Simone Biles Says She and Husband Jonathan Owens Discuss Who Is the Better Athlete: 'Gymnastics Is Harder'

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"We fought over it a couple of times," the athlete recently said on Peacock's 'Back That Year Up'

Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens are one competitive couple.

The Olympic gold medalist, 26, recently appeared on Peacock's Back That Year Up, where she spoke about how she and husband Owens, 28 — who plays as a safety in the NFL for the Green Bay Packers — discuss who is the better athlete among them.

The topic came up after host Kenan Thompson asked Biles who she thinks "is the better athlete in the house," to which she responded, "I think we're good at our own sports," referring to gymnastics for her and football for her spouse.

But the athlete didn't sell herself completely short, as she then added, "We've tried to pin each other against [one another] on, like, difficulty, ability and all that stuff. So, at the end of the day, gymnastics is harder, if he agrees or not."

As fellow host Kevin Hart asked Biles if their lovers' quarrel had been a "household fight for some time," she told the comedian, "We fought over it a couple of times, and then we vowed once we got married, we wouldn't talk about it again. But it keeps coming up every time. He has done my workout in the gym, and he could barely do it, and then I went to their NFL workout and I crushed it."

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<p>Carmen Mandato/Getty</p> Jonathan Owens, Simone Biles.

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Jonathan Owens, Simone Biles.

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Biles' comments came about around the same time that Owens received criticism for saying he considered himself the "catch" in their relationship during an appearance the couple made on The Pivot podcast, hosted by Ryan Clark, Fred Taylor and Channing Crowder earlier this month.

Criticism of Owens was focused on one part of the discussion where Crowder asked him, "How in the hell did you pull Simone Biles?"

"It's really how she pulled me, man, that's the question," the NFL player said, before detailing that he had not known who his now-wife was initially.

"When she won the Olympics, I was in college, and we didn't have NBC, we didn't have Olympics channels, and we were in [training] camp [in] late July, early August,” he explained to Crowder, adding, "So I'm not paying attention. I never would've had a moment where I would've watched [her compete].”

<p>Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty</p> Jonathan Owens, Simone Biles.

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Jonathan Owens, Simone Biles.

Owens then shared that Biles had messaged him first — the pair met on dating app Raya — and that they were then "texting back and forth" and met in person several days later.

When the NFL star was asked if he considered himself the "catch" in his relationship with Biles, he explained, "I always say that the men are the catch."

He also noted that he had been “afraid to commit” because of where he was in life at the time, adding, "I'm like, 'It's kinda early,' "

However, he explained that it had all ended well between the pair, saying, "But you know, it happens when you least expect it. When we hung out, we just hit it off instantly. Laughed the whole night."

<p>Patrick McDermott/Getty Images</p> Simone Biles, Jonathan Owens.

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Simone Biles, Jonathan Owens.

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Owens remained unfazed by the criticism he received after the podcast aired, however. "Unbothered 😂❤️ Just know we locked in over here 🤞🏽,” he wrote alongside a series of photographs of himself and Biles on Instagram.

"🤞🏾💋 for life," Biles replied in the comments section, as well as sharing her husband's post on her Instagram Story.

She also shared a photo of herself and Owens both striking a pose on their wedding day on her Instagram, and added the caption, "Mood."

Days later, Biles reacted to the criticism again as it continued to mount, posting a photo of a confused-looking child scratching their head on X (formerly known as Twitter), she added a question to followers in the caption.

“Are y’all done yet?” Biles wrote alongside the photo. 

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