Greg Rutherford has called out Adam Peaty after the swimmer gave a controversial interview in the wake of his surprise Commonwealth Games defeat.The upset Olympian went home with a bronze medal on Saturday after he finished in third place in the 100m breaststroke final.He was supported by his wife Holly Ramsay, who is pregnant with their first child, while his mother Caroline was left heartbroken by not being able to watch her son compete in Glasgow. Read the full story here.In an interview after his defeat, Adam acknowledged the family feud, saying the fallout ‘has taken its toll’, tearfully exclaiming: ‘It’s hard because I know how hard I’ve worked. I know the s**t I’ve been through, which is no fault of my own. It does take a toll.’Adam, 31, also raised eyebrows by wailing: ‘I just think I deserve more. I know sport isn’t about what you deserve or even what you work for – it’s who gets it on the day. I just know I’m a better athlete than that. It’s very disappointing.’Now retired British track and field athlete Greg has suggested Adam may live to regret his comments, saying on Talk Sport ‘I’ve been in his position as well, and in the heat of the moment you say things and you think, afterwards, I wish I hadn’t said that.’ Greg Rutherford has called out Adam Peaty after the swimmer gave a controversial interview in the wake of his surprise Commonwealth Games defeat The upset Olympian went home with a bronze medal on Saturday after he finished in third place in the 100m breaststroke final, blaming his family feud for ‘taking it’s toll’ Greg continued: ‘Adam is somebody, as you say, he’s very philosophical.’Certain points of what you’re saying there, you do have to be careful and you should be thinking about others as well.’Nobody deserves anything in sport. Everybody works equally as hard.’It’s not preordained because you are a world record holder or an Olympic champion or silver medalist obviously at the moment.’Adam was feeling in much better spirits on Sunday after he qualified for the 50m breaststroke final, having beaten Filip Nowacki in a time of 27.27. After the race, he was pulled for a chat by Olympian Laura Kenny, who was of a different mindset to Greg and instead praised Adam for being so emotional and vulnerable in his interview the day prior. Seemingly referencing Adam hinting at his family fallout, cyclist Laura praised him for giving ‘the most personal interview’ she’d ever heard him do. Fighting back tears, Adam then gave Laura a heartfelt interview too, admitting that he’d become more emotional since becoming a father. The swimmer shares five-year-old son George with ex Eirianedd Munro and is currently expecting a baby girl with wife Holly Ramsay. Adam began: ‘Thank you firstly, you’re making me emotional again. Tell you what, it’s what it’s like being parents, isn’t it?’I think for me, I said it over there, you know, people congratulate me doing the heats. I’m like, what for? It’s just my job, right?’But actually I think sometimes we do forget and sometimes we do forget the importance of sport.’And for me actually just, you know, showing up this morning and doing a job, that was just the process, right?’And then tonight was a little bit different. I added a little bit of a layer on top of that. But to get from this morning to tonight was actually a postmortem.’I wrote it on a piece of paper. What am I doing well? What am I doing wrong? What can I change? What can’t I change? That’s the real world.’Then as soon as I had that I could build a little bit of a path, a little bit of a war path.’ Adam Ramsay-Peaty fought back tears as he reflected on parenthood and his career after reaching the 50m breaststroke final at the Commonwealth Games on Sunday The swimmer shares five-year-old son George with ex Eirianedd Munro and is currently expecting a baby girl with wife Holly Ramsay (pictured at Saturday’s race) He continued: ‘And yes we lost the battle yesterday, yes, it hurt a lot. But actually that was because of the expectation upon myself when really I’m just at the start of this new canvas of being. ‘You know, in December a father of two, an athlete going to my fourth Olympic Games, this stuff gets harder and harder as we go on. ‘And you know, a lot of people don’t understand that, and that’s not their fault. I want to give them insight to that, but this either makes us or breaks us unfortunately.’ He later took to Instagram to reflect on his time in the competition. Sharing a snap of himself in the pool and a sweet snap with Holly, he penned: ‘A proud moment for me after a monumental effort to climb back from the Olympics two years ago. ‘But as we know, sport is cruel, it’s the same reason that it’s beautiful. But why do it? I still love standing on the blocks, hearing the roar of the crowd, fighting inch by inch in every stroke, putting myself on the line, and, because I’m not finished. ‘Ultimately, I know these are the stories I will be telling my children and their children.’He called his bronze medal a ‘bittersweet moment’ yet acknowledged that his story can’t always be ‘filled with glory, victory and gold.’Adam continued: ‘To the people out there who want to hurt me and my family with comments, I have seen this story thousand times with other athletes from many sports. ‘We are athletes, doing something we love and that is our deepest passion. As it’s said, be the change you want to see in the world, and, I want a better world for the next generation of athletes. Love always wins.’Adam is now gearing up to defend his men’s 50m breaststroke title when the race takes place on Monday night. He will have to close the gap to South Africa’s Michael Houlie, while also competing against Australia’s 100m breaststroke gold medallist Sam Williamson and Jersey’s silver medallist Filip Nowacki. He later took to Instagram to reflect on his time in the competition, calling his bronze medal a ‘bittersweet moment’ yet acknowledging his story can’t always be ‘filled with glory’On Saturday, Adam paid tribute to his wife Holly for supporting him during a ‘whirlwind’ 24 hours, after he missed out on 100m breaststroke gold.After his 100m loss, Adam broke down in tears in an emotional interview that saw him take aim at his estranged family, saying that his fallout with them ‘has taken its toll’.But the swimmer said his performance was ‘much better’ during his 50m run, and during his post-race interview, he was asked who he turned to for support while he strived to bounce back from his 100m swim.The swimmer failed to mention his family, and instead praised Holly, who is pregnant with her first child, and his close friends for being there for him.Adam said: ‘The last 24 hours have been a bit of a whirlwind, not something I’m not used to.’But I guess in sport, it’s not really about when you get beat down because it’s going to be inevitable, that you do that, you make mistakes, it’s how it takes you to look at that, perspective, turn it around for tonight and I’m really happy for that. On a great trajectory for tomorrow.’Asked who he leans on for support, Adam continued: ‘It was a lot of people I talk to, obviously my wife, my coach, my best mate Ed. You’ve got your friends, your teammates.’The best way to get everything out in my head, is to just write it out, I write down what is going wrong, what is going right, what can I change, what can’t I change and then I’ve got a battle plan.’I can go ”right I can do with this’,’ take it into tomorrow. So even now I’m thinking, what’s part of that battle plan.’Adam broke down in tears and went home with a bronze medal when he finished in third place in the 100m breaststroke final on Saturday night.In an interview after his defeat, Adam acknowledged the family feud and said the fallout ‘has taken its toll’.’It’s hard because I know how hard I’ve worked,’ Adam cried. ‘I know the s**t I’ve been through, which is no fault of my own. It does take a toll.’ The roots of the family conflict go back to 2024, when Adam and Holly snubbed wider members of the Peaty family by not inviting them to their engagement party and their wedding.Caroline, who spent years ferrying her son to early-morning training sessions, was also not invited to Holly’s glamorous hen do.Then, months later, Adam broke his silence on the feud as he insisted there are ‘two sides to every story’ in a statement he posted on Instagram.The latest blow came last month when the Daily Mail revealed Adam’s pregnant sister Bethany – the only member of his family to still be in contact with the couple – has now sensationally fallen out with Holly. Read the full story here. The reports of his strained relationship with his parents have clearly taken their toll on Adam, as he was overcome with emotion after the result. Adam has cut ties with his parents, after a fall-out which began when wider members of his family were not invited to his wife Holly’s hen party last year He added in his post-swim interview: ‘I’m never afraid to show emotion. It’s important because it helps create stronger people, stronger men, stronger fathers and stronger husbands.’This cycle especially, I’ve worked harder than ever. To get a result like that hurts because I know I’m better than that.’It’s still very raw. I honestly feel like I deserve more. There’s a lot of thinking to do, but it’s too early to draw any conclusions.’Maybe it was just an off swim. Maybe it’s because I’ve been away from championship racing for two years. I honestly don’t know.’What’s the point of all the 5.30am starts? What’s the point of all the metres every single day? What’s the point of being exhausted all the time, or missing family events because you have to train?’It has to mean something. For me, that means striving for excellence, and today wasn’t excellence. That’s where the emotion comes from.’The choices I’ve made over the last few months have been difficult. At the same time, I’m proud that I got here and that I didn’t quit after Paris [Olympics in 2024]. I know I deserve more, and I know I can work for it.’It’s been two years since I’ve raced heats, semis and finals, so maybe it’s just an adjustment. It’s too early to know what I’m capable of at this stage, but I’m a fighter.’We’ve got another opportunity at the Europeans in two weeks, and I do enjoy a scrap. I lost that scrap today, but that’s sport. Most of the time I’ve won those battles – this time I didn’t.’He continued: ‘Over the last couple of months I’ve had to make some hard decisions so I could focus on doing my job. ‘I’ve had to ignore a lot of the rubbish people write online. Enough is enough. This goes beyond sport. It’s about being decent people. We all have to do better.’My wife will always be proud of me. As a father, it doesn’t matter whether you come home with a gold medal, as long as you come home. That’s what really matters.’Adam changing his name to Ramsay-Peaty and registering under the double-barrel surname for the Games in Glasgow is the latest blow for his estranged loved ones – especially as Ramsay is placed first before Peaty.A source said previously: ‘Adam may be rich, but we have something that he hasn’t and that is brains, loyalty, integrity and family.’Money makes for a cold bedfellow. It can’t hold you tight when things go wrong or when you have a bad day.’They added: ‘When you live to be famous you aren’t living, you are playing a role. Fame is but fleeting but family is forever.’