Introducing Mrs. Simone Biles Owens … and her close hater !
Leave it to people on the internet to find something negative about something so joyous, but, in trueSimone Bilesfashion, she wasn’t having it!
Over the weekend, Simone andJonathan Owensof the Houston Texans shared photos of their intimate courthouse wedding, and they were nothing short of beautiful.
Simone wore a four-tieredSelfie Lesliedress, while Jonathan complemented her look with a beige suit and white button-up. She captioned the photos, taken by Houston-based photographerRachel Taylor, “I do. Officially Owens.”
Jonathan shared an equally adorable caption about their big day: “My person, forever.”
You can truly feel the happiness within each photo, from their giant grins to their warm embraces. I’m sorry, but anyone who can look at these pictures and find something negative about them has to be truly miserable. Well…they found something.
Twitter trolls made Simone’s wedding hairstyle the target of their criticism, offering unsolicited advice about her wedding. They claimed it looked “unkempt,” that she “should’ve laid her edges,” and that she “could’ve at least got a lace front.” The majority of these comment came from other Black women, which is even worse becauseour hairis constantly beingpoliced.
Well, it didn’t take long for other Black women to notice the online bullying taking place, and they immediately came to Simone’s defense.
The Olympic gold medalist noticed the chatter online while the two were sitting poolside, still on a newlywed high. Agreeing with this tweet byCindy Noir…
I love her response, but it’s still upsetting to see how easily hatred is spread. Unfortunately, this isn’t her first experience dealing with outsidecriticism about her looks. Someone even tried toquestion her athletic ability— THESimone Biles. THEmost decorated gymnastin history!
And I can’t help but think of a similar situation with fellow gymnastGabby Douglas— who some people stillconfuse Simone for— as theyattacked her natural hairwhile performing her routines.
But all in all, Simone remains unbothered as she continues to plan her big destination wedding. While sharing details about her upcoming ceremony during a Q&A on herInstagram story, Simone revealed preparation for her courthouse wedding was a last-minute thing.
“Not quite prepared for courthouse ceremony as I am for the big wedding,” Simone wrote. “Everything was ordered this week: dress, wedding bands, shoes, and bouquet.”
Even their wedding bands came from Amazon, because they wanted to exchange the “actual wedding bands” during their destination wedding.
So despite all the negative conversations her marriage caused, we couldn’t be happier for Simone and Jonathan! And we can’t wait to see how they celebrate wedding number two!
