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Posts tagged: Michael Phelps
There once was a swimmer so strong
He won 8 golds in races short and long
came back to the states
made a few mistakes
Latest getting caught sucking a bong.
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In this file photo provided Kellogg Co., a prototype of a box of Kellogg’s Corn Flakes with U.S. swimming star Michael Phelps is seen. The record-setting swimmer will soon be appearing on boxes of Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes and Corn Flakes. The winner of eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics will be featured cereal boxes expected to be in stores by mid-September. Kellogg Co. said that it will drop its endorsement deal with Olympic swimmer Phelps following his acknowledgment he inhaled from a marijuana pipe. Story here. (AP Photo/Kellogg Co.)
Question: Did Kelloggs make the right decision re: Phelps?
Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps poses next to a Mazda car at a Mazda event in Beijing, China Jan. 11. The record-breaking swimmer is in Beijing for the first time after the Beijing Olympics on a trip tied to his new sponsorship deal with the automaker Mazda that is billed as China’s largest ever for a foreign celebrity. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Item: Phelps in hot water again as pot photo surfaces/AP
More Info: 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.
Question: Would the hubbub involving Olympic champion Michael Phelps seen smoking from a bong make you more or less likely to buy products he endorses?
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