Simone Biles Criticized For Jacket Worn To Husband's Preseason Game

Simone Biles, the most decorated American gymnast in Olympic history, was called out by several NFL fans for the jacket she wore to support her husband, Chicago Bears safety Jonathan Owens, during his team's 27-3 preseason win against the Cincinnati Bengals on Saturday (August 18).

Biles' jacket had images of Owens from the previous season when he played for the Green Bay Packers, the Bears' arch viral, as well as the team's logo, as pointed out by former NFL quarterback Chase Daniel.

"Simone Biles on the sideline for The Bears game today…in a Packers jacket," Daniel wrote on his X account, along with a photo of Biles. "She’s obviously supporting her husband Jonathan Owens and she’s one of the greatest Olympians so she gets a pass…but it’s still one of the oldest rivalries in all of football & she’s rocking #GoPackGo logos lol."

Several other X users were less forgiving, with one person claiming Biles was "ridiculously unaware" of her "surroundings and insulting to her husband," while another said she she should "throw that jacket in the trash ASAP."

Owens signed a two-year deal with the Bears this past offseason after spending one season with the Packers, four with the Houston Texans and his rookie season with the Arizona Cardinals after going undrafted in 2018. The 28-year-old made 11 starts and appeared in all 17 regular season games for Green Bay in 2023, recording 84 tackles, two tackles for loss, three pass deflections and one fumble recovery returned for a touchdown.

Biles brought her Olympic career total to 11 medals won across three games earlier this month, winning gold in the women's team final, the women's individual vault final and the women's individual all-around final, becoming the first American to ever the event win twice, having previously won the all-around during her Olympic debut at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games.