The Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears boast the longest rivalry in football, but Olympic gymnast Simone Biles might not know that.
The Olympic gold medalist sported a Packers jacket in Chicago on Saturday to cheer on her husband, Bears safety Jonathan Owens.
Owens played for the Packers last season, and it appears that Biles hasn’t updated her NFL wardrobe.
“What’s up, Chicago,” Biles said in a video for the NFL’s social media accounts. “Go Bears!”
Eagle-eyed viewers quickly spotted the gymnast’s fashion faux pas, though some gave her a pass.
“She’s obviously supporting her husband Jonathan Owens and she’s one of the greatest Olympians so she gets a pass,” former NFL quarterback Chase Daniel wrote on X. “But it’s still one of the oldest rivalries in all of football & she’s rocking #GoPackGo logos.”
Other social media users were less forgiving.
“Simone Biles should be stripped of all her medals after wearing Packers gear while cheering for the Bears,” one X user wrote. “Yeah yeah I get it, her husband played for the Packers and it’s an Owens-themed jacket, but this is just wrong.”
Biles has a few weeks to acquire some Bears gear before the NFL season kicks off on Sept. 5.
• Liam Griffin can be reached at lgriffin@washingtontimes.com.
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