The front page of MSNBC has him admitting it was him. The picture shows him crying but I'm not sure if that was while he was admitting he smoked weed or some old photo. Weird.

smoke, steroids, what's next? :)

he deserves a little relaxation!!
what sucks is to smoked with some people that betrayed him
sorry dude, you need new friends...

hes not really inhaling

That looks more like my dead beat brother-inlaw than Michael Phelps! :1orglaugh

why does the hypocritical american press and gov't always have to have these people come with the "oh I'm soooo sorrry for my regrettable behavior"???

it's all bullshit, the athlete saying that bs knows deep down that the only thing they regret is the hard time the media and gov't gives about it :2 cents:

:2 cents:

If I were him I'd want to kill whoever took that pic. Granted it's not within the midst of competition but still, with that many gold medals you wouldn't want anyone doing anything to possibly put them in jeopardy of losing them. Some friend or whoever it was - sheesh.

50........

Looking good.

Just another attempt at trashing someone, there is nothing there to prove it was marijuana at all.

are you kidding? of course it was marijuana, but what's the big deal?

cause he is looked up to as a hero, someone who shouldn't use drugs... jeez

People need to get over that weed isn't as harmful as the legal drugs: booze and ciggys.

ahem, how about a dose of reality, that he probably might have used performance enhancing drugs too somewhere along the way (like all the very elite athletes out there), and marijuana isn't as bad as alcohol that almost everyone in society, hero's and all have drank somewhere along the way

so a hero isn't supposed to be a real human being? that is stupid, and the whole anti marijuana hysteria in society and the law is even stupider :2 cents:

(and I don't even smoke the stuff to know that the laws and attitudes are stupid)

Not sure who that is but good for him.

I really hate this world. If I was that kid, I would've been doing lines off the ass of every hot 18 year old chick I could find. The only shocking thing would be if this kid didn't indulge, then I would think something was wrong with him...

he's the dude that won a record number of gold medals at the last olympics

Who cares? He got zillion of medals, he did his part... Now let's him live, live and let die... Fuck it, he can smoke what he want...

Good for him! Nice to see a great sport man know also how to relax his mind...

retarded picture

He's a goofball, but those cats train like every minute, I'm glad to see he's at least human and has some fun smoking flavored tobacco...

Whoever took that pic only cared about hurting Phelps's rep out of jealousy. Plain and simple.

Just a normal day

you have any idea what his training regiment is like. he gots to smoke from going crazy :1orglaugh

i like how he said through his agent, he will not do this again. meaning he will not smoke in public again. :1orglaugh

whover took that pic needs to get their ass beat.

He came out and admitted it and apologized.

What a pussy.

who cares? its weed for fuck's sake. poor guy.

thats the sexiest pic ive ever seen of michael phelps. hes even smoking out of a roar, NICE!

Phelps admitted it was he on the photo, smoking pot. He has issued an apology to the fans.

He is looking at up to 4 years of disqualification.

thats just insane especially because its not a sport enhancing drug.

looks like maybe he was at a party from the beer bottle and party cup in the background. someone obviously saw a photo op. live and learn.....can't trust anyone!!!

his agent did, not him.:1orglaugh

this is like that cat bode miller, he seem like a chilled dude, and they want him to conform to a certain standard. i mean so what he likes to party. let them live and fuck that being a role model crap

Fucker.

What a complete fucking douche-bag.

Holy christ. All that fucker had to do was spend the next couple of years posing in front of a camera wearing some fucking medals. That's it. Pretty tough work.

That's it. Nothing else. Oh, except for the part about watching them pour money into his pockets.

All he had to do was keep his dick in his pance, his lips off the bong, and stay out of the gutter.

For about two fucking years -- while he made enough fucking money for the REST OF HIS LIFE.

After that, shit. Feel free to shoot heroin in front of a grade-school while fucking a goat up the ass. Who cares? Shit, he's set for life.

But NOOOOOOOOO. He had to throw all of that away for a fucking one-hit.

WHAT.
AN.
IDIOT.

Now he gets to find out what its like to work for a living.

Hope he finds a company that needs swimmers.

not like he is doing roids

The only thing that makes it wrong is the law.
I'm pretty sure those endorsements he's already done should set him up for life, unless he blows it on weed. Or twinkies.

now we know how he developed those lungs to hold so much air..

That photo makes me wonder who the little bitch snitch was that took it, then submitted it to the tabloids like a little, well.... bitch.

Some scumbags will do anything for buck.

where does it say that anywhere?