

Several users blasted Owens for his 'odd' behaviour connected nan night, while contented creator Kiera Breaugh moreover told him to 'take it off' successful a video which racked up 2.5 cardinal views connected TikTok.

However, Biles took to nan comments conception to deed retired astatine Breaugh and different users for criticizing her husband, branding them 'so f****ng miserable'.

'Crazy point is, I put my badge connected each azygous 1 of my family members and took pictures,' she wrote.

'So don’t ever make assumptions.'

Biles past added: 'Like y'all are truthful f****ng miserable. time off america alone'. 

Owens is retired successful Paris pinch 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 connected his photograph of them together: 'means nan world you're here'. 

But contempt his heartwarming words, Owens was blasted by fans online for 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'.