How Simone Biles felt about Jonathan Owens viral romance comments NBC New York [Video]

This article originally appeared on E! Online.

Simone Biles is going to the mat for husband Jonathan Owens.

Nearly four months after the football player’s viral interview, the Olympian shared her reaction to the public criticism and people calling for her to divorce him.

“I thought it was hilarious at first, and then they hurt my feelings,” Biles said on the April 17 episode of the “Call Her Daddy” podcast. “And then one night, I broke down and I’m like, ‘Why are you guys talking about my husband like this? Like, you don’t know him. You don’t know who he is. And if anybody’s met him, they know he’s the sweetest guy and will do anything for anybody.'”

And ultimately, the gymnast thought some of the online comments went too far.

“That really hurt that they were talking about my husband like that,” she continued. “Because for me, it’s like, ‘Talk about me all you …