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

Simone Biles has criticised Jonathan Owens after the American gymnast’s husband was criticised by fans for wearing her Olympic gold medal this week.

Biles helped the U.S. win its first gold medal of the Paris Olympics on Tuesday when she and teammates Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles and Jade Carey defeated Italy and Brazil in the team final.

After her maiden triumph in Paris, fans were outraged on social media as Owens – Biles’ husband of the past two years – proudly wore her medal on Tuesday night.

In a post honoring his wife, the NFL player posed next to her with the gold around his neck, writing, “Every time you step onto the mat you witness history. Congratulations honey, you have become the most decorated American gymnast in Olympic history!!!! Wow!!!! 8 of them!!!!! So thankful I was there.”

Several users criticized Owens for his “weird” behavior that night, with content creator Kiera Breaugh even calling on him to “take it off” in a video that has been viewed 2.5 million times on TikTok.

However, Biles responded in the comments to the posts by attacking Breaugh and other users for criticizing her husband, calling them “so f****ng miserable.”

“The funny thing is I gave each family member a medal and took pictures of them,” she wrote.

‘So never make assumptions.’

Biles added: “Y’all are so f****ng miserable. Leave us alone.”

Owens is in Paris with Biles this summer after being given time off from training with the Bears to watch Biles in action.

She showed her appreciation for him by saying, “It means a lot that you’re here,” next to a photo of them together.

But despite his heartwarming words, Owens was criticized by fans online for wearing the medal.

Someone wrote: ‘You do realize that this is not your medal?’

Another said: ‘But why are you wearing it? How strange.’

“I knew he was gone and would wear her medal like he won it,” said a third user.

A fourth commented: ‘That’s Simone’s gold medal you’re holding, not yours, mate.’

Biles called fans who slammed Owens “so f****ng miserable” in the comments of TikTok influencer Kiera Breaugh’s viral video

She led the US to its first gold medal of the Paris Games in the team final on Tuesday

Owens, who is in Paris to watch Biles in action, celebrated his wife while wearing her medal in a heartwarming post on Instagram

But fans were quick to criticize the Chicago Bears safety’s “odd” behavior in the comments

While someone simply told him: ‘Give back the medal, it’s not yours’.

However, Owens wasn’t just criticized for his medal antics.

Fans were also quick to point out an infamous 2023 interview in which he claimed not to know who Biles was when they first met on a dating app.

Owens, who stressed that he was the “catch” in the relationship, said of their first meeting: ‘I didn’t know who she was at the time, but the first thing I saw was that she was just a whole lot [Instagram] followers. So in my mind I’m like, “Okay, she must be good.”

And the footballer was reminded of those comments as he wore his wife’s Olympic gold this week.

A user said: ‘But you didn’t know who she was?’

Another wrote: ‘Do you know who she is now? Lmao’.

While a third posted: ‘Now he knows everything about gymnastics’.