Green Bay Packers star Jonathan Owens spent the last part of 2023 getting reminded that his wife, Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles, has a much larger, more devoted fanbase. Unfortunately for Owens, Travis kept that shade train rolling into January 2024 by seemingly being apathetic about Owens’ athletic ability during an episode of his “New Heights” podcast. During a conversation about People’s Choice “Athlete of the Year” award, Travis’s co-host, Jason Kelce, inquired: “How is Simone Biles on this, but her boyfriend isn’t?” Travis responded, “Owens? Played some good ball over there, I guess.” While his comment wasn’t exactly a diss, it definitely didn’t seem that Owens made much of an impact on Travis. And he certainly let it be known!
Interestingly, Travis didn’t receive much pushback for his comments. As previously stated, over the past few months, Owens hasn’t exactly been the most popular with fans who thought that his past comments about being the more desirable partner in their relationship were embarrassing to Biles. “I always say that the men are the catch,” Owens said during “The Pivot” podcast. “She did [pull me], though, because I was fighting it. … At the time, I was afraid to commit. I was like, ‘This is my third year [in the NFL], I’m trying … it’s kind of early,’ but, you know, it happens when you least expect it.”
