Simone Biles went all out with her Christmas present for her mother this year. She got her a brand new car. But in the midst of her joy in making her mom happy with her lavish gift were nagging jabs from fans who questioned it.
Red is the color of the season and so is the Mercedes SUV that Simone Biles gifted her mother Nellie Biles for Christmas. The Olympic gymnast shared a photo of her mother receiving her gift at the dealers and captioned it,
THE STORY BEHIND SIMONE’S MOM
We all know how grateful Simone is to Nellie who is actually her grandmother for raising her. Simone’s biological mother, Shanon was battling drugs and alcohol addiction when Simone was around 6 which prompted Nellie and her husband, Ron Biles to adopt the gymnast and her sister Adria.
Since then, Nellie has been the woman Simone looked up to as her mom despite occasionally seeing and communicating with Shannon.
HONORING HER MOTHER IN THE PAST
In 2016, Simone participated in a “Thank You, Mom” campaign launched by Procter and Gamble to pay tribute to mothers of Olympic athletes. Simone recognized Nellie’s role in supporting her dreams and being there for her.
“She encourages me and never lets me feel down about something for too long. If I’ve had a bad day in the gym or needed emotional support, she was always there.”
DOUBTS ABOUT HER LAVISH GIFT
With the kind of love Nellie showered on Simone, it’s no wonder the young athlete wouldn’t think twice about gifting her with a gift as extravagant as a car. However, despite many who commended her thoughtfulness in her post’s comments section, some chose to pick on the gift and question how Simone could even afford it.
“That is too expensive as a present. Not good…”
“Where you got the money from? You don’t work, you only do gymnastics… thats not a job…”
Luckily, there was one commenter who defended Simone and corrected this fan’s misconception by saying,
“you jealous because you cant buy your mom a car….and yes simone does work gymnastics is a job!!!!”
