Joe Rogan slams \u201cdisgusting\u201d criticism over Simone Biles\u2019 withdrawal from Olympic Finals YouTube: PowerfulJRE \/ Wikimedia Commons, Ag\u00eancia Brasil FotografiasUFC color commentator, comedian and podcast host Joe Rogan is hitting back at criticism against Olympic gymnast Simone Biles\u2019 decision to withdraw from both individual and team finals events in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Simone Biles is one of the biggest names in gymnastics, and for good reason; the star athlete, 24, has scored over 30 Olympic and World Championship medals and is the most decorated American gymnast of all time. It stands to reason that, with a record such as hers, there\u2019s a ton of pressure to perform perfectly at high-stakes events like the Olympics \u2014 and that pressure can sometimes boil over in serious ways. Why did Simone Biles withdraw from Olympic Finals? On July 27, Biles withdrew from individual competition at the 2020 Olympics, a day after withdrawing from the team final. While at first it was reported that a medical issue was the reason for her exit, it was later revealed that Biles\u2019 mental health was what prompted her to pull out after seeming to struggle with the vault. View this post on Instagram \u201cI truly do feel like I have the weight of the world on my shoulders at times,\u201d Simone said of her role as an Olympic gymnast. \u201cI know I brush it off and make it seem like pressure doesn\u2019t affect me, but damn, sometimes it\u2019s hard hahaha!\u201d Biles\u2019 decision to withdraw has sparked a slew of debate online, with many commenters lashing out at the athlete for prioritizing her mental health over the competition. Joe Rogan comments on criticism Joe Rogan discussed the backlash during a recent episode of his podcast, where he called the ongoing criticism \u201cdisgusting\u201d and noted that Biles regularly takes ADHD medication \u2014 something that\u2019s at odds with Japan\u2019s purported stance on the drug to treat certain issues. \u201cSo many people are sh***ing on her online and calling her a coward,\u201d Rogan said. \u201cIt\u2019s disgusting. You have no idea what\u2019s going on in her head. She\u2019s supposed to play when she\u2019s suicidal? She\u2019s supposed to play when she\u2019s freaking out? Read More: Twitch streamers call for action after getting DMCA\u2019d for IRL streaming near 2020 Olympics – \u201cIs she supposed to do gymnastics when she\u2019s literally losing her mind?\u201d he continued. \u201cWhen people get off prescription drugs\u2026 I don\u2019t know what it\u2019s like to get off Ritalin. But I would imagine it\u2019s not fun.\u201d Biles\u2019 use of ADHD medication has come under scrutiny multiple times throughout her career, although she has received permission to use the drug by the WADA under therapeutic use exemption.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Joe Rogan slams \u201cdisgusting\u201d criticism over Simone Biles\u2019 withdrawal from Olympic Finals YouTube: PowerfulJRE \/ Wikimedia Commons, Ag\u00eancia Brasil FotografiasUFC color commentator, comedian and podcast host Joe Rogan is hitting back at criticism against Olympic gymnast Simone Biles\u2019 decision to withdraw from both individual and team finals events in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Simone Biles […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52259\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}