Ryan Clark Defends Jonathan Owens After Saying He’s a ‘Catch’ for Simone Biles

Ryan Clark is weighing into all of the discourse that is gone on since Jonathan Owens mentioned he was a catch for Simone Biles — not the opposite means round — by saying … ease up, of us.

The ex-Steelers security recorded a video addressing the backlash Owens is dealing with within the wake of an interview he did on RC’s pod final week … by which he described how he first met Simone, how they obtained collectively, and who he thought was the fortunate one within the relationship.

It got here off slightly ineloquent on the time, however basically … he mentioned he thought he was a catch for Simone — and that he did not essentially “pull” her, however reasonably … she pulled him.

JO additionally confessed he did not know who Simone was after they matched on an app — apparently, he wasn’t tuned in to her Olympic run — and says she made the primary transfer.

BTW, as Owens was saying this to Clark and his podcast cohosts — SB herself was within the room, and she or he did not even flinch. The Web, however, was up in arms over his feedback … as they felt he was being disrespectful for suggesting he was the prize right here.

Simone and Jonathan have every addressed the warmth he is catching … and so they each appear to be over it, and never practically as mad as Twitter was after they first caught wind of this.

Now, Ryan himself is talking up … and he is obtained phrases for the collectively outraged.