First, I’m not a sports fan per se, let alone, a drone who sits at home, wading through hours of Olympic events. I did watch Phelps swim his way into history and he was the highlight of the Olympic games.
I was reading today about his fall from grace. He’s banned from swimming for three month’s and Kellogg’s is dropping him from its cereal boxes. Now, I think Kellogg’s is a lame ass company to begin with and I won’t buy their cereal for a number of reasons, one being price.
OK, out comes my can of Whoop Ass on Kellogg’s. Who gives a damn of Phelps is on a cereal box? Does Kellogg’s think were all stupid enough to believe that if we eat their cereal we’ll be able to propel ourselves through a pool at 90 miles per hour? Who cares? In fact, are American consumers so dumb as to be influenced by an image on a box Kellogg’s cereal? I hope not. I don’t buy food based upon who’s face, ass, legs or thighs are branded to the box or can. I buy fod based on price and Kellogg’s charges way too much for their sugar coated crap in a box.
Phelps is a young guy (a kid) and he’s sowing his oats (so to speak) and he has every right in the world to experiment with drugs, tobacco and alcohol. If Phelps can swim as fast as he does - and still get high – then all the power to him. I know guys who get high and who can’t even remember their names or, even walk more than a few steps to get food – when the munchies kick in:-)
Phelps did NOTHING wrong and whomever posted that picture of him should be drawn and quartered in the press (by the press) not the other way around. What about Phelp’s privacy?
Is Phelp’s entitled to some privacy here? What he does in the privacy of his own dorm and with other friends is his business. No doubt, someone who was sitting there (with Phelps) was passing round the pipe and he or she is just as guilty as Phelps, however, we don’t see the photo taker getting whacked by the press.
Does Phelps have sex before or after an event? Does he masturbate before or after an event? Does he eat Kellogg’s cereals while watching porno? Does he wipe his butt with his left or right hand?
See the point? Who’s business is it what ANYONE does when it comes to their own bodies? I think that people have gone far enough in rooting out celebrity vices. We all have vices and we all do strange things on a daily basis. No one is perfect.
The press have no place casting stones or, even reporting on this nonsense, as it’s nothing but nonsense. Kellogg’s should be out there handing out free boxes of cereal to the homeless and to under nourished kids, as opposed to worrying about what the public thinks about Phelps sucking on a pipe. In fact, how do we know the image is real? How do we know that there was pot in the pipe? In fact, if there was pot in the pipe, how do we know he even inhaled? Then again, who cares, move on America…
couldn’t ageree with you more, I am with phelps all the way
You are right when you say that he has a right to experiment with drugs but what you have to think is whether he has the right to endorse taking drugs or making taking drugs look cool. That is unacceptable.
His right to privacy and all that is ok but because of the fame and adoration he receives from the public, he has some responsibilities too. If he smoked xxx on an xxx date and nobody knew about it then it’s fine, its his personnel business but now that it’s come out, its different. Its getting all the attention it deserves and that is because
no matter what you say, people (especially kids) tend to do what their favorite stars do. I mean just imagine all the young swimmers out there who want to be just like Phelps someday think, they’ll say to themselves that if the best swimmer in the world can smoke marijuana and still be that good (the best ever) then marijuana can’t be bad in fact it must be great and then they are trying drugs and after that, for some of them, this experiment will surely lead them places.
When the news broke out I too was surprised about an athlete like him doing pot and thought they’ll just give him a rap on his knuckles but thankfully he’s received the flak that he has. (its very very vital the message is loud and unambiguous that drug taking is not cool and that you are then doing something which can cause you to be shunned from all quarters.)