Join Alex in Houston for an exclusive interview with gold medalist, Simone Biles. Simone is here to share her side of the story and what really happened at the infamous Tokyo Olympics when she withdrew from the team competition and shocked the world. She opens up about the trauma that led to that decision, what nobody knew was happening behind the scenes, and how she thought her gymnastics career was over. Simone gets real about how the nation’s backlash affected her mentally and what it’s taken to get back into the gym. She also discusses her decision to come forward about the abuse she endured under the former USA Gymnastics physician and how she’s working to heal. Simone talks about her early years in foster care and how being adopted completely changed the trajectory of her life. Then, Alex asks the question we’re all dying to know… Is Simone going to Paris? Finally, Simone gushes about her marriage, responds to Jonathan Owens’ controversial viral interview, and talks about how she’s leaning into WAG life. Get ready to know Simone Biles like never before. Enjoy!
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What is up, daddy gang? It is your founding father, Alex Cooper, with Call Her Daddy.
Thank you for coming. I'm gonna go finish my shower.
Yes, go, go. Good seeing you. This is insane. Simone Biles, welcome to Call Her Daddy. I feel like we've been waiting for this for so long. Okay, we need to tell the daddy gang the story. So I would say like, I don't know, maybe like a couple years ago, I don't remember who DM'd who. No, I remember. You tagged me in a story that you were watching Call Her Daddy and I...
lost my mind because I was like wait she listens like and then I started pressuring I'm like oh my god I need to like do better like I need to impress Simone like but it was such a cool full circle moment that we started DMing and we had this like DMing relationship here and there and then when NBC and I started working together for the Olympics I remember we sat down
And they were like, okay, like what person do you want to interview? And immediately I was like, Simone. And like, of course, they're like, LOL. Like, that's so cute. Like, of course, everyone wants to interview Simone. I'm like, no, like I need to interview her. And they're like, do you know her? And I'm like- Kind of. Yeah. We're pen pals like that. And now we're finally here. Thank God.
It's perfect. Yes. Okay. So we were just at your parents' gym. Watching from previous documentaries that you've done to watching it all get built to you now, like having your own gym and how supportive your parents have been. Like, what does that support mean to you?
For me, it means the world because being adopted since I was six years old to now, it's been a long road and journey like career wise and just like who Simone is instead of Simone Biles. So it's been a long journey, but their support means the world to me. They've never really missed a competition, anything besides 2020 Olympics, 2021, whatever we want to call it.
That's the only thing they missed because they weren't allowed to go because of COVID. But other than that, they've supported everything that I've ever wanted to do, all of that stuff since I was a young girl.
When you say the word Simone Biles to the world, I think everyone immediately thinks Olympian, the GOAT. And I think there's like a lot of people that probably don't know where you came from and the backstory of like, your life hasn't always just been this picture perfect situation. When you were three, you went into foster care. Yes.
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