Brazilian gymnast Arthur Nory Mariano, who's also known as Biles' 'international boyfriend,' jokingly tells the actor on Instagram, 'I saw her first... She is my girl.'
- Aug 18, 2016
AceShowbiz - Did Zac Efron just land himself in trouble for getting flirty with someone else's girlfriend? A day after he met and kissed Simone Biles, who's openly admitted she's got a major crush on him, the actor got called out by Arthur Nory Mariano who's also widely known as the gold medalist's "Brazilian boyfriend."
Mariano, a fellow gymnast representing Brazil at the sports event, took to Instagram on Wednesday, August 17 to post a picture of him planting a kiss on Biles' cheek. "Hey @zacefron I saw her first... She is my girl," he jokingly warned Efron in the caption before praising Biles.
"Proud of you Simone! You are [phenomenal] in whole world and special. You made history. Love u," he added. He continued to tell Efron to leave his girl as he wrote in Portuguese, "Get out of here, Zac Efron! Are you thinking I'm some kind of fool? I've been with her since 2013. She's my girl."
Mariano and Biles have several times posed together for some Instagram photos during the 2016 Rio Olympic. Earlier this month, they shared the same photo of them hugging. They called each other her "Brazilian boyfriend" and his "US girl" in the captions.
However, both Mariano and Biles later confirmed in an interview that they were just friends. "We're just friends, like when we see each other in competition and we text each other. [We met] in competition, at the World Championships in 2013," he said.
"We joke that we're like international boyfriend and girlfriend because we see each other at these international meets, so I think that's really cool. International friendships are the best, and I think it's something you should cherish forever," Biles added.
