When I think of athletes getting into hot water, I think of out-of-wedlock babies, general debauchery, and dog fighting. Rarely do I think of cereal. But that’s exactly the controversy record-setting Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps finds himself in. Phelps has signed a contract to appear on the front of both Frosted Flakes and Corn Flakes boxes – a move that has got him in a lot of trouble. Why? Well mostly it’s because he’s scored the traditional Wheaties box. Oh and because of sugar.
Five out of five dentists say Michael Phelps is all wet — when it comes to his choice of breakfast cereal.
Health experts are going nuts because Mikey likes Frosted Flakes, and is going to be on the FF box rather than a Wheaties box, like pretty much every other big-shot athlete. They’re all up in arms because Flakes has three times as much sugar as Wheaties and only a fraction of the fiber. Not so grrrrrreat after all?!
[From TMZ]
Us Weekly notes that Phelps has actually already been on the front of a Wheaties, so it’s probably just no big whoop for him.
The Kellogg Co. has released Michael Phelps’ upcoming Corn Flakes cereal box art.
The 23-year-old swimming champ — who won a record eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics — will also appear on Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes, beginning in mid-September. (Phelps passed on posing on Wheaties boxes, where he has appeared before. Kellogg Co. would not reveal how much it paid him.)
[From Us Weekly]
I agree that sugar is the devil (at least for a lot of people, myself included) but let the guy do what he wants. I’m pretty sure he’s allowed to be on the box of donuts if that’s what he chooses to do. Phelps is also supposedly not a fan of Wheaties and actually wants his image to endorse something he does like and eats. What a novel concept.
Michael has also been the subject of much internet gossip of late. Everyone wants to know who he’s dating, and for some reason it’s been narrowed down to Olympic swimmer Amanda Beard or British model Lily Donaldson. I’m not quite sure why these two women are the most frequently mentioned, but I think it’s pretty safe that we can rule Beard out.
Sexpot swimmer Amanda Beard says Michael Phelps has absolutely no shot at doing the breaststroke with her. Beard denied today that she was dating Phelps, saying, “Eww, that’s nasty…. I have never, ever hooked up with Michael Phelps,” Beard said via telephone from Beijing on the “Johnjay and Rich Show,” which is broadcast on Kiss FM 104.7 in Phoenix.
Beard, who has bared all for Playboy and appears in a sexy ad for PETA, also said she has never even kissed the 14-time Olympic gold-medallist [sic]. “Come on, I have really good taste,” the sexy swimmer said. “He’s really not my type.” Asked how the poolside rumors made their way into London’s Daily Telegraph, Beard said she had no clue. “We don’t even talk to each other,” she said of her relationship with Phelps.
When “Extra” asked Phelps in an interview that aired last night if he was dating Beard, Phelps said, “No. I’m not dating Amanda Beard. I’ll say that,” he told the TV show. “I think she has a boyfriend.”
[From the New York Post]
Beard later clarified that she was joking around about the “Eww” thing and she and Michael are just friends. Lily Donaldson’s reps haven’t responded to the rumors, so I guess there’s a possibility there. Phelps himself has said he keeps his private life private, and only a few friends know who he’s dating and that’s how it’s going to stay. And by that, he means he’s dating me. Sorry to disappoint.
Images thanks to WENN.
His arm looks weird, like it was photoshopped on. And his other hand looks deformed. Bad picture. Amanda Beard seems incredibly b*tchy.
I don’t find him to be very attractive at all. He’s got an underbite and his top teeth seem to be weird as well. I mean, his body is niiiiiiice, but still.
I’m a teeth girl. I can’t help it. Those teefs are a deal breaker for me. Sorry, Michael.
I don’t think he’s good looking, but he’s a nice kid and doesn’t deserve her very public dissing. She’s a jerk.
I I ever met Amanda Beard, I’d – oh, what would I do? *thinks* I’d WANT to slap the meanbitch valley-girl out of her, I’d WANT to hurt her feelings and humiliate HER as much as she did to this young guy, who did NOT deserve such public ugliness.
I mean, “Ew?” Over and over again? What is she, in Sherman Oaks Middle School’s seventh grade remedial program? 🙄
I don’t find him unattractive at all. Perhaps not conventionally handsome but seems like such a good person that he seems physically more attractive. I actually think he looks hot on the cereal cover. Looking at the thumbnail of that SI cover, I thought he was wearing some goofy halter top of some sort. Amanda Beard sounds like a total bitch. It’s one thing to joke but that was just mean.
Michael isn’t my type either, but mostly because he looks SOOOO young. I’d feel like a cradle robber even though he’s only 5 years younger than me.
What’s-her-face is U.G.L.Y. HE’S not HER type? Well, maybe, b*tch, you’re not HIS type. Maybe HE doesn’t date ugly chicks with bad attitudes. Ever think of that, what’s-your-face? 😕
Seriously, though, I saw a pic of her & Michael hugging and I thought “Who’s that ugly girl with him?” and THEN I came to this article and found that she has an ugly personality to match her ugly face. Interesting.
funny they are all mad about this dude and sugar but the mc donald ads that are running constantly during the olympics are okay! hah!
Okay, Why was Amanda so rude in her interview?
Who? Yeah who is she exactly? who? Sister, EVERYONE knows who Mike is. He seems like a pretty grounded decent guy too. But, as we all know, so many women say ewwww to nice grounded guys. But…Mike has about 30-50 million in endorsement deals on the way. So many women say yes to that.
I think her comments were incredibly rude. Even if she is joking she should know, having been in the public eye for more than one Olympics, how they’ll be taken.
I think Michael has very nice eyes but I think if he had a good orthodontist he’d be VERY good looking. His jaw is very narrow and an orthodontist would fix that and straighten his teeth, I think he’d look great.
RJ – You took the words out of my snaggletoothed mouth!
gosh, leave the kid alone…he is a world class swimmer, he seems like a nice kid, and I think I’m going to run out and buy a box of Frosted Flakes. As Tony the Tiger says, “They’re Great” and so is Michael Phelps.
lani-poo, come on now!
I’m finding it hilarious that people are upset about the Frosted Flakes thing — I mean, the guy is eating 12,000 calories a DAY to train the way he does, and much of it isn’t all that healthful. But obviously, it works for him. He’s a perfect role model in a million ways, and I love him, but he’s not exactly a role model for healthy eating.
Oh, and I would love to give Amanda Beard a piece of my mind. Man, what an attitude.
His arm looks wierd because its double-jointed. Both of them are & thats part of the reson he is a swimming mutant. 😀
I don’t think she was being that bitchy. They’ve been teammates for years. She prolly sees him as an obnoxious little cousin or something.
I betcha little miss sunshine is hearing the flak from her crass blabbermouth right about now.
Kelloggs is based in Battle Creek, Michigan not that far from where he trains in Ann Arbor at U of M and maybe he wanted to be on a Kelloggs box instead of General Mills, which is in Minnesota.
This skank poses for Playboy and thinks she’s all that? Let me tell you something, that old chick Paula Jones posed in Playboy. It doesn’t mean you are hot, it just means you have plastic bits and don’t mind taking your clothes off for a camera. Michael Phelps might not be the hottest guy around, but at least his hot body is all his and not some crap the surgeon bolted on.
I think hes cute… would I date him if he were a regular joe on the street working a 9-5? Hell yes.
That amanda chick… someone drown her.
“keeps is private life private”= flaming gaylord!!! 😛
I so agree, Monicabee.If the teeth are wrong, all bets are off.
Well all I can say to Michael is “You are a beautiful man inside out” why? because you love your mother and respect her so lady’s this man has class like no other….YOU ARE A CHAMP IN MY HEART….You will have a good life. God Bless you and thanks for making the U.S.A PROUD! =)
Amanda, yes so they say beauty is in the eye of the beholder but who’s your daddy! The comments you made were not nice I hope you apologize to Michael let’s hope you do have some class and b a lady for once?
I admit I didn’t know who she was so I googled her image and found her Playboy cover and hte first thought to enter my mind was, “Wow, it’s Alexis Arquette from The Wedding Singer!”
Yeah, nice body but not-so-nice face. I don’t like really long faces in men.
loved by his mom+keeps life private(oooooh, like Clay Aiken and Ricky Martin back in the day),likes to wear tight rubber or latex clothing,not one hair on the body and looooves Frosted….Flakes.not just any flake,but the “frosted” one.
yep gaylord 😆
oh good lord, she was joking. they’re friends. catch a sense of humour
He was friends with one of my friends at Michigan and apparently he slept around with LOTS of women. He jumped from sorority house to sorority house.
You know fame has it’s downside. Just because you are good at say, swimming, the whole world has the right to pry into your private life. I don’t see the correlation, but I suppose it would put a lot of people out of business if it were not the case. The guy is a champ, he has some class about his private life and there are morons who call him gay because of it. And then I would have to say “so what” or perhaps… “Hey moron… can you even swim?” Let the guy have his moment. He trained hard for it and overcame many social obstacles in the process. Hi is not a beauty contestant either.
I think it’s great that Phelps would endorse a product he *gasp* actually eats.
And as for Beard – yeah, I want to punch her in the face.
Lol, Kaiser – she definitely needs to get punched in the face!
Who the hell cares? He cashed in, either way.
Nobody actually believes that athletes are trying to promote proper nutrition when they sign endorsement deals with Wheaties.
The guy east McDonald’s every day for the calories.
USA! USA! USA!
Michael Phelps is a true american hero. Anything he does outside of swimming is to pay the bills. He gets paid nothing to swim for the USA and we should care he endorses more than one product??? It wouldn’t be a far stretch to think he eats all 3 cereals every day. He does have a 12,000 calorie diet…
So what if he wants to make money and capitalize on his fame the only way an olympic athlete can without ruining their eligibility!
Anything Michael Phelps does to make a buck I’ll support.
USA! USA! USA!
Has anyone ever seen Amanda Beard though?? Sexpot?! In my opinion is quite a stretch for her. I was thinking more along the lines of horse. Maybe its just me.
Aw, I like him, toofs and all. I used to swim competively in high school and am in awe of how skilled he is.
Some of y’all must be related to the kids who teased Michael while he was growing up.
Which is what he is still doing, growing up. He’s a young man, not finished. Maybe not your cup of tea, but golly, admire him for being a wonderful young man, an Olympian. Could you do that? We’re all so perfect. He is closer to perfection than any of us, double joints and all.
Leave him alone. Who cares about who he’s bonking anyway? It all pales in comparison to his winning 8 gold medals.
Amanda Beard looks more mature with a litte mileage. She looks too old for Michael. If anyone, I’d see him more with Natalie Coughlin. They both have that all-American look.