Simone Biles has accused a Paris nightclub of trying to charge her a whopping $26,000 for a bottle of champagne while she was celebrating her Olympic success.
The Team USA gymnast was partying with family and friends in the French capital after the Closing Ceremony that brought the Games to a close.
She filmed herself dancing with her sister, Adria, at L’Arc Paris, a nightclub in the French capital’s chic 16th arrondissement.
Biles had plenty to celebrate as she again dominated the gymnastics events with three gold medals and one silver.
But it was almost a very expensive celebration, as Biles revealed in a TikTok that she was almost charged a huge amount for some champagne.
Simone Biles accuses Paris nightclub of trying to charge her $26,000 for champagne
Biles was spotted partying at L’Arc nightclub in Paris, but did not name the club in question.
While she did not confirm that it was L’Arc, the 27-year-old explained in a video called ‘Get Ready With Me’ that a nightclub member tried to ‘play me’.
She said: ‘We had closing ceremonies at the Olympics. I went and then we went out.
“Guys, this club tried to charge me $26,000 for a bottle of champagne. Are you crazy?”
“Obviously, I didn’t believe it. But why did you try to play me like that? That’s crazy.”
“And I don’t know, sometimes I prefer not to draw attention to myself. I prefer to be as normal as possible… I don’t know.”
Biles came under fire for wearing a controversial custom-made jacket to support her NFL husband, Jonathan Owens, and the Chicago Bears last week.
Biles attended the Bears’ preseason game against the Cincinnati Bengals at Soldier Field on Saturday afternoon, but the Olympian made a fashion and soccer faux pas.
She appeared in support of Owens, wearing a custom jacket with black and white images of him printed on it.
The American returns home after winning three gold medals and one silver in Paris
The Olympic legend made a rookie mistake in the NFL, however, as several plays showed Owens in action for the Green Bay Packers, the Bears’ longtime rivals and his former team.
In addition to photos of Owens in a Packers uniform, a large Green Bay logo on his shoulder pad had been prominently featured in certain snapshots and videos.
Her attempts at a touching, supportive gesture toward Owens landed Biles in the middle of one of the league’s fiercest rivalries and fans were not impressed – one even claimed she should be “stripped of all her medals” for her fashion gaffe.
Owens played one season in Green Bay last year before moving to Chicago earlier this year, and Biles was seen regularly cheering him on at Packers games last season.
Biles, who is set to marry the safety in 2023, also revealed to her adoring fans that she won’t be able to attend as many of her husband’s games this season.
With just over two weeks until the 2024 season begins, the gymnastics icon admitted in a TikTok video that she’ll be too busy to cheer on her boyfriend at Soldier Field and on the road this year due to her post-Olympic duties.
“I don’t know how many sets I’ll be able to do because we’re going on tour in a few weeks and, in case you didn’t know, it’s the Gold Over America tour. I think we’re doing about 32 stops right now,” Biles said.
