Comments on: Michael Phelps Caught Puffin’ On A Bong

By: maria ♥

maria ♥ — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:26:03 +0000

true…it dosen’t look like him…but it was obviously him…he apologized later and everything….i think it’s kind of funny though….that must have been a HUGE puff if he can hold in his breath for like 10 minutes…(i looked it up…he really can hold his breath for 10 minutes!!!!!! : / )

By: Camille

Camille — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:23:20 +0000

That doesnt look like him..

By: Anon

Anon — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 01:22:04 +0000

I’m from the towson area and it’s a well known fact to the local kids that Phelps is an absolute attention whore who expects to be treated like a god everywhere he goes. This latest mistake is no surprise at all due to his swimming success phelps expects to be treated like he’s better than everyone else so clearly the same rules should apply. Too bad someone didn’t explain to him that when you’re as successful as him your life is under a microscope. Whatever punishment he gets serves him right

By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:13:23 +0000

Perhaps the lesson to be learned here is that if you are going to partake in an illegal substance,,, Do it by yourself or with people you can trust. Not in the middle of a part or in public. And if some bitch takes a picture, you break their camera.

By: lalisabonita

lalisabonita — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:19:05 +0000

wait…not only is he wearing a different color shirt and hat in both photos – but his goatee also seems to magically disappear…he could’ve totally argued that a bit more – it really does look like it could be some other guy – he doesn’t look that tall either! hmmmm

By: It's Trent, Bitch!

It's Trent, Bitch! — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:44:07 +0000

@Lisa — of course it’s him, he even apologized for it.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:42:48 +0000

That doesn’t even look like him..

By: shannon

shannon — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 07:38:12 +0000

look, this is not a scandal, nor should it be made into one. he deserves to hit the bong, if you ask me. at least he ain’t snorting coke off a hookers ass. there is nothing wrong with ganja. i wish people would just get over it already.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 05:52:27 +0000

Meh it is what it is. The kid won his medals fair and square without hitting the bong during the Olympics so what does it matter now? Granted he is probably a role model for young kids and that’s not good, but he’s a normal guy too and if he wants to get his party on… he admitted he did it and took responsibility for it so there you go… and there are no Olympics right now so the committee can’t really say shit…

By: doris

doris — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 05:35:18 +0000

he must knew that someone was taking this picture soo I don’t understand, why he didn’t react, I mean he must knew, that if the picture goes to the web people will go crazy… when you’re a famous person you need to be more careful… srry for my english ;)

By: mel

mel — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 05:34:15 +0000

Hittin a ROOR! Phelpsie’s got good taste.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 05:07:06 +0000

If they dont let him into the olympics because of a fucking bong hit that is so unfair. Let him live. And whoever leaked the pictures is a huge douchebag.

By: Cas

Cas — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:30:29 +0000

Personally, he deserves to be punished and banned (which means missing out on the London Olympics).

But knowing the US, a big payout will be paid to the Olympic Committee to sweep it under the rug and let it go so that way the US get more medals and Phelps gets to take part at London because he will draw attention etc..

I can’t believe Trent, that you say you’re relieved its only a bong he was caught with. Yes he has probably done more illicit drugs between Beijing and now – and if so, pictures of him doing so deserve to be published. Being an Olympic swimmer he shouldn’t be touching any sort of drugs like this whether it be Marijuana or Cocaine. He knows the consequences & boundaries of being a so called “professional” so why doesn’t he take his career as an athlete seriously and not abuse the trust of the Olympic Committee, his team, country and his supporters and screw himself over and everyone else.

For a lesson well learnt, he should be penalized and if that means 4 years, then so be it, whether he is one of the greatest swimmers going around. If it was anyone else and NOT from America, they would miss out. Especially if it was an international rival then the Americans would make sure they were penalized.

By: Patchyboy

Patchyboy — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:31:14 +0000

lol the media makes such a big deal about pot, it’s only pot. People have been smoking pot for thousands of years and it’s not until stupid governments got involved that it started becoming a “bad thing” and they spread propaganda about it. If its SOOOOOO bad for you why is it acceptable in some countries and legal to smoke, even here in Canada it’s not such a big deal, in Vancouver there are “coffee shops”, and people smoked it for thousands of years before…and we still are here, no damage done? Get over the pot already, its just weed, alcohol is more damaging and deadly and there are way more bigger problems to worry about than some swimmer who is just acting his age and made a bad judgement on letting someone take a photo of him, it doesn’t even look like him in the photo???

By: Laynie

Laynie — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:21:38 +0000

LOL marissa i totally agree!
in the epic words of chuck bass ”shut up, and smoke up”

By: saddlebred

saddlebred — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:03:04 +0000

I’m with Marbeque – why has no one noticed not only are they wearing separate clothes but in one pic he’s got a chin-strap goatee and the other he doesn’t? I think it’s a fake – not that a 20 something shouldn’t smoke pot, I just don’t think the pics are real.

By: Marbeque

Marbeque — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 02:33:31 +0000

Why has no one noticed that in the bong photo and the one of him straight are wearing completely different clothes. I guess he could have changed his shirt and hat, although I doubt it.

By: Jocelyne

Jocelyne — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 01:52:36 +0000

Michael Phelps commented on it!

http://www.google.com/hostedne.....AD962TVMG1

By: Marissa

Marissa — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 01:39:55 +0000

It’s just a bit of weed. Please…isn’t there bigger things to worry about…
I think ppl should be over the weed thing already…it’s 2009 ppl…can’t we all just be friends and share the freakin’ peace pipe already?! LOL!

By: M

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 01:03:58 +0000

Meh I don’t think it looks like him, the nose looks different. What’s next Katy Perry naked?

By: Roxster

Roxster — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 23:50:29 +0000

You would think he would have learned his lesson after his drunk driving arrest. And in November there was still massive amounts of attention showered on him…and yet it sounds like he just flaunts his bad behavior. Not only is he doing something that regardless of what we thinks IS still very much illegal, but it comes across as hypocritical since he has made himself the poster boy of drug testing. Apparantly his concerns with drug testing only includes performance enhancing drugs and making the playing field fair, and not the related health risks. Being young is NOT an excuse. He is a role model, and he has repeatedly talked about assigning himself the goal of “furthering the sport of swimming” and making it a major sport on the level of football or baseball. Behaving responsibly and setting good examples regardless of your age comes along with that. He can’t have one and not the other.

By: Traci

Traci — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 23:25:57 +0000

@ Christine:
I do agree that he should suffer the consequences in regards to the Olympics thing, just like I should if I were to smoke and then take a random drug test for work. However, you asked why people didn’t care about this as much as Amy Winehouse or Courtney Love’s drug use, and I explained why it wasn’t as big a deal.
Also, just because it’s illegal here in the States doesn’t mean the consequences are the same everywhere in the country. And I have no idea where he’s from, but if he doesn’t live in SC, he’s not going to be forced tocome back just so he can be arrested just because he smoked some ganja there.

By: Andy

Andy — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 23:20:17 +0000

How else would you expect the boy to put away 12,000 calories a day! This is training! ;-)

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 22:55:50 +0000

lol taint.

By: Christine

Christine — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 22:06:33 +0000

Regardless of your personal feelings about the effects of marijuana or alcohol, marijuana is still illegal and banned for participants in the Olympics. If he wants to smoke up, fine, whatever. But don’t expect to be an Olympian then.

And for the record, I am all for legalization and I know the documented effects of weed, you don’t need to educate me. But just because “weed isn’t that bad” doesn’t mean you can break the rules.