The most memorable year of Simone Biles‘ life was not 2016. It was 2000, when she was placed in foster care.
Biles broke into tears when recalling her difficult childhood in a “Dancing with the Stars” interview for Monday night’s episode.
“My biological mom was suffering from drug and alcohol abuse, and she was in and out of jail,” Biles said. “I never had mom to run to. … I do remember always being hungry and afraid.”
From Biles’ book, “Courage to Soar:”
“Most people might think that at age three I was too young to know what it meant to be placed into foster care, but the truth is I understood everything.