Simone Biles And Jonathan Owens ‘Unbothered’ By Criticism

Once Channing Crowder asked Owens how he 'pulled' Biles, his responses from that point on turned into phrases that seemed built to drum up controversy.

After Simone Biles and her husband Jonathan Owens made an appearance on The Pivot podcast with former NFL players Ryan Clark, Fred Taylor, and Channing Crowder, much of the discussion centered on a two-minute and 30-second clip that many on social media described as another example of a man trying to humble a woman with whom he is in a relationship with. However, Biles and her beau are “unbothered,” according to E! News.

The pair matched on the dating app Raya in 2020, and as Biles herself has previously noted in other appearances about her relationship with Owens, the NFL defensive back didn’t know who she was. Owens said he didn’t really follow gymnastics that much before he met Biles, saying that it wasn’t until he looked at her Instagram profile that he really understood how big a deal she was, telling Clark and Crowder, “I’m like, ‘Lemme see who this is.’ I never really paid attention to gymnastics, so it piqued my curiosity.” Owens recalled. “The first thing that I saw was that she just had a bunch of [Instagram] followers. So in my mind, I’m like, ‘Okay, she’s gotta be good.”

Once Crowder asked Owens how he “pulled” Biles, his responses from that point on turned into phrases that seemed built to drum up controversy. Owens said that the question was really about how Biles pulled him before stating that he believes that men are always the prize. Further assisting in the controversy was Owens’s insinuation that Biles eventually wore him down as he told his story about how he was initially afraid to commit to a relationship, but he eventually relented because Biles kept applying pressure. Though that may not be what Owens was aiming to do, many people in the comments section of “The Pivot” YouTube channel chimed in about how his comments signaled a red flag to them.

If the two have read any online discourse about them and their relationship, largely drawn from people’s reactions to a Super Bowl commercial-length clip, they have not taken any of it to heart. According to People Magazine, Owens posted to his Instagram account featuring photos of the couple on their wedding day and other, more relaxed shots, with the caption reading, “Unbothered Just know we locked in over here.”

Biles commented on the post with a pair of emojis, a fingers crossed emoji, and a puckered lips emoji, followed by the words “for life.” This indicates that Biles also will not let the words, ideas, or opinions of strangers online affect the relationship that she enjoys with her husband.