Gateway drug alcohol leads Michael Phelps to try demon weed!
What A Dope
by Georgina Dickenson
Feb. 1st, 2009
NEWS OF THE WORLD
THIS is the astonishing
picture which could destroy
the career of the greatest
competitor in Olympic history.
In our exclusive photo
Michael Phelps, who won
a record EIGHT gold medals
for swimming at the Beijing
games last summer,
draws from a bong.
The glass pipes are generally
used to smoke cannabis.
And after sporting chiefs announced
laws which mean four-year bans
for drug-taking,
Phelps’ dreams of adding to his
overall 14 gold medal tally at the
2012 games in London could
already be OVER.
Those dreams seemed the
last thing on his mind when he
puffed from the bong during
two days of partying with students
last November,
a quiet time in the swimming
calendar when athletes would
not expect to get tested for drugs.
One party-goer who witnessed
the star’s behaviour told the
News of the World:
“He was out of control
from the moment he got there.
“If he continues to party like
that I’d be amazed if he ever
won any more medals again.”
Phelps’ aides went into a panic
over our story and offered us a
raft of extraordinary incentives
not to run the bong picture.
It was on November 6,
weeks after his Beijing triumph,
that 23-year-old Phelps surprised
students at the University Of
South Carolina in Columbia by
showing up unannounced
at a house party.
He was visiting Jordan Matthews,
a girl he was secretly seeing
who was a student there.
Our source revealed:
“Michael came to visit
Jordan but ended up
just getting wasted
every night.
“He arrived with a group
of girls hanging all over him.
Jaws hit the floor
when he walked in.
You don’t get many
celebrities in Columbia,
so when Phelps comes
to your party
it’s a very big deal.
“He didn’t know many people
so you’d think he’d be
a little shy.
But he was loud,
obnoxious and slamming
beers from the get-go.
“Every girl wanted a piece
of him and every guy wanted
to be his best buddy.
He couldn’t get enough
of all the attention.”
.
As he basked in his hero status,
Phelps knocked back beers and
shots of spirits.
And when a student offered him
the glass bong engraved with
red writing,
he did not hesitate,
says our source.
The 6ft 4ins athlete,
in a white T-shirt and navy cap
worn back to front,
clasped the device in his
huge hands and inhaled deeply.
Our source said:
“You could tell Michael
had smoked before.
He grabbed the bong and
a lighter and knew exactly
what to do.
“He looked just as natural
with a bong in his hands
as he does swimming in
the pool.
He was the gold medal
winner of bong hits.
Michael ended up getting
a little paranoid, though,
because before too long
he looked like he was
nervous and ran out
of the place.”
But the next night,
Phelps was out partying again.
The source added:
“He was right back
at it at Pavlov’s bar.
“Like the night before
he was holding court,
throwing back shots two
at a time and pouring
drinks to every cute girl.”
Drink has got Phelps into
trouble before. In 2004,
aged 19, he got 18 months
probation for driving while
under the influence.
His wild behaviour is in stark
contrast to the grim regime
which took him to the top
of his sport.
.
He once described his life,
saying:
“All you do is eat, sleep,
swim; eat, sleep, swim;
eat, sleep, swim.”
Last night Phelps’ management
team and the sporting world
closed ranks over the scandal.
The US Olympics Committee,
who have pledged to clamp
down on drug use,
refused to comment,
as did USA Swimming and
Phelps’ coach Bob Bowman.
More surprising still was the
World Anti-Doping Agency’s
refusal to comment,
given that they introduced
the four-year ban on sport’s
drug users.
Phelps, who earned £4million
last year in endorsements,
has resumed training for
the 2012 games.
But there were fears about
his commitment when, weeks
after the bong incident,
he began dating former
stripper Caroline Pal.
Phelps is represented by
marketing giant Octagon,
which works with huge brands
such as Mastercard and HSBC.
They admitted proven cannabis
use would be “a major taint”
on Phelps’ character.
Spokesman Clifford Bloxham
offered us an extraordinary deal
not to publish our story,
saying Phelps would become
our columnist for three years,
host events and get his
sponsors to advertise with us.
In return,
he asked that we kill Phelps’
bong picture. Bloxham said:
“It’s seeing if something
potentially very negative
for Michael could turn into
something very positive
for the News of the World.”
He stressed that the swimmer
had taken 1,500 drug tests
and never failed one.
Until now?
.
(At least he can endorse beer for millions
because alcohol is not a drug…um…)
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