Simone Biles’ biological mother fought back against the US gymnast’s grandparents this week for revealing her troubled past on TV, telling her side of the story in a new scathing video.
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Trautwig did not refer to Ron and Nellie Biles as Simone’s parents in a tweet.
She bounced around between foster homes and her mother’s home until her maternal grandparents, Ron and Nellie Biles, adopted six-year-old Simone and younger sister Adria. Specifically, it was the wording that ignited the country’s anger-said Trautwig, Biles was “raised by her grandfather and his wife and she calls them mom and dad”.
Biles always called her adopted parents Grandpa and Grandma, until one day they gave her the opportunity to call them mom and dad.
However, one thing is certain: The 2016 Olympic Games have made a superstar out of American gymnast Simone Biles. “If you want to, you can call us Mom and Dad, ‘” said Biles to Texas Monthly.
Simone Biles, 19, is the first African America woman to be world all-round champion and the first woman to win three consecutive world all-round titles.
Shanon, who struggled with drug and alcohol addiction, was unable to take care of Biles and her three siblings.
“She thinks the whole thing is stupid”.
“@AlTrautwig actually they are her parents”, he tweeted. Its Olympics streaming platform is a attractive piece of software, allowing viewers the chance to just watch the events as they unfold, rather than edited to pieces and regurgitated for the primetime audience.
Nellie and the rest of the Biles family have kept Simone grounded as she’s risen to the occasion of Olympic fame, and if her tweets are any indication, she’ll continue to be a grounding force in Simone’s life no matter what. Her dad and I are her parents. “I’ve gotten better, life goes on and that’s my past and that’s what it should be left at, the past”. While she has met her biological mom a few times, she only hears from her on birthdays and holidays. Shanon admits that she took her father’s decision very badly and was angry for a long time. Shanon Biles is her biological mother, she says; Nellie Biles is Mom. Adoptive parents are parents!
Mr. Trautwig, who is also a studio host for New York Knicks and New York Rangers pre-game shows, has been involved with nearly every sport over his long career in television.
Seriously, dude? Trautwig’s comment was as unnecessary as it was incorrect.
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Someone with the Twitter handle “Gym Nerd” wrote to Trautwig that “you may be in Rio but at least I’m passionate about my job, and respected for it”.
