Ex-NFL star Ryan Clark backs Jonathan Owens over controversial Simone Biles comments

ESPN NFL analyst and “Pivot” podcast host Ryan Clark defended Packers safety Jonathan Owens who recently came under fire for his controversial comments on his relationship with famed US Olympian Simone Biles.

“Everyone is now twisting and taking that and then making it something negative,” Clark said. “What people haven’t done is watch the entire show. Watch him say that she wasn’t scared and once they finally went on a date, it was history.”

Earlier this week, Owens caught flack when he claimed he “didn’t know” who the 7-time Olympic medalist was when they first matched on the dating app Raya in 2020 when he appeared on Clark’s podcast.

Owens, who signed with the Packers in May, also said he felt he was the “catch” in the relationship.

“I always say that the men are the catch,” Owens told Clark on The Pivot Podcast.

Clark believes most critics are nitpicking what Owens had to say on the podcast instead of focusing on the 28-year-old’s passionate discussion.

“He was telling the story about how he met his wife Simone on our show,” Clark said. “And she was also there. He told the story with so much love in their eyes and every time they looked at one another, you can tell how beautiful it was to them.”

“Listen to him talk about their 2020 conversation while she was at the Olympics, as he encouraged her that she could be okay. And when she wasn’t — the time he took away with her, even getting married during that time, and now Simone Biles is back to the Simone Biles we know,” he added.

Clark had referred to when Biles went through her fateful struggles with the “Twisties,” which can cause someone to lose their sense of space and dimension as they’re in the air, during her Olympic run in Tokyo.

“Instead of being happy for two people who are excited to be together, two people who support one another wholeheartedly, we’ve now decided to pick apart one clip instead of learning the whole story. So, the moral of the story is this: If Simone Biles is happy, why aren’t you?” Clark argued.

“…Just because you feel like he should be worshiping the gymnast Simone Biles, doesn’t mean that you can’t respect that he’s in love with the woman Simone Biles,” he says before the video ends.

Biles has seemingly responded to the ongoing outcry on Friday, posting a loving photo of the two from their wedding day

“🤞🏾💋 for life,” she commented under the Packers player’s Instagram post, making it known she was “unbothered.”

Biles also shared a meme on her X account, captioning it, “Are y’all done yet?”

“Just know we locked in over here 🤞🏽,” Owens added with a series of photos showing the couple.