Simone Biles Posts Loving Message to Husband Jonathan Owens as NFL Regular Season Starts

Mar. 15, 2025

Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens on Friday, October 28, 2022 in Houston, Texas.Photo: Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images

Simone Bilesis marking the start of the NFL regular season with a sweet message to her husband, Chicago Bears safetyJonathan Owens.

With only six days left untilthe Bears face off against the Tennessee Titans on Sunday, Sept. 8, Biles, 27, shared an Instagram Stories tribute to the NFL star, writing, “see you in a few weeks 🤍🤧.”

The gymnast posted the message next to two Polaroid photos of her and her husband, 29, posing in front of a light blue wall.

Simone Biles posts message to Jonathan Owens.Simone Biles/Instagram

Simone Biles/Instagram

While it has been almost a month since Biles ended her historic run at the2024 Paris Olympics,earning four medalsandbecoming the most decorated U.S. gymnast in Olympic history, her schedule will pick up again with her participation in the Gold Over America Tour.

The tour,scheduled to begin on Monday, Sept. 16 in Oceanside, Calif., will feature Biles and an array of other gymnasts likeJade Carey,Jordan Chiles, andHezly Rivera, performing “jaw-dropping athleticism and high-energy choreography with an inspirational message of hope, strength, resilience, and determination,” per itswebsite.

While it isscheduled to end on Sunday, Nov. 3, it will keep Biles booked and busy throughout the first few weeks of the NFL season.

She and her husband, however,are no strangers to a long-distance romance.

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Last September, Biles shared during an interview withHoda Kotbon theTodayShowthat they “started long-distance less than a week” after their May 2023destination weddingin Cabo San Lucas — their second wedding afterlegally tying the knot that April— due to Owenssigning with his previous team, the Green Bay Packers.

Simone Biles gives Jonathan Owens a kiss on the cheek.Simone Biles/Instagram

“Right after Cabo, he went to Green Bay and signed, and two days later, he was up there, so it’s been different,” she said. “At least we’re both busy and focusing on our respective sports. It’s been nice.”

Being each other’s biggest “cheerleader” issomething Owens told PEOPLE in July he loves.

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“I love watching [it] from an athlete’s perspective because that’s how you’d be great in any sport, is just being consistent and doing the same thing consistently good every day,” he said. “You know what I mean? I love to watch it and I love to be out there and be a cheerleader.”

source: people.com