Simone Biles responds to 'crazy' criticisms on husband Jonathan Owens for wearing her Olympic gold medal

PARIS, FRANCE: Simone Biles has once again shown her unwavering support for her husband Jonathan Owens who recently faced criticism for wearing the Olympic gold medal his wife and Team USA won at the Paris Olympics.

On July 31, the NFL player posted a picture of himself wearing the medal, posing alongside his wife, and captioned, "Witnessing history every time you step on the mat. 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," he added.

Simone Biles says criticisms against Jonathan Owens for wearing her Olympic medal are 'miserable'

While many fans found Jonathan Owens' gesture sweet, others criticized him for seemingly posing as if the win were his own.

Among the critics was Toronto-based artist, Kiera Breaugh who told Owens to “take her medal off” in a TikTok video that garnered 2.1 million views, according to People.

Unhappy with the criticism, Biles who married Owens in April 2023 responded to Breaugh's video in the comments section.

“Crazy thing is, I put my medal on every single one of my family members and took pictures so don’t ever make assumptions,” she wrote on Thursday, Aug. 1.

“Like y’all are so f*****g miserable. Leave us alone," Biles added.

Critic Kiera Breaugh's response to Simone Biles defending Jonathan Owens' gesture

Responding to Simone Biles' comments, Kiera Breaugh posted a follow-up video on TikTok that she was “honored to be told to f**k off by such a talented woman."

"She put the medal on him. I can't really be mad if she told him to," said Breaugh.

"And you know what? Maybe I am miserable. I'll be called miserable by the most decorated gymnast of all time. I think that's fine," she continued.

"I think in comparison, naturally, I am not just miserable but also lazy, untalented and all the other things in the caption. I am undeniably that in comparison. So I don't mind. I don't mind this at all," Breaugh added.

Internet supports Simone Biles' response to critics

As Simone Biles angrily responded to critics asking Jonathan Owens to remove the gold medal she won, netizens expressed their support for the gymnast defending her husband.

"Many of the gold winners gave the medal to their parents to wear is that wrong," a user on X (formerly Twitter) wrote and another user tweeted, "They support each other. It's lovely! I expect that she feels that he has earned it too."

"Who is going to take better care of it than her husband?" a netizen commented and someone else remarked, "She shouldn’t have to defend anything she does…What’s wrong with people."

"I don’t know why people care. She won a gold medal and let her husband wear it around his neck. Not anyone’s business," a user tweeted and another individual penned, "It’s hers and she can do what she wants with it. Geez big deal."

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