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Simone setting the record straight, and standing by her man, after his highly-debated comments about her and their relationship.
At the end of last year, the Olympic gymnast’s husband Jonathan Owens, a football safety for the Chicago Bears, received some heated backlash after an appearance on The Pivot podcast, during which he implied he was the “catch” in the relationship.
Netizens who perceived the comments as him saying he is superior or more famous than her – he also said he didn’t know who she, the most decorated gymnast in history, was when they met – proceeded to call him out, with some even urging Simone to divorce him. Now she’s spoken out on how the comments led her to a breakdown. Appearing on Alex Cooper’s popular podcast Call Her Daddy to mark the 100 day countdown to the 2024 Olympics in Paris, it wasn’t long before the two women discussed the viral incident.
“I thought everything was OK, and then I go on Twitter and everybody’s like, ‘Divorce this man. He’s mean!'” Simone first recalled.