Joe Rogan asks Riley Gaines if Lia Thomas 'has sex with girls'


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Riley Gaines appeared on Joe Rogan's podcast on Thursday and talked about her experience facing Lia Thomas at the 2022 NCAA Swimming Championships.

Thomas became the first transgender athlete to win a national title in NCAA women's swimming.

Gaines has been outspoken against Thomas's foray into women's swimming and testified on Capitol Hill how uncomfortable it was to be around the swimmer in the locker room.

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Lia Thomas behind the blocks for the women's 500-yard freestyle during the 2022 NCAA Division I women's swimming and diving championships at the McAuley Aquatic Center on the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology on March 17, 2022, in Atlanta. (Mike Comer/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)

As Gaines reminisced about the NCAA Championships on the “Joe Rogan Experience,” the podcast host asked if Thomas “has sex with girls.”

“At that point, again, this is what I know based on what his teammates told me and what's really been public knowledge based on what they post and different things,” Gaines said. “At the time of the national championship, he was still dating women and was active with them.

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Riley Gaines in November 2023

Former British swimmer Riley Gaines speaks to the crowd during a Daniel Cameron campaign stop in Shepherdsville on November 1, 2023. (Michael Clevenger/Courier Journal/USA Today Network)

“But now, again, according to social media, he is engaged to another man who claims to be a woman. So, two men, but they call themselves lesbians.”

Gaines, host of OutKick's “Gaines for Girls” podcast and leader of the Riley Gaines Center at the Leadership Institute, further spoke about tying with Thomas at the NCAA championships and how officials refused to give her a trophy and opted to give it to her instead. one for the Penn swimmer.

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Joe Rogan welcomed Riley Gaines on his podcast. (The Joe Rogan Experience and Spotify)

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Since graduating, Gaines has been an outspoken advocate for the fight for justice in women's sports and serves as an ambassador for the Independent Women's Forum.

Fox News Digital reached out to Thomas seeking a response to Rogan and Gaines' comments.

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