Michael Phelps and a bong? Is there any truth to this?
Former Member
are we sure that's Phelps?
If true, he seems to have a habit of screwing up in the very next Novembers after Olympics...
anyone here from the UK? How reputable is "news of the world"?
How could he be so careless?
Former Member
I'm very dissapointed in Michael. My kids certainly won't be getting any new Michael Phelps merchandise and I will have to explain to them that he's not the hero they thought he was. His tales of cavorting around like a drunk college kid--except all of the time--have been the thing of legend since Beijing ended, but this is just too much.
Calm down. What did you think was so heroic about him in the first place? What made you think he was anything but a young guy with a lot of money? Who even qualifies as a hero for your kids? Even the President smoked weed, and he still smokes cigarettes.
Impressed that he came out and admitted so quickly instead of a Floyd Landis media circus.
So quickly? This happened in November (I think). What exactly is quick about that?
It's always interesting how celebrities show remarkable self-awareness about their mistakes after they get caught ... and usually when millions of dollars in endorsements are on the line.
Listen, I like Phelps but this stinks for the sport and for him.
It really isn't that much worse than getting a speeding ticket. Both speeding and being in possession of marijuana are breaking the law. In fact, smoking marijuana is not illegal. It is the possession of it that is. Obviously, society views smoking pot much harsher than getting a speeding ticket or we would not be having all the news reports about it. Can you imagine a breaking story about Phelps getting a speeding ticket? People could care less.
Personally, I've never understood the attraction to pot. I mean, since it is illegal to possess it and it has not been checked over, who knows what you are getting and smoking? What would stop somebody from lacing it with some toxic stuff?
And I suppose when you have made mistakes in life, you've always without fail recognized them, acknowledged them publicly or to those you have disappointed, well before the truth surfaces months or even years later?
I don't hold myself and sport's figures to different standards, not in MY America anyway (that's for you Stud).
It isn't just celebrities that show self-awareness like that. I would argue the average American is the same way.
I agree with that, good point, however unfortunate.
