“We’re quarantined in our rooms and can only come out for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Everyone expected us to perform in a certain manner,” she recalled. When she made the decision to pull out, the first thing she did when she returned home to Houston was see her parents.
“They mean the world to me,” she said of her parents on Instagram amidst the Tokyo Olympics. The post was made shortly before she pulled out of the competition.
Biles finds comfort in her parents. She looks up to both of them as role models in many ways, from love, to support, to parenting. She takes their advice to heart and says her mom, Nellie, gives her advice on things all the time.
Simone Biles’ grand parents attend the women’s vault event final of the Artistic Gymnastics at the Olympic Arena during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on August 14, 2016. | Source: Getty Images
Now that she is married, she’ll be able to take her learnings and apply them to her relationship with Owens. As for her relationship with her parents, fans can expect it to keep growing despite this new journey she’s on as a wife.
