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Simone Biles plans to have Thanksgiving dinner ready after Jonathan Owens' NFL game

The iconic Olympian breaks down how hectic the holiday will be for her and her Chicago Bear hubby.

Joseph Galizia

Chicago Bears safety Jonathan Owens (36) and his wife olympian Simone Biles before the game against the Los Angeles Rams at Soldier Field. Mandatory Credit: Matt Marton-Imagn Images
Chicago Bears safety Jonathan Owens (36) and his wife olympian Simone Biles before the game against the Los Angeles Rams at Soldier Field. Mandatory Credit: Matt Marton-Imagn Images / Matt Marton-Imagn Images
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Simone Biles earned several gold medals for her incredible performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics, but now she's ready for a different kind of challenge — preparing for Thanksgiving.

The 27-year-old superstar spoke with Us Weekly about how she plans to spend the upcoming holiday with her husband, Chicago Bears safety Jonathan Owens, whose team will be playing on Thanksgiving Day against the Detroit Lions. The game will take place in Detroit — an NFL tradition dating back to the 1940s — but Biles will be hosting the dinner back in Chicago.

"I’ll fly up in the morning and fly right back, just so we can still spend Thanksgiving together,” Biles told the outlet. “Holidays are revolving around sports right now, especially in the football world with them sometimes playing."

"We’ll just have a chef come and cook,” Biles explained. “I think some of his teammates will come through and grab a plate, especially if they don’t have family in the area. It is a little bit more difficult, but it is kind of nice that we can just relax.”

This will mark Biles and Owens second Thanksgiving together as a married couple. The dynamic duo have been together since 2020 and married since 2023. 

The showdown between the Chicago Bears and the Detroit Lions, who are division rivals, begins at 12:30 p.m. EST. 

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Joseph Galizia
JOSEPH GALIZIA

Joey is a Las Vegas based actor and circus performer. For the last seven years he's had the pleasure of covering pro-wrestling/MMA for multiple outlets, and is thrilled to bring that same skill set to Sports Illustrated. In that time, he's interviewed over 50 legendary names in the business, including UFC Hall of Famer Ken Shamrock, acclaimed filmmaker Kevin Smith, and more.

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