Riley Gaines pushes back on Lia Thomas' remarks about feminism: 'It just blows my mind'

Former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines joins 'The Faulkner Focus' to discuss House Republicans' legislation barring transgender athletes from participating in women's sports.

Former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines on Monday responded to the remarks Lia Thomas made in an interview last week about the alleged "half support" she received from women who argue only athletes born girls should be competing against fellow females in sports.

The former University of Pennsylvania swimmer told Schuyler Bailar's podcast "Dear Schuyler" that some women use the "guise of feminism to sort of push transphobic beliefs." She expressed dismay over the support she got from coming out as transgender in contrast to the furor there was when she competed against biological females in women’s sports at the NCAA level during the 2021-22 season.

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Pennsylvania's Lia Thomas waits for a preliminary heat in the Women's NCAA 500 meter freestyle swimming championship start Thursday, March 17, 2022, in at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Gaines responded to Thomas on the "Michele Tafoya Podcast." The Kentucky alum tied with Thomas in one of the events at the NCAA Championships last year.

"It just blows my mind, truthfully, when I hear that," Gaines told Tafoya. "What I see, the words that come to mind, is entitlement. It’s narcissism. It’s putting your own feelings, your own safety, your own privacy, your own fairness, your own dignity, your own mental health, I could go on … Above every single other person’s knowing you’re the one affecting all of those things for the majority of the population. Women make up 51% of the world.

University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas, middle, smiles