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Irvine511
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from the neck up, he's a goofus.
from the neck down ... perfection.
from the neck down ... perfection.
Michael Phelps is the single most dominant athlete on the planet, bar none
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MrsSpringsteen
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I talked to my mother about him too. We both agreed that the hair and eyes are cute (she says he has beautiful eyes) but the lower face, not so much 
He is very cute in a charming, "dorky' way-and when you look at him swimming, well let's just say the eyes go elsewhere and it's a complete distraction..
He is very cute in a charming, "dorky' way-and when you look at him swimming, well let's just say the eyes go elsewhere and it's a complete distraction..
MrsSpringsteen
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Is that your polite way of saying "butterface"?
It is weird to see people use that lovely term about a guy, I've only ever heard it about females
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Scratch out the Wheaties box. Phelps will be appearing on Kellogg's Corn Flakes and Frosted Flakes boxes instead. 
I think he's funny looking 
Dalton
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Dude has HUGE ears.
Dalton
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I said EARS, Irvine. Dirty.
Hewson
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Look between the middle finger and ring finger on his right hand, you can see his swimsuit ...sorry.
Hewson
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I guess in this instance it would be "buthisface", doesn't have the same ring to it.Is that your polite way of saying "butterface"?
Goofus will have to do.
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Breakfast of a champion? Frosted Flakes! Phelps signs with cereal
BY RICH SCHAPIRO
Updated Wednesday, August 20th 2008, 9:16 AM
After winning a record eight Olympic gold medals in Beijing, American swimming superstar Michael Phelps signs on with sugar-loaded cereal.
You better eat your . . . Frosted Flakes?
Olympic legend Michael Phelps will appear on boxes of the Kellogg's brand sugar cereal, drawing sharp criticism from health experts worried about the message he'll be sending to children across America.
"I would not consider Frosted Flakes the food of an Olympian," said nutritionist Rebecca Solomon of Mount Sinai Medical Center.
"I would rather see him promoting Fiber One. I would rather see him promoting oatmeal. I would even rather see him promoting Cheerios."
The announcement yesterday that Phelps, 23, winner of a record eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics, would grace Frosted Flakes and Corn Flakes boxes instead of the traditional athlete's choice of Wheaties left many perplexed.
Frosted Flakes has three times the amount of sugar as Wheaties and 1/3rd the fiber.
This doesn't matter much to a virtuoso swimmer who consumes 12,000 calories a day.
Still, in a country where childhood obesity is an alarming issue, Phelps' iconic image sharing space with Tony the Tiger sends the wrong message, experts say.
"For a guy like Michael Phelps who isn't worried about obesity because he's burning thousands of calories as an athlete...eating Corn Flakes and Frosted Flakes every so often is not an issue," Solomon said.
The Phelps-emblazoned cereal boxes hit supermarket shelves in mid-September.
Breakfast of a champion? Frosted Flakes! Phelps signs with cereal
BY RICH SCHAPIRO
Updated Wednesday, August 20th 2008, 9:16 AM
After winning a record eight Olympic gold medals in Beijing, American swimming superstar Michael Phelps signs on with sugar-loaded cereal.
You better eat your . . . Frosted Flakes?
Olympic legend Michael Phelps will appear on boxes of the Kellogg's brand sugar cereal, drawing sharp criticism from health experts worried about the message he'll be sending to children across America.
"I would not consider Frosted Flakes the food of an Olympian," said nutritionist Rebecca Solomon of Mount Sinai Medical Center.
"I would rather see him promoting Fiber One. I would rather see him promoting oatmeal. I would even rather see him promoting Cheerios."
The announcement yesterday that Phelps, 23, winner of a record eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics, would grace Frosted Flakes and Corn Flakes boxes instead of the traditional athlete's choice of Wheaties left many perplexed.
Frosted Flakes has three times the amount of sugar as Wheaties and 1/3rd the fiber.
This doesn't matter much to a virtuoso swimmer who consumes 12,000 calories a day.
Still, in a country where childhood obesity is an alarming issue, Phelps' iconic image sharing space with Tony the Tiger sends the wrong message, experts say.
"For a guy like Michael Phelps who isn't worried about obesity because he's burning thousands of calories as an athlete...eating Corn Flakes and Frosted Flakes every so often is not an issue," Solomon said.
The Phelps-emblazoned cereal boxes hit supermarket shelves in mid-September.
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Bolt, another world record, won by a good 10 metres! in the 200m.....legend.
MrsSpringsteen
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Pretty harsh too. Poor guy
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Sexpot swimmer Amanda Beard says Michael Phelps has absolutely no shot at doing the breaststroke with her.
Beard, 26, denied yesterday that she was dating Phelps, 23, 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.
"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."
Asked if he's dating anyone, Phelps said, "Part of my life is kept to myself. I'm able to relax and be with my friends. Those pretty much are the only people who really know the answer to that question."
The Telegraph also reported on Monday that Phelps was linked to model Lily Donaldson.
The 21-year-old British model, who lives in London, has been spotted with Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld, the son of Vogue Paris' editor-in-chief, Carine Roitfeld.
IMG, the agency that represents Donaldson, did not return a call seeking comment
I wondered about his father-none of my business of course but I just wondered
August 20, 2008
Everyone in the world is clamoring for a piece of golden boy Michael Phelps - except for his own father.
Phelps' dad, Fred, admitted to The Post that he has not had a single conversation with his Olympian son since Michael left for Beijing.
And eight medals later, Michael still has nothing to say.
"He's so busy, I'm sure not even his agent can get a hold of him," Fred told The Post yesterday outside his home in the Baltimore suburb of Linthicum Heights, when asked why he had not yet made any attempt to congratulate his record-setting son.
Michael's mom, Debbie, has been seen cheering and crying from the stands as her son won medal after medal in Beijing, but Fred has had no contact with the Olympian.
"I'm very proud of him and all he's done," Fred said as he aimed to deflect attention away from the severed relationship. "This is not about me, it's about him."
The retired Maryland state trooper divorced Debbie, his high-school sweetheart, in 1992 when Michael was just 9, the same year doctors diagnosed the swimmer with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
"It was like a storybook [marriage], but sometimes chapters go in different directions," Debbie told the Baltimore Sun. "We were close, but we grew apart."
Since then, Fred, who remarried eight years ago, has been in and out of Michael's life, relatives said.
"This is his world, and I'm just watching him travel through it," Fred told the Baltimore Sun in a 2004 interview. "People ask me how he's doing, where he's swimming next, and it's hard to say that I don't know."
Although he didn't hop a plane for Beijing to see his son compete, the elder Phelps said he "watched [Michael] every night on TV" last week.
Michael's older sisters, Hilary and Whitney - who sat with their mother Sunday when he won his record-setting eighth gold medal - were instrumental in raising Michael when their dad was not there every day.
"When we started, my dad would be up at 4 a.m. on the mornings I had 5:30 practice," said Hilary, who competed as a swimmer in her childhood.
After the divorce, it was Michael's mom who drove him to swim practice each day and to baseball games Saturdays.
Michael has never publicly acknowledged his father as having any role in his success.
"The person I love the most is sitting in the front row - my mom - for everything she's done," Michael told reporters Monday in Beijing.
Prior to the start of the 2004 Athens Games, Michael said he hadn't been in touch with his father since graduating from high school.
"There are reasons and I really don't want to get into that," Michael said at the time. "He didn't call me after I set my first world record in 2001."
The 23-year-old Olympian reconciled with his dad right before the 2004 Games, and Fred even flew to Athens, where Michael won six gold medals. But the relationship quickly soured.
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Sexpot swimmer Amanda Beard says Michael Phelps has absolutely no shot at doing the breaststroke with her.
Beard, 26, denied yesterday that she was dating Phelps, 23, 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.
"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."
Asked if he's dating anyone, Phelps said, "Part of my life is kept to myself. I'm able to relax and be with my friends. Those pretty much are the only people who really know the answer to that question."
The Telegraph also reported on Monday that Phelps was linked to model Lily Donaldson.
The 21-year-old British model, who lives in London, has been spotted with Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld, the son of Vogue Paris' editor-in-chief, Carine Roitfeld.
IMG, the agency that represents Donaldson, did not return a call seeking comment
I wondered about his father-none of my business of course but I just wondered
August 20, 2008
Everyone in the world is clamoring for a piece of golden boy Michael Phelps - except for his own father.
Phelps' dad, Fred, admitted to The Post that he has not had a single conversation with his Olympian son since Michael left for Beijing.
And eight medals later, Michael still has nothing to say.
"He's so busy, I'm sure not even his agent can get a hold of him," Fred told The Post yesterday outside his home in the Baltimore suburb of Linthicum Heights, when asked why he had not yet made any attempt to congratulate his record-setting son.
Michael's mom, Debbie, has been seen cheering and crying from the stands as her son won medal after medal in Beijing, but Fred has had no contact with the Olympian.
"I'm very proud of him and all he's done," Fred said as he aimed to deflect attention away from the severed relationship. "This is not about me, it's about him."
The retired Maryland state trooper divorced Debbie, his high-school sweetheart, in 1992 when Michael was just 9, the same year doctors diagnosed the swimmer with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
"It was like a storybook [marriage], but sometimes chapters go in different directions," Debbie told the Baltimore Sun. "We were close, but we grew apart."
Since then, Fred, who remarried eight years ago, has been in and out of Michael's life, relatives said.
"This is his world, and I'm just watching him travel through it," Fred told the Baltimore Sun in a 2004 interview. "People ask me how he's doing, where he's swimming next, and it's hard to say that I don't know."
Although he didn't hop a plane for Beijing to see his son compete, the elder Phelps said he "watched [Michael] every night on TV" last week.
Michael's older sisters, Hilary and Whitney - who sat with their mother Sunday when he won his record-setting eighth gold medal - were instrumental in raising Michael when their dad was not there every day.
"When we started, my dad would be up at 4 a.m. on the mornings I had 5:30 practice," said Hilary, who competed as a swimmer in her childhood.
After the divorce, it was Michael's mom who drove him to swim practice each day and to baseball games Saturdays.
Michael has never publicly acknowledged his father as having any role in his success.
"The person I love the most is sitting in the front row - my mom - for everything she's done," Michael told reporters Monday in Beijing.
Prior to the start of the 2004 Athens Games, Michael said he hadn't been in touch with his father since graduating from high school.
"There are reasons and I really don't want to get into that," Michael said at the time. "He didn't call me after I set my first world record in 2001."
The 23-year-old Olympian reconciled with his dad right before the 2004 Games, and Fred even flew to Athens, where Michael won six gold medals. But the relationship quickly soured.
Dalton
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10 meters? Did you even see the race?
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Wow, does Beard know the meaning of the word "tact"?
Dalton
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She posed in Playboy.
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Good point.
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He does have beautiful eyes. I wondered what was playing on his ipod but now i know it was hip hop and rap 
He's great, He made the olympics exciting and fun.
He's great, He made the olympics exciting and fun.
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Amanda Beard is catching flak for her flippancy – and she wants to set the record straight. "Everyone who knows me knows I can be a jokester, but I guess I took it too far," the four-time Olympian tells PEOPLE. "I never meant to say anything rude about Michael. I am 100-percent sorry for what I said. I take full responsibility for it."
Beard, speaking earnestly, adds, "When we are sitting in the stands, we are very grateful that Michael swims for the U.S. It's cool to be a part of the team on which Michael won eight gold medals. We know each other and Michael is like my little brother. He jokes around me all the time and it's all good-natured. But obviously people who don't know me can take it the wrong way."
For Phelps's part, the 23-year told Extra that he has a celebrity crush on Cameron Diaz and insisted, "No, I'm not dating Amanda Beard. I'll say that. I think she has a boyfriend."
He would be right: Beard has been dating a photographer for the past three years. "He's been here [at the Olympics] – he's always with me," she says of her boyfriend. "He's totally fine with [the romance rumors]. This is just the way things go sometimes. But to Michael, I am so sorry for the things I said."
Beard, speaking earnestly, adds, "When we are sitting in the stands, we are very grateful that Michael swims for the U.S. It's cool to be a part of the team on which Michael won eight gold medals. We know each other and Michael is like my little brother. He jokes around me all the time and it's all good-natured. But obviously people who don't know me can take it the wrong way."
For Phelps's part, the 23-year told Extra that he has a celebrity crush on Cameron Diaz and insisted, "No, I'm not dating Amanda Beard. I'll say that. I think she has a boyfriend."
He would be right: Beard has been dating a photographer for the past three years. "He's been here [at the Olympics] – he's always with me," she says of her boyfriend. "He's totally fine with [the romance rumors]. This is just the way things go sometimes. But to Michael, I am so sorry for the things I said."
Hewson
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as well.The shirt is pretty funny.
Amanda Beard should wear one, now that would be funny.
AnnRKeyintheUSA
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Gotta agree, partly. He was more attractive and looked older and more intelligent before he shaved the goatee. The current clean shaven/crewcut, big eared look matched with his facial expressions bring to mind exactly that word- goofus. I've been calling him that through the whole Olympics! I heard he was a hyper little kid and this is why he was put in the pool, to take off some of that energy. He totally reminds me of a goofy hyper kid I sat next to in fourth grade, looks, voice, expressions. I had to check the name to make sure it wasn't him.
His lower body is better but not hot IMO. It's too weirdly shaped for me, too topheavy in the shoulders, extra skinny waist, short legs
Here's the sad story of his father, left the family when he was nine and has had little contact:
http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/be...-Michael-Phelps-missing-father?urn=oly,102215
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Apparently Michael Phelps likes to play poker:
According to Amanda Beard, Phelps sometimes plays online poker 10 hours a day.
According to Amanda Beard, Phelps sometimes plays online poker 10 hours a day.
MrsSpringsteen
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10 hours a day? 
I'd say that's an addiction.
At least five hours swimming, from what I saw on the Olympics coverage. That leaves 9 for eating, sleeping, and studying-and swapping spit/tonsil hockey/clinching.
August 22, 2008 --
Michael Phelps doesn't have a girlfriend, but he celebrated his record-breaking eight gold medals in Beijing by sneaking off for a sizzling game of tonsil hockey with one of Australia's hottest Olympians.
Phelps, fresh from shattering Mark Spitz's 36-year-old record, was spotted Monday night in a hot make-out session with Down Under swimmer Stephanie Rice, a source tells The Post's Clemente Lisi and Luke Dennehy. The pumped-up pair clinched and swapped spit at a celebratory bash outside the Olympic Village.
The Baltimore Bullet swooped in for the lip-lock with the 20-year-old brunette just weeks after she split from Aussie swimmer Eamon Sullivan. "All the swimmers are talking about it, and [Sullivan] is cut up about what happened," the source said.
The day after the face-sucking frolics, Phelps and Rice cheekily posed together for Speedo - laughing and playfully groping each other as a photographer snapped them in their swimsuits. "I definitely admire him for his athletic ability and everything he's achieved," gushed Rice, who won three gold medals of her own. "I'm just really glad to be in the mix with that."
Whether the dynamic duo is now a couple isn't known. Phelps' rep didn't return our calls.
Since winning, the 6-foot-4 wonder has been linked to US swimmer Amanda Beard, who posed nude for Playboy, and British model Lily Donaldson. Both have denied ever dating him, with Beard going as far as to fume, "Eww, that's nasty."
Meanwhile, Simon & Schuster's Free Press imprint has signed Phelps to write "Built To Succeed," a behind-the-scenes look at the training regimen that led to his victorious performances. It'll be out in December. Sources say Phelps got a $1 million advance in anticipation of its doing better than his 2005 tome, "Beneath the Surface," which sold only 10,000 copies.
I'd say that's an addiction.At least five hours swimming, from what I saw on the Olympics coverage. That leaves 9 for eating, sleeping, and studying-and swapping spit/tonsil hockey/clinching.
August 22, 2008 --
Michael Phelps doesn't have a girlfriend, but he celebrated his record-breaking eight gold medals in Beijing by sneaking off for a sizzling game of tonsil hockey with one of Australia's hottest Olympians.
Phelps, fresh from shattering Mark Spitz's 36-year-old record, was spotted Monday night in a hot make-out session with Down Under swimmer Stephanie Rice, a source tells The Post's Clemente Lisi and Luke Dennehy. The pumped-up pair clinched and swapped spit at a celebratory bash outside the Olympic Village.
The Baltimore Bullet swooped in for the lip-lock with the 20-year-old brunette just weeks after she split from Aussie swimmer Eamon Sullivan. "All the swimmers are talking about it, and [Sullivan] is cut up about what happened," the source said.
The day after the face-sucking frolics, Phelps and Rice cheekily posed together for Speedo - laughing and playfully groping each other as a photographer snapped them in their swimsuits. "I definitely admire him for his athletic ability and everything he's achieved," gushed Rice, who won three gold medals of her own. "I'm just really glad to be in the mix with that."
Whether the dynamic duo is now a couple isn't known. Phelps' rep didn't return our calls.
Since winning, the 6-foot-4 wonder has been linked to US swimmer Amanda Beard, who posed nude for Playboy, and British model Lily Donaldson. Both have denied ever dating him, with Beard going as far as to fume, "Eww, that's nasty."
Meanwhile, Simon & Schuster's Free Press imprint has signed Phelps to write "Built To Succeed," a behind-the-scenes look at the training regimen that led to his victorious performances. It'll be out in December. Sources say Phelps got a $1 million advance in anticipation of its doing better than his 2005 tome, "Beneath the Surface," which sold only 10,000 copies.
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Irvine511
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i am thrilled that swimmers are now the subject of celebrity gossip.
truly, my sport has finally arrived.
and it only too 8 gold medals and a pair of big ears to do it.
truly, my sport has finally arrived.
and it only too 8 gold medals and a pair of big ears to do it.
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Gold medal hero Michael Phelps will host the upcoming season premiere of Saturday Night Live on September 13.
In front of a live audience, the 23-year-old swimmer will kicked off the 34th season of the NBC show with musical guest Lil Wayne. The season will open with an unprecedented eight consecutive new shows.
During the Beijing games, Phelps professed to having the hip hop artist on his iPod before races.
Phelps will also be dropping by The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Monday, Sept. 8.
The season premiere of Saturday Night Live will air on Sept 13. @ 11:30PM ET/PT on NBC.
In front of a live audience, the 23-year-old swimmer will kicked off the 34th season of the NBC show with musical guest Lil Wayne. The season will open with an unprecedented eight consecutive new shows.
During the Beijing games, Phelps professed to having the hip hop artist on his iPod before races.
Phelps will also be dropping by The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Monday, Sept. 8.
The season premiere of Saturday Night Live will air on Sept 13. @ 11:30PM ET/PT on NBC.
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