U.S. swimmer Michael Andrew seems like an awful human being.

[Bleacher Creature]

He's the one who refused to be vaccinated before the Olympics because he didn't want any side effects to interrupt his training. Now he's refusing to wear a mask.

Link to tweet

Here's the most infuriating quote:

When asked why he chooses not to wear a mask, Andrew said, "For me it's pretty hard to breathe in after kind of sacrificing my body in the water, so I feel like my health is a little more tied to being able to breathe than protecting what's coming out of my mouth."

What a selfish jerk.

[DURHAM D]

1. Someone needs to post his travel schedule (flight)

back to US. I would not want to be on the same plane.

[roamer65]

2. He struck me as a jerk off.

The part of having their own training pool sounded rather anti-social. I would guess the dad is a big Dumpster.

Definitely was not upset he lost.

[Trueblue1968]

18. KICK HIM OFF THE TEAM !!!!!

[ornotna]

3. If he has any sponsors

I hope they drop him. What an asshole.

[pandr32]

5. Yes, please!

[mucifer]

4. I'm a nurse in her 50s who had an N95 on in a patient's home for over 2 hours with no

working electricity. The electricity did get turned on during my 3 hour home visit. I was sweating up a fricking storm. I had no trouble breathing. But, I did feel great taking that thing off.

If I can do it in the heat with an N95 how can an olympic athlete suffocate with a standard mask?

[ProfessorGAC]

7. He can. But, He's A Liar!

Almost nobody has a problem breathing through a mask.
A world class athlete would not be an exception.
He's a punk, a liar, & a jerk.

[ChubbyStar]

11. As a world class swimmer he has exceptional lungs

Sadly the only exceptional thing about him. Wanker.

[MustLoveBeagles]

21. He can breathe in a standard mask

He just doesn't want to because he's an entitled asshat.

[roamer65]

6. On a side note, I was ecstatic that Lilly King and Annie Rizor won silver and bronze.

What a dynamic duo!

[Treefrog]

9. And we have that asshole fencer too.

Shame.

[CentralMass]

10. I am not discounting the premise of the post but I happened to catch the medal ceremony

Of bbn one of the men's relay events. I am assuming it was just after the event. The 3rd and particulary the 4th swimmers were breathing heavily. So I can see some of these athletes need a period of recovery after their events. Their levels of physical activity are extreme.

[malaise]

16. Nailed it

Eff him

[Goonch]

12. ;-{)

[redstatebluegirl]

14. He is a Liberty University nutjob.

[roamer65]

17. You win the thread.

Good research.

[smirkymonkey]

27. Oh gee, what a surprise!

Thanks for the info. Explains a lot. Also, he looks like a total fuckwit. He just radiates arrogance

What is it with these false Christians? If they honestly believe in God/Jesus, do they really believe they are fooling them?

[Takket]

28. Ah! That would explain his complete lack of Christian values

[scipan]

15. When people pass by him they should pull down

their mask, hold their nose, and breathe out in his face.

I may be getting a little angry at these selfish idiots.

[moonscape]

19. Not every swimmer has worn

a mask doing interviews. Dresser didn’t and l admit to coming to a guess about his masking/vaxing sentiments based on that coupled with the massive eagle tattoo on his shoulder.

[roamer65]

20. Dressel is an evangelical.

Not sure how deep he is into it, but they usually are pretty cultist.

https://evangelicalfocus.com/life-tech/1862/testifying-of-christ-at-the-olympic-pool

[moonscape]

23. You found what I couldn't. I had been curious enough

to Google but this eluded me. Felt almost guilty about stereotyping based on no mask+tattoo, but sometimes stereotypes pan out. Thanks.

[Klaralven]

22. 4th in the 100 m breaststroke; 5th in the 200 m individual medley

Entered in 4 more events.

[liberal_mama]

24. He needs to cover his virus holes and be considerate of other people's health!

This selfishness is ridiculous.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

25. Oh my God didn't you get the memo? You are supposed to be 100%

behind all Olympic athletes!!!

[ZonkerHarris]

26. Sorry Andrew but Trump doesn't let chokers and losers visit Maralago

[Violet_Crumble]

29. Who? Never heard of them. They should place a ban on interviewing losers...

5th place? Uh, in what world does anyone even want to interview someone who doesn't get a medal or have a heartbreaking BMX or skateboard crash? I guess the Americans mustn't be doing that great in swimming? Seriously, though. If the amazing Katie Ledecky pulled that stunt, it'd be newsworthy, but she's a goddam decent person and she didn't. What absolute disrespect for the host country. He should have been automatically banned from participating in more events and even had his visa revoked. Wanker.

After a mass protest violating public health orders in Sydney last weekend where most were white men, the Guardian posted an article about a study that was done on those most likely to be non-compliant when it comes to covid. This Ugly American Andrew guy falls into that category. If I can wear a mask in the office, he can wear one doing an interview. Have I called him a wanker already?

Extroverted, self-centred men less likely to comply with Covid restrictions, study suggests

[spanone]

30. send his ass home