Michael Phelps Apologizes to His “Chinese Friends”
You could call it an apology. Or you could call it begging for Mazda, with whom Phelps just inked a 7-figure Chinese sponsorship deal, not to drop his ass like like Kellogg did last week in the United States. Mazda released a statement Wednesday saying, “We were shocked on learning the news [that Mikey takes bong rips] and we regret such behavior. But Phelps has since apologized and is determined to learn from his mistake, especially since he apologized to the Chinese public through a videocast.” Not that Michael should have to apologize for his behavior for any other reason than to appease his sponsors (he’s 23 years old for God’s sake), this sounds as though Mazda was like, “Hey Mike, apologize to China and tell them how ‘regrettable’ your actions were and its all good.” This whole story is getting completely ridiculous. The power-crazed sheriff from the South Carolina town in which Phelps was snapped ripping the bong has arrested 8 people who participated in the pot party. Give me a break. Those people looking to use the Phelps incident to scare people from smoking pot should realize that the more light the media shines on this case, the more “the kids” are reminded that the greatest Olympian in the history of the world is a pot smoker.