Simone Biles Reveals That Her Parents Bought Her an Hermés Bag: 'Don't Be Mad'

Mar. 15, 2025

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Olympian Simone Biles of Team United States poses on the Today Show Set on August 06, 2024

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In a post on Threads, Biles shared the news of her good fortune courtesy of her parents. “My parents bought me my hermes bag,” the seven-time gold medalist wrote. “Don’t be mad at me, be mad at your parents,” she added.

On Friday, Aug. 9, Bileswas on a shopping tripwhere she shared photos of a wall of cream and tan colored Hermès Birkin bags. She also included a photo of an orange gift box — Hermès' signature color — on a table with a series of emojis that indicate the star treated herself to a designer purchase.

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Simone Biles of Team United States poses with her Paris 2024 Olympic medals following the Artistic Gymnastics Women’s Floor Exercise Final on day ten of the Olympic Games Paris 2024

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Before she left Paris, Biles also had a headline-making piece of jewelry signifying her status as the G.O.A.T. — or Greatest of All Time — of gymnastics. The 27-year-old gymnast’s sparkling 3D goat necklace, which she donned afterwinning the all-around finalat the2024 Paris Olympics, quickly caught the attention of fans.

The jewelry company behind the necklace, Janet Heller Fine Jewelry, shared all the details of the custom piece, which features a whopping 546 diamonds. Janet Heller, CEO and founder ofJanet Heller Fine Jewelry, told PEOPLE that she will “never” recreate the headline-making necklace.

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“It is an exclusive, one-of-a-kind creation made for Simone, who is truly extraordinary,” she said. “Simone is one-of-a-kind, and therefore, I feel the goat [necklace] should be too.”

Designer goodies aren’t the only thing that Biles has to smile about these days, as she is also still in the midst ofbuilding her new Texas mansionwith husband Jonathan Owens of the Chicago Bears.

source: people.com