Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens Escape for Romance After Medical Scare

Sometimes the scariest moments in life become the catalyst for the sweetest ones. That’s exactly what happened for Olympic gymnast Simone Biles and her husband Jonathan Owens after a health emergency that she described as nearly fatal forced her to take a step back and reassess.

Just days after Biles, 29, opened up about an undisclosed medical crisis on June 6 that left her bedridden and shaken—particularly because Owens was away in Indianapolis attending preseason practices with the Colts—the couple decided what they needed most was each other and a change of scenery. By June 13, Biles was posting about their“baecation,”complete with photos of designer luggage and intimate dinner-date snapshots that radiated the kind of warmth that comes from genuine relief and reconnection.

What’s striking isn’t just that they’re taking time to recover and recharge, but how openly Biles has chosen to acknowledge the ordeal.“Almost dying wasn’t on my bingo card this week,”she wrote via Instagram, breaking her usual privacy preference to share something deeply personal. That vulnerability—combined with the couple’s public commitment to supporting each other—paints a picture of two athletes who understand that sometimes the greatest strength isn’t what you achieve in competition, but who stands beside you when everything else falls away.

Biles and Owens, who met through the celebrity dating app Raya in 2020 and married in 2023 after three years of dating, have always presented themselves as partners first. Owens has been vocal about how their bond strengthens his own focus and performance, while Biles credits him with showing up without adding pressure. Now, facing genuine adversity rather than the usual high-stakes athletic challenges, they’re proving that those values aren’t just Instagram material—they’re the real foundation of their relationship.

The baecation serves as a reminder that recovery isn’t a solitary journey, and that sometimes the bravest thing an elite athlete can do is admit they need to stop, rest, and let someone love them through it. Biles hasn’t yet explained the specifics of her health scare, and that privacy is entirely hers to keep. What matters is that she’s healing, and she’s doing it with the one person who knows exactly how to make her feel whole.