The NFL player, 29, posted a slideshow on Instagram Wednesday that showed him posing alongside and kissing his spouse, 27, as he wore her medal around his neck and held it up.
“Witnessing history every time you step on the mat 😍🔥,” he captioned the post.
“Congrats baby on becoming the most decorated American gymnast in Olympic history!!!! Just wow!!!! 8 of them!!!!! So thankful i was there to see it ❤️🤍💙.”
Simone Biles’ husband, Jonathan Owens, posted a photo, seen here, of himself with the Olympian Tuesday while wearing her gold medal. The NFL player was criticized for sharing a photo of himself wearing Biles’ gold medal when he did not earn it. Jonathan Owens/Instagram
One person wrote in the comments section, “That’s Simone’s gold medal you’re holding, not yours my guy. 😂😂,” receiving more than 4,000 “likes.”
Another perplexed user agreed, “why he holding it like he won it,” while a third added, “give the medal back bby [sic] thats not yours.”
A fourth user joked, “Now you know who is She, right? 👀😂,” referencing when Owens said on the “Pivot” podcast last December that he “didn’t know” of Biles prior to them matching on the Raya dating app .
“I’m like, ‘Lemme see who this is.’ I never really paid attention to gymnastics, so it piqued my curiosity,” he claimed at the time — despite Biles having already garnered a lot of fame due to her past Olympic performances.
Biles, seen here holding up her gold medal at the Paris Olympics, and her teammates won the gymnastics women’s team final. Getty Images She won alongside Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles, Suni Lee and Hezly Rivera, also seen here posing after their medal ceremony. Getty Images
The Chicago Bears safety then stuck his foot in his mouth when said in the candid episode that he thought he was “the catch” in their relationship, adding, “I always say that the men are the catch.”
However, people clearly still will not let Owens — or Biles — move on from the ordeal, as they brought it up again this week despite him attending all of her competitions and being supportive in the stands.
He even had to ask the Bears for permission to attend the Games in Paris since the NFL team is currently preparing for the start of their season.
Owens has been supporting his wife at the 2024 Paris Olympics alongside her parents, Nellie Biles and Ronald Biles. AbacaPress / SplashNews.com Owens, seen here cheering for his wife, had to ask the Chicago Bears for permission in order to attend the Olympic Games. AbacaPress / SplashNews.com
Some people did feel the need to back the pro football player, though, with one person stating, “Yall are so miserable to keep bringing up his comment of not knowing who she is.
“It is not uncommon for people to not know who other athletes are if you’re not into certain sports. This man loves that girl through and through and the make such a fly couple! Congratulations Simone.”
Biles, for her part, had no issue with Owens holding her gold medal and wrote in the comments, “my whole heart. i love you ❤️❤️❤️❤️.”
The world champion added, “means the world you’re here.”
Owens was heavily criticized when he said he was “the catch” in his relationship with Biles last December. simonebiles/Instagram However, Biles has always backed her husband despite the backlash. simonebiles/Instagram
Rapper Favor Flav, who is at the 2024 Paris Olympics sponsoring the US women’s water polo team , also weighed in, writing, “Everyone luvs a supportive KING 👑 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾.”
They tied the knot in a courthouse wedding in April 2022 and married again a few weeks later in Mexico during a beachside wedding in front of family and friends.
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