Olympian and fighter Ronda Rousey calls out Michael Phelps’ behavior Options

[EthanE]

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Before becoming an MMA fighter and the Strikeforce bantamweight champion, Ronda Rousey made her name by winning a bronze medal in judo at the Beijing Olympics. In a recent interview with Elie Seckbach, she talked about how great it was for all Olympians, no matter the stature, to get together and have fun.

Well, almost all Olympians. There was one Olympian who didn't want to mingle: Michael Phelps.

Rousey said while at a party for all American Olympians, the athletes happily mingled together. NBA players hung with the rest of the group, but Phelps had his own area that was just for his group.

"These NBA players are a bigger deal than this guy, and they're hanging out with us. We're teammates. We're not a bunch of groupies. Come hang out with us," Rousey said.

She said it was a similar set-up when Team USA visited "The Oprah Winfrey Show," which rubbed her the wrong way.

"I don't like being somebody's teammate and being treated like I'm a groupie. I didn't even want to go out of my way to say hello to that guy. Get over yourself. All you do is swim. If someone slapped you every time you jumped in the pool, I might have a little respect, but I was a swimmer before I did this stuff, and you can't tell me that swimming is OH MY GOD, because it's not."

Rousey isn't the first athlete to criticize Phelps, who can break Larissa Latynina's all-time medal record with three medals in London. Fellow swimmer Tyler Clary questioned Phelps' work ethic after the Olympic Trials.

[Unilad]

Meh she just wanted Michael Phelps, get over it lady he don't want you.

[stevo]

I'm assuming "to call out ... behavior" is American parlance for "complains about".

The United States of Syntactical Vagueness.

[paddyirl]

Meh she just wanted Michael Phelps, get over it lady he don't want you.

Maybe she is just stating facts.

Maybe that is actually what he is like and there are much hotter guys at the Olympics then him, heck he isn't even the hottest on the US swim team. He's nothing to get obsessed over.

[Benzai]

And yet she is....

[Parsifal]

I'm assuming "to call out ... behavior" is American parlance for "complains about".

The United States of Syntactical Vagueness.

I've never heard the term before. Maybe it's Canadian.

[Parsifal]

He's nothing to get obsessed over.

[JG220]

Yeah, a news article complaining about him! Way to show him that he's really no big deal, and should quit acting so full of himself.

[Unilad]

Meh she just wanted Michael Phelps, get over it lady he don't want you.

Maybe she is just stating facts.

Maybe that is actually what he is like and there are much hotter guys at the Olympics then him, heck he isn't even the hottest on the US swim team. He's nothing to get obsessed over.

Or maybe she is. Complain once, but twice? she needs to get over herself. Perhaps he prefers his own friends and company? I know people like this myself at Uni, that's just life. Move on and mingle with the people who are clearly happy to mingle with you. Not everyone can or wants to be your friend.

[stevo]

I'm assuming "to call out ... behavior" is American parlance for "complains about".

The United States of Syntactical Vagueness.

I've never heard the term before. Maybe it's Canadian.

God knows. Or perhaps Gosh knows.

[Parsifal]

I'm assuming "to call out ... behavior" is American parlance for "complains about".

The United States of Syntactical Vagueness.

I've never heard the term before. Maybe it's Canadian.

God knows. Or perhaps Gosh knows.

The OP is Canadian.

[sanitynotincluded]

I'm sure that as he polishes his 14 gold medals he'll be inconsolable about her disapproval.