Famous MMA figure Joe Rogan owns expertise in combat sports and holds extensive knowledge of American sports. Besides juggling between his commentator job and standup comic gigs, Rogan also hosts a popular podcast. The podcast- ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ attracts an average of 11 million listeners per episode.

In one of the recent podcast episodes, the color commentator shared the mic duties with Yannis Pappas. The duo discussed Duke Lacrosse Case, Jeff Bezos’ divorce, and Rogan’s favorite lyricist. In the same segment, the UFC commentator revealed the reason behind Simone Biles’ withdrawal from the Tokyo Olympics.

While the 5-times world champion’s withdrawal from the 2020 Olympics was partial, she received a lot of flakes for her actions. Thereafter, her withdrawal opened the floodgates for discussion over mental health issues in gymnastics.

The revelation by Joe Rogan

In JRE episode #1689, Joe Rogan recalled the time when Simone Biles was on the receiving end of criticism. He called Biles an “amazing gymnast who everybody is sh*tting on.”

The former Fear Factor host told Yannis Pappas the plausible reason for the Japanese authorities’ denial of her participation. The authorities made this decision after it came to their cognizance that the American gymnast suffers from ADHD, and as a result of her condition, takes Ritalin.

Rogan said, “Because in Japan, you can’t take this stuff she takes- Ritalin… Because if that is the case, they said that during the last Olympics, uh, I guess 2016; she took this stuff. And she won a bunch of gold medals and now, because she’s regularly on this.”

The 55-year-old continued and admitted that both the substances, Adderall and Ritalin, are illegal in Japan. Thus he continued, “This is her medication and they’re saying she can’t because, in Japan, it’s illegal to take whether it’s Adderall or Ritalin.”

The color commentator then went on to give a detailed reason why was it so. After that, Rogan alluded to Japanese history.

The stand-up comic stated, “I think they’re very sensitive to amphetamines because amphetamines and methamphetamines were the reason why the Kamikazes were willing to f*****g fly their planes right into boats. Like f*****g grit in their teeth the whole way, boom!”

Despite all the ordeals, Simone Biles ended the 2020 Olympics with a silver and a bronze. Later on, she withdrew from the competition because of a temporary loss of air balance.

The Russian hackers’ incident

The incident happened in 2016 when a group called “Fancy Bears” leaked the confidential medical files of star US female Olympians. The affected athletes included tennis players like Venus and Serena Williams, and gymnast Simone Biles.

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Following this incident, Biles admitted that she had ADHD [Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder] and has been taking the medications since she was a child.

Further, she clarified that she always followed the rules and believed in clean sports.

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