Puttin’ it in the Air

Posted on February 2nd, 2009 - By Bossip Staff

Categories: In White Folks News, News

Posted by Bossip Staff

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The only m-f-er to make winning a gang of gold medals seem like yesterday’s news, Michael Phelps, has been smoking reefers:

Michael Phelps is unbeatable in the water. It’s on dry land where he runs into trouble. Phelps has embarrassed himself again after a triumphant Olympics, this time getting his picture snapped as he inhaled from a marijuana pipe. The photo wound up in a British tabloid Sunday, forcing Phelps to publicly apologize and his handlers to deal with sponsors who are surely none too pleased about the swimmer’s choices away from the pool.

“I engaged in behavior which was regrettable and demonstrated bad judgment,” Phelps said in the statement released by one of his agents. “I’m 23 years old and despite the successes I’ve had in the pool, I acted in a youthful and inappropriate way, not in a manner people have come to expect from me. For this, I am sorry. I promise my fans and the public it will not happen again.”

It all sounded so familiar, with good reason. After the 2004 Athens Games, an underage Phelps was arrested for drunken driving, pleaded guilty and apologized to his fans, saying he wouldn’t make the same mistake again.

This was different, to be sure, but it could have the same damaging impact on Phelps’ image and reputation, which were riding high after he won a record eight gold medals at the Beijing Games.

Damn, y’all.  What a nicca gotta do to be able to sit back and smoke his sh*t in peace?  Win 9 gold medals??  SMH

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  • yada yada ya…

    FIRST! BLAH!

  • EXCUSE THE CAPS I AINT MAD…..

    DUMB ASS

  • Black Beauty

    If he wants to make 100 million in endorsements, he better learn how to smoke at home. He is young, and he was never the cute, smart or popular kid when he was growing up so he is making up for lost time, but he better make better choices.

  • RP

    Don’t apologize Mike, you know you gon’ smoke again. What’s the big deal?

  • Mika

    GET OVER IT!!!!!!

  • Hannibal

    THATS NOT EVEN HIM!

  • Mrs. Rance

    At first I was shouting at the TV for them to leave him alone but then I remembered all those stacks he’s collecting for his wholesome image. I’ma have to say, shame on you dude. I know them people paid you millions and now you don’t even have to hold down a job or otherwise life a finger to do anything, but don’t turn into yet another spoiled athlete. PETA will take you down if they have to.

  • reese615

    @ Hannibal

    THATS NOT EVEN HIM!
    _____________

    That’s not even you…now niggaz is tied.

  • Mrs. Rance

    I meant to say “lift a finger”

  • Wenzel Dashington

    SMH. 100 milli up in smoke.

  • Hannibal

    @REESE615

    OK

  • Colonel StinkMeaner(I JUST HEARD THE DUMBEST F-ING SONG….DO THE STANKY LEG?!!)

    WEEL WE ALL KNOW WHO CELEBRATES 4:12 NOW!!

  • Ermy Erm (The Chi is Ice Cold today, and Blahs, its Monday)

    LMAO @ smokin reefers!!! whew

    but anyway, i didnt think that looked like him, but on the radio this morning they said he admitted it was him. he look buff in that pic. anyway, i dont care about him or what he is doing. but i guess ppl are in a huff about is cuz they kids looked up to him. you got commercials sayin dont smoke weed and he doin it. *shrugs*

  • Marquis de Sade

    If I was him, I wouln’t apologize for shit. Weed has become so Pas’se, these old stuffy Madison Ave. niggas has got to over it. I’m sure, High Times will give him an endorsement deal.

  • Glok9n: The real glok !!!

    WOW!THATZ WHY HE COULD SWIM UNDER WATER AND SHIT AND WON THEM GANG OF MEDALZ…… HE SUCKING THE SHIT OUTTA THAT BONG!!! FUK OWLZ,IM GOING BACK TO BONGZ!!!

  • STEFANY

    If he was black his ass would be on the chopping block, they wouldn’t waste any time pulling as many endorsements as they could, but this is the difference between black and white, if you’re white and do something stupid, oh, you just made a mistake slap on the wrist, but when it’s a black person you’re automatically labeled a crimnal.

  • Hannibal

    IF THATS HOW U WIN GOLD MEDALS, THEN I BET EVERY NIGGA IN HERE WILL BE COMPETING IN THE NEXT OLYMPICS!

  • Swag-a-licious

    Wow…2009 is REALLY the year of the Black Man

    -Black President
    -Black Coach winning Superbowl(youngest I may add)
    -Black Superbowl MVP
    -White Athlete getting busted for trees!!!

    I see the change!!!

  • http://~ Kigali(NotWorkingWithaFullClip)akaHannibal-d-HungriestHo

    Michael Phelps is a dork.

  • Peenut

    Mike is alright wit me! We got so much in common, reppin that Highschool class of 2003, 23 years old, shit im just 2 days older than that nigga and now i know he smokes!! Keep puttin it down, he really is cold as hell if he a good swimmer and he smoke weed!!

  • Glok9n: The real glok !!!

    @ STEF BOOGIE! KICK THAT SHIT SIS! AHA!

  • Razzell Dazzell

    Who cares….it’s not making him swim slower! LOL. Really, he’s 22, he’s human, and he’s in an experimental phase of his life. Yes it was irresponsible, but there are a lot worse things happening. I don’t care what anyone saids.. if he’s pr smart, put him in rehab, write a letter, do community service, and keep doing you (minus the camera)! He doesn’t need anyone advice, he is intelligent, and so is his mother. They will get through this as a family. He made a mistake, I’m sure EVERYONE can relate.

  • PURPPLE, just call me TADOW

    See the messed up part is he has to apologize and be embarrassed. He dont have nothing to be embarrassed about!

  • Glok9n: The real glok !!!

    SEE BOYZ AND GURLZ WEED IS THE GATEWAY…GOLD MEDALS, ENDORSEMENTZ AND ALL THAT GOOD SHIT! ….INSPIRE YOUR CHILD TO PUFF A JOINT…HE/SHE TOO CAN BECOME THIS ASPIRING!!!

  • http://www.k.com noelle

    DAMN. I was just discussing using drugs or some shit too!! So bad

  • http://www.k.com noelle

    And he gets to keep the medals???? tiiiiiiight

  • http://smashbox-cosmetics.blogspot.com Latika

    mann, if this was a black athlete…you all know how that would go down…endorsements would be instantly taken away…smh…

  • STEFANY

    @ STEF BOOGIE! KICK THAT SHIT SIS! AHA!
    ************************************

    Glok9n: The real glok !!!

    Hey Glock9n, what’s good my man!

  • Marquis de Sade

    As long as weed is determined not to be a performance enhancement drug, his medals are safe…In fact this is a testament to his athletic prowess, considering that weed is a depressant.

  • Glok9n: The real glok !!!

    @STEF!IM GOOD AS ALWAYS,HOPE YOU DOING GOOD !

  • Glok9n: The real glok !!!

    THE ONLY DEPRESSANT I GET ABOUT WEED, IZ WHEN I RUN OUT!!!LONG LIVE THE GANJA …RUDE BOI!!!

  • http://bossip Ladybug

    See this is why Nicca’s shouldnt share there shit..See what it got him into.. Like my Momma saisd if you are going to do shit do it by your own Damn self…You can only tell on your own self..Come on Phelps…

  • Glok9n: The real glok !!!

    I LOVE GETTING CLOUDY BY MY DAMN SELF…..IN THESE RUFF ECONOMIC TIMES… FUK SHARING!!! STONE IZ THE WAY OF THE WALK, BUDDAH TYE IS MY SHIT SON!

  • ThatBKChick

    @Swag-a-licious

    LMAO!!! “This is the change we can believe in”. But no, on a serious tip:

    Michael’s performance at the Beijing Olympics, states that he listens to Hip Hip as motivation before his races.

    So which lyrical killa made the cut: Jeezy’s “I Got What it Takes” and “Go Getta” with R. Kelly were cited by as favorites by Phelps. He even wants to meet Jeezy.

    “It would be great if I could holler at Phelps,” Jeezy told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Peach Buzz column. “And it’s a compliment that the man found inspiration in the music I do for the streets over here, over there in Beijing.”

    Other record helps listen to includes Lil’ Wayne’s “A Milli,” Rick Ross’ “Hustlin” and Jay-Z’s “Hello Brooklyn.”

    The playlist that Phelps provided to Yahoo.com during his historic Olympic turn reads as follows:

    1. “Overnight Celebrity” – Twista
    2. “Burn” – Usher
    3. “Roses” – OutKast
    4. “Till I Collapse” – Eminem
    5. “Smile” – G Unit
    6. “A Milli” – Lil’ Wayne
    7. “Hustlin” – Rick Ross
    8. “Hello Brooklyn 2.0″ – Jay-Z (featuring Lil’ Wayne)
    9. “I Got What It Takes” – Young Jeezy

    I thought he was busted for steriods or something….it just goes to show that the man is human…he go to rehab like all celeb-u-tards go to and get his endorsements back and as far as I am concerned…he didn’t do a “Marion Jones”, and he has not used any performance enhancing drugs, so leave the man alone! I can hear whitey now…blaming hip-hop for his pot smoking….the dude was a geek and stuff before he found stardom, and he probably got caught up in the moment!!! I am sure Micahel will make a come back and he will be fine!!!

  • Roe ski Love -SIX BURGH PA

    See I been saying that all along. Why you think NBA players can fly like Mike. Super dunks between the legs, it’s the weed man!!! Legalize and Capitalize is the only way. Dub sacks with 10 joints, all of the weed machines will be sold out every two days. I want to design the packaging like P Diddy designed his cologne bottle?

  • Lisa Vee

    What a rookie…smoke that sh*t like a real man out of a philly blunt.

  • http://gallery.me.com/silkyj#100088 Txhustla15 (Lounging in the Austin Weather)

    Lol Same as that ThatBKChick said – Have love for Phelps got good taste in music when going to wreck havoc in the swim lanes- im awaiting too for the first news report to say that Rap/HipHop did it. Good when most of these old establishment folks finally die out and people realize that more of the “legal drugs and medicine pushed on you will kill or disable you faster that any organically grown plant will..smh

  • Ms. Attitude

    @Glok9n: The real glok !!!
    lol your funny as sh&%

  • Candid Canuck

    man.. give the man a break! With all the press he was gettin- for him to say he listens to Young Jeezy b4 he breaks records was amazing to me…

  • Mean Gurl

    hmm idn’t they take another OLYMPICS STAR GOLD MEDALS for drug use and they let this muthasucka get away with the shit?? I still love ya Marion!!!!!!!!!!!

  • dismymoney

    at least it ain’t rocks (winehouse)

  • white male

    Oh by the way Santonio Holmes got busted for weed earlier this year during the season.

  • Lady J

    @Candid Canuck….I have no problem giving him a break, but give the other Black athletes the same break…guess what?? They never do, so I say lay down the law just as you would for the Black athlete….

  • Meeko From Detroit (Born and Raised in the City of Lions, Tigers and Vicious Bears and Wolves)

    OMG i Love Michael Phelps. damn i wanna get down on him for surely. hells yea.

    i love that bong.

  • Doesn’t Matter

    That doesn’t look like him.

  • http://none Asian Girl

    Wait a second…
    More than likely he is going to lose any chance of being able to compete in the 2012 Olympics. That would be like a pro athlete getting kicked off his team.
    But, there are many black athletes that do much more harsher criminal bs than this and are given chance after chance to make things right. Ricky Williams, Pacman Jones, Plaxico Burress etc. Didn’t they finally kick Pacman out of the NFL this year after a long string of incidents?
    The problem is black athletes don’t get endorsements to begin with not they are taken away.
    Oh and BTW – Marion Jones wasn’t just using but her and Tim Montgomery were selling too. Anyhoo, her drug was performance enhancing his wasn’t.

  • Bermy’s Angel

    Who gives a damn… After winning 8 gold medals this dudes deserves to kick back and smoke some high grade every now and again….These up tight, moral ass holes need to fall back b4 their bones come tumbling out of their closest

  • so obvious

    WEEL WE ALL KNOW WHO CELEBRATES 4:12 NOW!!
    ___________________________________________________that would be 4/20

  • http://bossip Shaunie27

    OMG PEOPLE CHILL… IT’S JUST A LIL WEED… JUST DO IT AT HOME NEXT TIME…

  • unbelievable

    pleaaase dont let it be reggie!

  • turkishjamaican

    so whut he smokes..damm!i am smokin right ta fukk now!!ganja isnt bad for u..just dont over doit!

  • Treasure

    One of his friends probably took that photo with a cell phone, and got paid good money for that act of betrayal. you gotta watch who you keep company with.

  • AWWWWWWWWWWWSHADDAAAAAAAP!!!!

    Somebody gots to put a speeding halt to this bullshit – calling White people ‘niggas.’

  • A screen name is hard to find….just like a good man is

    WHY ARE PEOPLE STUPID? :s

  • Jack

    Why is this an issue? I don’t smoke weed. But really why is this illegal? I have never heard of anyone getting ‘all weeded up’ and killing 15 or 20 people. So he took some hits, who cares?

  • Miss Know It All

    I honestly dont think he should lose all his medals, he should lose endorsements. When Marion put Steroids in her body that improved her performance—he smoked a lil gud and if you have smoked in the past you would knw that it slows you and not at all improves anything but your hunger rate. True enough if he were black it would be something different, but he is not. He should not lose his medals because the boy can swim his ass off—Marion Jones, who knows how fast she really is??????

  • http://www.myspace.com/magnifico1 Yahh Trick YaaHH!!!

    all that young jeezy listenin paid off lol

  • leave-it-be

    ///// OH PLEASE! HE WILL BE IN THE NEXT OLYMPICS DOESN’T MATTER ABOUT THE BONG!!!!!! THEY HAD TO HAVE BEEN TESTING HIM WHILE IN CHINA FOR PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS SO IF HE WAS HITTING THE BONG THEN BELIEVE ME, THEY KNEW ABOUT IT FROM HIS BLOOD WORK…. THEY DIDN’T CARE; CAUSE HE WAS THE ‘MAIN EVENT THAT BOUGHT THEM BIG BUCKS; AND BIG TIME RATINGS…. LIKE ANOTHER PERSON WROTE, ONE OF HIS JUDAS FRIENDS ‘BETRAYED HIM TO GET PAID AND THATS SHAMEFULL… IF THE GUY IS THE BEST AT WHAT HE DOES THEN LET IT BE…. HE BOUGHT EIGHT GOLD MEDALS HOME AND THAT’S WHAT IT SHOULD BE….A STUPID ACT HE DID, HE JUST NEEDS TO GO INTO TX. CAUSE HE DID HAVE A DWI AND HE DONT NEED TO BE DRIVING HIGH ETC…… INNOCENT PEOPLE ON THE ROAD MIKE SO CHILL AND DON’T MESS UP THE REST OF YOUR CAREER!!!!!

  • http://bossip monica

    go to jail..NOW!!

  • HunnyB

    Smoke on Mike! U did wat u had 2 do u won. Make sure u don’t test dirty wen da tym comes. Let him kick it!. Wat y’all need to stop doin is taking pix of unmarketable activities. Hit me when u com 2 Cali we can blo grapez!!!!!!!

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