If Bears fans were unhappy with Simone Biles for wearing a Packers jacket before, they’re really going to lose their minds now.
Biles attended the Bear’s preseason game against the Cincinnati Bengals this weekend and showed her husband, safety Jonathan Owens, some love by wearing a jacket featuring black and white images of him wearing a number 34 jersey.
Problem being, Owens wore 34 during the 2023 NFL season. When he played with the hated rival Green Bay Packers.
I mean, we know you’re supporting your husband here, but ya gotta read the room, Simone! And normally, entering a room in Chicago wearing a Green Bay jacket is a one-way ticket to Trouble Town.
That is, unless you are the Simone Biles.
Bears fans on the socials were beside themselves, joking that she should be “stripped of all her medals” and that Owens should be ‘released’ for the egregious violation of courtesy.
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Simone Biles Teasing Bears Fans
When you anger Chicago Bears fans to the point where they’re willing to push aside their plate of Polish sausage and take the time to respond on social media, as Simone Biles has, then you’re doing something.
But she wasn’t done.
The 7-time Olympic gold medalist decided to tease them a little bit more by posting photos of herself in the jacket … After the initial backlash!
The photos are, of course, stunning. But the Packers jacket. In a suite. At Soldier Field.
Downright blasphemy.
Bears Fans Roared Their Disapproval
Biles captioned the images with – “Bear down” – a reference to the team’s theme song. They chose not to.
“Simone. You’re the GOAT. You can do anything,” one fan replied. “But you can’t wear that jacket to Soldier Field while your husband plays for the Bears.”
“Time to get a Bears version of that jacket now,” another demanded.
Owens signed a two-year contract with the Chicago Bears just five months ago.
He skipped Chicago’s first preseason game, along with four team practices, so he could cheer on his wife during the summer Olympics in Paris. They were seen exchanging heart-shaped hand gestures after Biles won gold in the women’s individual all-around final.
Biles is the most decorated American gymnast of all time. But wearing anything other than a Bears jacket is not going to endear you to Owens’ new teammates or the people of Chicago. The rivalry between the Bears and Packers is the oldest in football. Incredibly, it’s 76 years older than Biles herself.
What would she have done if Owens showed up in Paris in a jacket with Team USA’s 2020 squad on it, including MyKayla Skinner?
Chicago is 3-0 so far in the preseason and they’ve generated a lot of excitement for their club by drafting USC quarterback Caleb Williams.
Their first game is September 8th against the Tennessee Titans.
They play the dreaded Packers for the first time in a Week 11 tilt at Soldier Field.
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