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Finally, an Olympian to look up to.
Heavens no! I'm clutching my pearls!
He shouldn't even be there.
From what Ive seen, they give masks to the athletes when they leave the area or go to the stands.
Masked or not Mikey still lost.
Well, remember, he and his father think they're better and can do better than everyone else.
They should never have held the Olympics this year. Dumb and selfish decision. Too bad if we miss an Olympics. People like this, leadership’s unwillingness to set rules, the surge in cases, and the mess of an event on the whole show it was a bad decision.
Protocol or not..... doesn't make him any less of a self-centered jerk
So ecstatic that he didn’t receive a medal. He’s way to corky! Karma’s dealing with him.
Send him home, into quarantine.
The reporters need to stop harassing this young man.
Welll you didn’t swim all that well. Little brain, big talk.
He also missed medaling. Poor sport
Good for him, set the example!!
uh... US officials don't matter. they're in Tokyo.
Lmao shut up masks do nothing unless your gonna get a military grade gas mask and where it 24/7
Really disrespectful! I hate masks. I’m vax’d. I don’t care any more about American anti-vaxers, let the virus rip through our country… I’m totally cool with that. But don’t go to someone else’s house and disrespect!!!!
What an amazing story out of the Olympics. Said no one
Dude probably gets tested everyday…he’s fine
American guy. Say no more
COVIDIOT
Yes michael!
He’s as contagious as vaccinated people. The sheep have been played.
good for him !!! need more guys like this
A 20-something year-old Olympic swimmer at his physical peak isn’t vaccinated This is an outrage!
Well, everyone can carry it & the idiot is exposing himself to it the most, but this is incredibly disrespectful to the Japanese people.
No one gives a fuck about journalists
First the USOlympic let’s a fencer accused of sexual assault attend the Olympics, not they make excuses for this guy not following COVID protocols. Total BS
Disgraceful to our country to be so self centered
Oh no! Not an elite olympic athlete who has a nearly 0% chance of dying from COVID, say it ain't so! Your headlines are absolute garbage.
Really riveting news here, .
Press shouldn’t talk to him again.
Colonizers just cannot stop spreading death.
What does Japan say here?
This guy is an embarrassment to the US.
Come on, US Swimming. Good fucking grief. Stop treating spoiled brats with kid gloves.
So Selfish!
getateric Terrorist
He finished fifth. He didn’t need interviewed at all.
Fish swim well and they're not very smart either.
He is an American, so……
A black female athlete gets banned for smoking marijuana because she broke protocol but a white male athlete is allowed because “we decide to change protocol”…
WTF? Are you kidding? How is it not required?
So he can go to another country int the middle of a pandemic whioe unvaccinated but Sha'Carri Richardson some some weed while grieving and she's banned?
As the Delta variant is taking over the world and CDC and all respectable companies are mandating masks indoors, this is the dumbest thing the USOC could do… pander to an asshole anti-Vaxer who is endangering others. Mind you-in an area struggling with another COVID outbreak!
Idiot
Weren’t they going to cancel the whole thing a few months ago?
Send him home.
TeamUSA send Michael Andrew home. He’s a health risk and an embarrassment
How about not interviewing him.
Why are we justifying bad behavior from an adult man? Shame on him and everybody who allows him to get away with it.
Why are they kissing his ass 😭😭
He’s gross for any number of reasons.
What catering the rules for a white man who would have thunk
Don't enable these cretins. Being able to swim doesn't make him smart.
Good for him. Healthy body doesn't need altering!!!!!
An Olympic swimmer at his level can hold their breath for many seconds while doing strenuous activity, and he can't breathe while wearing a mask after a few minutes after getting out of the pool and walking from the pool deck to a media area?
Japanese culture is based on respect. Thank you for displaying a complete lack of it while representing our country... smh You wear goggles and a cap... but no mask? FFS bro
Trumpers killing Japanese people too.
This is like the 10th story I’ve seen on this. Our pearl-clutching, breathless media is quite the spectacle to behold. Just cringeworthy, this level of fear and scolding…
Ignore him and his selfishness. Disgraceful to the team.
Give us gold medals then do whatever you want. We are losing against China
In homage to theferocity ::looks directly at camera::
….because, white guy?
Great! Now we've got our Spreadnecks infecting other countries.
Why are we allowing this?!
🤮
Watching on TV there are lots of cases where athletes in track events and players in team games hug and kiss each other. No one tries to warn them.
Oh no , NPR
Tokyo should force him to leave since he doesn't seem to understand basic health protocols.
Disgusting provincial white privilege.
why focus on individual goofballs. This entire Olympics should not be happening.
AllThoseMofosGotAnExcuse
And of course he’s an American white dude.
Oooo you're now wearing a mask. Im telling. Like fucking children.
Selfish human being. Disregarding everyone’s health and will spread it. health CovidIsNotOver Olympics are sexist and relying on corporate greed too. So much needs to change. HousingCrisis
People who are vaccinated are getting coronavirus and spreading it look at Massachusetts
No guidelines then?
Demonstration of selfishness and arrogance. Send him home.
I assume he’s being tested, but what a dick move
YEAH, lets hear MORE EXCUSES FROM AMERICA'S ATHLETES. He broke protocol. STOP THE LIES.
Another evangelical closet case.. So sad
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