Phelps Begs Forgiveness from China

What a goof! They remove organs from their own people to sell on the open market. Yeah sure, apologize to those creeps, phelps. Stupid puppet.

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subway is so smart for hiring him,how are those kelloggs stocks doing these days?

all this over a stupid photo... I hope that "friend" got his ass kicked.

Really? Phelps, man up, you've done nothing wrong and nothing that would permit a (fake) apology. If he has to apologize for using marijuana, then every other athlete across the globe needs to apologize for drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes.

I never exhaled! I hate frosted flakes.

This is where the potheads on current go...

he could have sparked a revolution (so to speak). but no, he had to go down as a prostitute beholden to his sponsors. creep.

he's ultimately setting an even worse example for young people by being an insincere cowardly hypocrite.

Is he apologizing for using pot not opium?

I am so surprised that most of you just "don't get it". Being a "gold medalist" buys you a huge career. Of course he is lying and you would be too if caught. Easy for most of you to say "oh , stand up a be a man" and even name calling.

I am so sure that IF any of you had anything to lose as he does, you would be asking forgiveness (because his family and coaches want him too). Remember he is very young. How can you stand up and say "I don't apologize, because its not wrong"!

yeah, riiight. The man then comes and takes your life away piece by piece due to ignorance of weed.

As much as I wish it was LEGAL...it is NOT legal so don't act so shocked and say he is disgracing weed smokers.

what a sell out. selling his self respect for millions of dollars. mazda has him on a tight leash

As a teenager from the 60s, I will not apologize today! The thing that kills me...parents sit around the house with their beer/alcohol killing their livers and brains, and they tell little Johnny and Susie that MJ is a horrible addictive drug while they are USING the most dangerous , socially accepted drug of all! The kids go, ok, alcohol is fine, weed bad. I guess thats why we have year after year of DUI deaths...the kids wanted to stay off the 'hard stuff" and stick with their booze. What a travesty and waste of time. Don't feel bad Micheal. They already snatched your picture off the Wheaties box but no one eats that shit anymore, lol!

Dear China, i'm little biyatch. Be positive and docile as a sheep in life and do exactly as your government tells you. Now go make us some cheap lead filled toys

No one is perfect everyone mistakes. The only problem I see is younger people might look up to him. Soon will be old news....

Fucking Phelps more and more hes disgracing weed smokers by apologizing for something that is not wrong.

GOD PHELPS STFU.

This is soo disappointing...what a wussy..he's afaid he'll
lose some cash...what a shame...perfect opportunity to
make a stand....well behaved people never make history.
No doubt he's an amazing swimmer...which with that
statement goes to show you weed does not affect your
ability to reach your goals!!!!!!

BEINGIGNORANTDESTROYSTHREADS!!!!

Yeah, although I completely agree with the fact that there isn't a thing wrong with what he did, I highly doubt he would come out as a proponent of weed. First of all, who knows if he even feels that way, that is to say, does he even regularly smoke. Probably not...with training for the Olympics, they probably tested him every hour on the hour and made all his friends take a polygraph as to his drug history.

Point is, as nice as it would be for him to publicly endorse weed in an articulate way, it won't happen. Micheal Phelps is lookin' out for Micheal Phelps. He's got sponsors who try to maintain some sort of unrealistic 'wholesome' image. He was at a party, took a bong rip, and someone did him dirty by taking the picture and releasing it.

Funny thing is though, there would be no problem is he was caught doing a keg-stand. The guy won a goddamned gold medal...who cares what he does on his own UNRELATED time.

i live in baltimore and i saw him late night at a diner
not only did he look stoned as hell...he was eating a ton of food

shit he looks high right now

People are just pissed he can swim circles around them. STONED.

This dude lost my vote. Totally sold out Mary J with this fake-ass apology.He really shouldn't be apologizing to anyone in the first place, but I effing guess so. I can't believe the local PD is trying to make a case against him, what a bunch of assholes..I mean really? 10 arrests for a bong hit??

If I was rolling in the dough of fame and fortune like he was I would apologize my ASS off.

I don't think he did anything wrong, and I totally think this is bullshit. But seriously, with the amount of money he is making, I would be more surprised if he DIDN'T apologize.

What sucks is that when he was under 21 he got a DUI and no one said shit, which is so much worse than smoking pot. Seriously?

If anything, weed should be legalized and alcohol illegal. Put 100 drunk people in a room and put 100 high people in another. I'm almost certain there will be more 'trouble' with the drunks.

Santonio Holmes of the Steelers apologized after he got caught with weed... He said he let his team and the fans down by his carelessness.... This was before he was the MVP of the Superbowl... I thought it was a first class thing to do... There was no judgement or excuses as to the validity of the illegality of weed... Just a plain first class act... And I appluad him for it...
Maybe Phelps should go live in China where drug convictions are a possible death sentence...

Those flaming comments sure make him feel better. Really, all I see is a scared guy who is afraid of losing his job and future...I hope his friend who sold the photo is happy.

keep reading the que cards Phelps.. haha

Screw him.

This is such garbage

Don't ask forgiveness... you didn't do anything wrong! don't play their stupid game.

Lame!! Phelps shouldnt have to do this crap. Umm... he didnt say the N word, didnt offend anyone, didnt harass, or attack or put others in danger. he just smoked a plant, less harmfull than cigarettes or alcohol.

That being said... he should bounce back in a couple of months, and this will just be a small side note in Phelp's amazing career.

MIKE! Stop listening to whoever is telling you to do this bullshit! Your fans are of a generation that believes being HONEST and keeping it real mean a whole hell of a lot more than some manufactured squeaky clean athelete image more suited to the 50's ... By apologising for (essentially) being caught you are legitimizing so many untruths - that we have to feel GUILTY smoking, that if anyone "finds out" they somehow have the right to denigrate you and make assumptions about your character. You should be telling China how much money it could make if it became the world's #1 exporter of hemp products in all it's wonderous categoris - medicine, industrial, fuel, food, coxmetics, textiles ... how they could take over the world's economies by eliminating the petrol-fuel needs of a BAZILLION chinese AND having the monopoly on hemp products ... Think about it, Mike, use your own judgement, 'cause the advice of whoever's been giving it to you sucks ass. You come across looking embarassed, insincere & beaten.
Don't you know how much stress it takes to lie? Takes more muscles, effort, makes you look tired ... when you believe what you say and tell the truth about it you smile and relax ...

Do the right thing, you have a lot of people that would be behind you for reasons that have nothing to do with smoking. Your character, passion & perseverance are traits that we saw during the Olympics and came to admire you for, don't let the desires of others make you forget who you are.

First I admired him. Then I really Admired him. But now, after seeing this lame lie/apology, I hate him ...

bogus .. if he feels a need to beg.. he should be begging for sanity from US lawmakers on the end of marijuana prohibition

Dipshit.... you did nothing wrong. Why are you apologizing?