Simone Biles goes to the mat for husband Jonathan Owens.
Almost 4 months after the football player’s viral interview, the Olympian shared her response to the public criticism and folks calling for her to divorce him.
“I believed it was hilarious at first, after which they harm my emotions,” Simone mentioned on the April 17 episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast. “After which one night time, I broke down and I am like, ‘Why are you guys speaking about my husband like this? Like, you do not know him. You do not know who he’s. And if anyone’s met him, they know he is the sweetest man and can do something for anyone.'”
And in the end, the gymnast thought among the on-line feedback went too far.
“That actually harm that they had been speaking about my husband like that,” she continued. “As a result of for me, it is like, ‘Discuss me all you need, however do not come for my household—by no means.’ As a result of I have been within the limelight lengthy sufficient the place I can brush issues off, have my little powwow about it. You are not going to know I cried about it, however I be crying about some stuff. However I solely cry about it as a result of I am unable to clap again. Simply know that.”