http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/more/02/01/phelps.marijuana.ap/index.html lol no wonder he eats so much food
Eh, for me he went from interesting guy from obscure sport who was incredibly successful to...a dude...one of many. Nothing to see there...just move along.
Hmmmmm....a 23 year old kid smoking pot. What a revelation. Stay tuned for more breaking news as we show video of an irishman drinking a pint of ale, an englishman with a cup of tea and a russian guy taking shots of vodka.
Who cares. I'm sure most posters on this site have smoked weed before. It has to be the most used illegal drug.
"High Definition.. Birth Place: Mobay, Jamaica" Every day, baby. Before exams. After exams. Sometimes during. Weed should be legal; cigs should be illegal.
I'm guessing he is seriously sorry that picture was made public.. the lost money may be substantial.. no more Wheaty boxes.
this changes absolutely nothing for me. he is still a ginormous dweeb. yeah yeah...and a great swimmer.
He's not perfect. He also got a DUI in 2004. IMO, the d-bag is the person who sent the photo to the tabloid (and most likely made a pretty penny from it).
Not so much a great role model anymore. I know everyone does it, but kids don't understand that yet, and this will, like someone mentioned already, cost Phelps a lot of lost revenue. And Muck, you wouldn't? If I had that pic I'd sell it to the highest bidder, in a second.
you kidding, you can snort coke, and drunk drive yourself into a tree, get arrested and still be president !
As someone who is sick of hearing and seeing Phelps, I think it's bull that someone would take a picture of him doing that and then turn around (and most likely make money selling it to the press). Can't people have some privacy anymore, do we really need to know or care about what these people do at home?
how come no one shows a picture of him casually drinking a beer? oh because it would be stupid. same here.
lol What a moron. You have to be pretty stupid to think that you can be a huge celebrity at a party with a bunch of random people and think that nobody is going to take a pic when your lighting up a bong. He should lose his endorsements for being such a dumbass, again.
gee lets hope none of your coworkers catches you the next time you take a hit at a party and takes a pic to show your boss to get you fired.
If being human consists of having multimillion dollar deals that could be yanked by doing something as stupid as that, then no, I am a martian.
well why should he lose sponsorships for doing something like that? he clearly didnt harm anyone, seem to do just fine for olympics(since we both know its not an enhancer), has no apparent criminal record, wasnt doing anything for his sponsorships at the time of the photograph...ect... whereas someone like lindsey lohan who drives reckless under the influence and almsot had her and innocent people killed when she stole their car while they were in the vehicle, and she gets off not only scot free, but she still has movie deals and sponsorships. but michael phelps takes a hit on a bong and suddenly hes the worlds most dangerous drug addict that should no longer make a living because someone got greedy and invaded his privacy.
He already got a DWI when he was 19, so it's not like it's the first time he did something stupid. Do you really think Phelps' sponsors want to endorse or have their people promote weed? Don't think so. I don't care if he smokes, but if your a millionaire and could lose a ton of money doing something stupid, don't do it in public. There's no other reason than stupidity for this to make the news.
You can get a DWI for taking a nyquil cap for a cold. Its very easy to get. Look I dont excuse stupid behavior but theres a line that needs to be drawn between being stupid and reckless and being stupid and not putting other people in danger, and risk losing your income because of it. When do we start condemning people who invade other people's privacy and profit off of it?
