Simone Biles ‘ biological mother says that she hosted a watch party in her backyard in Ohio for her friends and family to join her as she cheered for the daughter she allegedly abandoned at the Paris Olympics.
The 4-foot-8 athlete did not disappoint, walking away from the international competition with three gold medals and one silver, maintaining her title as the most decorated U.S. gymnast of all time.
In an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com, her mother, Shannon Biles, said she was left with the hard reality that she had to celebrate in Columbus and not with her Olympian daughter, her son-in-law, Jonathan Owens, or Simone’s adoptive parents.
Shannon has been estranged from Simone for years since she was adopted by Ronald Biles, their biological grandfather, and his wife Nellie as a child. But the bad blood between Shannon and her accomplished daughter is rooted in those tough years where she suffered from addiction and had her children taken from her custody.
“It was hard to give up my kids, but I had to do what I had to do,” Shannon said before admitting, “I wasn’t able to care for them. I was still using and [my father] didn’t want me coming in and out of their lives when I wasn’t right.”