It didn’t take lengthy for Olympic gymnast Simone Biles to fall for her now-fiancé, Jonathan Owens.
Throughout a joint look Friday on “TODAY,” the couple — who introduced their Valentine’s Day engagement this week — opened up concerning the early levels of their relationship.
“We clicked actually rather well to start with as a result of we’re athletes and we now have the identical busy schedules. However apart from that, because it was form of a COVID relationship, we’re with one another 24/7, so I really feel like now once we’re not with one another it’s nearly bizarre,” Biles stated of Owens, whom she related with on Instagram practically two years in the past.
“We’re at all times texting or calling one another. It’s form of gross in a approach.”
Biles, a seven-time Olympic medalist, made her relationship with Owens, a defensive again on the Houston Texans, Instagram official in August 2020. On Tuesday, Biles confirmed Owens had popped the query throughout a romantic Valentine’s date.
“THE EASIEST YES,” the 24-year-old exclaimed on Instagram. “I can’t wait to spend without end & ever with you, you’re all the things I dreamed and extra!”
Owens, 26, offered Biles with a surprising oval-cut diamond ring by Zo Frost.
“Jonathan has been a shopper and buddy for a number of years and I had the pleasure of serving to him to create this very particular ring,” Frost advised Web page Six Type on Tuesday.
“He and I began the method collectively a number of months in the past to pick the proper diamond for Simone that was handpicked by Jonathan.”
Owens, who lately wrapped his third season with the Texans, additionally advised “TODAY” how somebody close to and pricey to his coronary heart had shortly fallen for Biles: his beloved canine Zeus.
“I may form of see his face like at any time when I'd choose my bookbag up in my condominium, he would suppose we’re leaving to go to her place, so he would dash to the entrance door. And I’d be like, ‘Huh, you actually like her!”‘ Owens stated.
As for when the couple will formally tie the knot, Biles stated Friday they’ve began the method.
“We actually got here again from a redeye from Vegas, did the engagement the 14th, after which I flew out so I didn’t get to see him for 3 days so I simply bought again yesterday,” she stated. “We kinda began planning a bit of bit over the telephone, however I’m positive we’ll do lots of that at present, however we now have a few specs that we all know, however it’s nonetheless within the course of.”
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