In about half an hour, Simone Biles and her family will be hosted by the Prime Minister at a dinner. It will surely be an event that her grandmother Nellie Biles Cayetano will enjoy. As you heard earlier she's the daughter of a former UDP stalwart and trustee, the now deceased Silas Cayetano. He died 5 years ago after spending extended time with her family in Houston. That's where he got to know Simone Biles and her sisters. But, Simone is not a blood relation to Silas Cayetano or Nellie Cayetano Biles. Nellie explained how she came to be Simone's Mother and grandmother:...
Jules Vasquez, 7News
"Please explain your family relation with Simone because you are her step grandmother really."
Nellie Cayetano - Simone's Grandmother
"That is correct I am married what was Simone's, my husband had a previous wife and Simone's biological mother is his daughter. So she had a total of 4 children when she was having difficulty with substance abuse at that time and we talked about, because the 4 children were then placed in a foster home and that information was shared with us. So we collectively thought that the best thing to do and I mean the only thing to do really is to help out. So we brought 4 of the children with us."
Simone's biological mother is not an active presence in her life, though they still keep in touch. The person she calls mom is Nellie Cayetano Biles:
Nellie Cayetano - Simone's Grandmother
"Everyone said it was going to change and I did not know what change really meant but it really has changed in that we are now more cautious whenever we make travel plans or even plan whenever we go to the restaurants because it is recognized that it is more than before. I would never say anything negative about the change because it's quite a blessing I mean who gets to have this type of opportunity. so we are trying really hard to embrace it and I also remind her that she needs to look at it not as oh my gosh I have to do this again and so I try to make sure that I instill the fact that this is something that was a blessing for her even though she worked hard for it and that she needs to be gracious whenever someone even once say take a photo or ask her a couple words and at this point Simone is doing that."
The Simone Biles motivational session is not tomorrow at the Bliss - it's on December the 29th. So that's next week Friday, not tomorrow. We apologize for the error.
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