The media loves triumph over tragedy stories and this added to the already amazingness of Simone Biles.  During a profile of the Olympic gymnast on NBC, they spoke about Simone and her younger sister going into foster care and eventually being adopted by her grandparents because her mother had issues with drugs and alcohol.  Well Simone’s biological mom is now speaking out, saying that’s she’s clean and has been for a while, and that she’s very much involved in her daughter’s life.

Simone did indeed go into foster care when she was just two-years old but her mother Shanon Biles says she’s been sober since 2007, and she’s proud of the fact that she’s reestablished a relationship with her daughter.

Shanon spoke with TMZ Sports and said she’s sick of being painted as an addict.

She says she has a beef with her father (Simone’s grandfather), saying he was insensitive about the way he described her battle with addiction during the NBC interview.

“He could have been more classy about it.”

As for Simone, Shanon says she’s incredibly proud of her daughter and has supported her for years, in fact, she showed a pic of the two of them with Gabby Douglas back in 2014.

“I just want to say I love you Simone.  I’m so proud of you! Go Team USA and I’ll talk to you and see you when I can!”