Simone Biles’ Birth Mom Shanon Speaks Out and Reveals Why She Abandoned Olympic hero daughter as she begs gymnast for forgiveness after decades-long estrangement and wants to be part of her life now

Four thousand miles and a lifetime of hurt stood between Shanon Biles and a front row seat at the Paris Olympics.

But nothing can diminish the pride with which she beams at the mention of daughter Simone’s triumphant return to form three years after she bowed out of the Tokyo games.

Now, speaking exclusively to DailyMail.com, Shanon, 52, has said that she lives in hope for the day Simone reaches out so she can ask her daughter for forgiveness for the past she cannot change after her drug addiction led to her to abandon her children.
‘It was hard to give up my kids, but I had to do what I had to do. 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,’ she explained to DailyMail.com.

And she has told of her sadness that, to this day, she has no part in major life events such as Simone’s wedding last year to NFL player Jonathan Owens.

‘I’m waiting for the opportunity but I’m waiting on her to be able to come to me. Let’s sit down. I just have to be patient.’ Shanon said, ‘We both want to see her. I talk to him all the time. He says, “If you talk to Simone, give her my number. I’d love to talk to her.” But I can’t even talk to her. I have to go through my dad.’

To this day Shanon doesn’t know how much Simone and her sister know about those days and she longs for the opportunity to tell them, ‘how it really was’.

She said, ‘I want to let her know I love her and I’m very proud of her. But I’m still waiting.’

Shanon has Simone’s telephone number, but she has never called it, feeling instead that the outreach has to come from Simone.

She added, ‘I can’t keep dwelling on it. Whenever she’s ready I’m here and willing to receive.

‘I do have a direct number, but I won’t use it. I want her to reach out to me. She’s 27 now. She’s married. I would have liked to have been a part of that, but I just have to wait for her. You can’t push anybody.