First Kellogg’s, now Subway. Apparently after his run-in with the wacky tobacky, Subway doesn’t want Michael Phelps’ foot-long anywhere near theirs. (Get it? That was a penis joke.)
Exclusive! Subway has officially de-linked Michael Phelps as they prepare to drop his recently announced sponsorship deal. Before Michael’s bong hits hit the headlines, Michael Phelps was featured on the Subway web site. However, since the swimmer’s pothead scandal, Subway has removed all links to pages featuring the Olympic swimmer (see below).
Confidentially, the Subway webteam gave us the heads up — Michael Phelps has been remmed out, de-linked, due to his recent one toke over the line. Other Subway “celebrity friends” are still listed, like Jared, Ryan Howard and Reggie Bush — but they have been told to officially de-link all references featuring Michael …
In an e-mail from Subway spokeswoman Megan Driscoll, she said: “Subway is not commenting or releasing a statement right now on Michael Phelps.” However, in de-linking all references to Michael Phelps, this is Subway corporate as they prepare for dropping their sponsorship. Our insider told us Subway execs are pissed off, talking to legal, want their endorsement money returned — and to “get rid of this embarrassment.”
I wonder if Phelpsy is sorry he ever even copped to this shit. He could have just been like, “Listen, I was smoking plain tobacco out of the pipe,” and it would have been total and complete bullshit, and we all would have known it, but, fuck, if Paris Hilton can go on Larry King and say she’s never done drugs, Michael Phelps can too, right? He probably could have saved his endorsements that way.
Oh, Michael. I’m so sorry you’re having to go through all this. You can pour your dressing on my roast beef any day, baby.
they’re just using the druggie picture as an excuse. if you ask me, they probably weren’t thrilled about paying him for endorsements to begin with.
That doesn’t make sense.
Why would a company voluntarily, but begrudgingly, hire anyone to endorse their product?
Subway has a huge family demographic; they don’t want anyone on their endorsement list caught doing any illegal or unbecoming.
i understand where you’re coming from. all i meant was- have you seen phelps act? he’s awful. nothing that he can say will make me want a sandwich. subway probably knows it so does kellogg. normal commercials will serve them just as fine as having michael stand there and try to string sentences together. he can barely form a coherent statement. i’m sorry, but it’s true. he’s not the brightest bulb, and that’s no secret.
Oh yeah, def see what you mean! sorry to be all bitchy earlier :)
It is insane….all of it. The huge amounts of money paid to a guy who swims really good and the judgemental jerks who now punish him for being normal…wierd.
ummmm, i hate to say this, but most people don’t want a guy representing them who smokes pot. it is illegal and most people wouldn’t consider him a good role model.
the people who put you up on the pedastel are the same people who can rip you back down in seconds.
I thought pot was supposed to slow you down not, uh, make you super-fast swimmer. I might have to track my 5th grade health teacher down and kick her ass for feeding me bullshit. Just think, I could have been an Olympic swimmer, and now I am just a chain-smoking alcoholic.
I hear ya… LOL !
You need to come up with some new material, Beet.
Is it really that serious? Let the guy smoke some damn pot, isn’t he like 23? He’s just a young guy experimenting. They do less to celebs who do coke and get DUIs
he actually got a DUI back in the day
He has a DUI, too, from right after the 2004 Olympics. All we need now is the coke snorting videos from a cellphone a` la Kate Moss or Amy Winehouse. He’s almost there, ya’ll.
And, YEAH. It IS that serious. Like it or not, weed is illegal. Phelps isn’t being terribly family friendly of late.
I’ll never get tired of that picture.
Yeah thanks. I saved it:)
Ditto.
I’m sorry I don’t feel sorry for him at all. I don’t think it’s any big deal that he took some bong hits like any normal guy his age. But he isn’t getting endorsements because he’s a normal guy. He got them because he was/is a phenomenal athlete with ridiculous dedication to his sport. All he had to do was tow the line & play the part for a few years and THEN take bong hits and roll around naked in all his cash. So, yeah, go ahead and hit him in the pocket book for being stupid enough to get his picture takin while tokin.
Indigo, you’re my girl. You’re right. Normal guys don’t get 100 million dollars in endorsements. Normal guys, generally, don’t get off the couch. All Michael needed to do was to play it smart and discreet. Unfortunatley, he did neither. He won the golden goose, but instead of taking care of it, he cooked it and ate it – and then posted photos of the Roman orgy on the internet for everyone to see. And, when he realized his face was unrecognizable, it being covered by a bong, and all, he made a dimwitted confession. Next, they’ll be asking him to return his medals. What a Bumpkin.
could that article have had ANY MORE PUNS??
lol.
loves it.
also:
i think subway’s missing out on a HUGE opportunity by dumping this guy. they could rolled out a whole line of commercials highlighting how great subway’s healthy options are for satisfying the munchies while maintaining that olympic athlete form.
like seriously.
a lot of people would have pulled a harold and kumar in response to that shit.
lol.
smoking pot shouldn’t be considered “normal” behavior. it’s a drug and it’s reckless to engage in drug taking. normal people don’t subject their bodies to harmful substances that suck oxygen out of the brain to give them a high. normal people handle their problems in constructive ways, not by taking marijuana to soothe themselves.
have you ever had a beer? a cup of coffee? a pepsi? Alchohol has caused way more deaths than marijuana and caffeine is psychoactive stimulant far more addictive than THC.
wow ash. remind me to try not having any fun around you. if you are ‘normal’, call me crazy.
normal is the wrong word…. most people are stupid. ;)
Nancy Regan? Is that you?
OMG NICE PICTURE!!
I’ve never seen that one before… mmm. You can definitely see what he’s packing! Butter face or not I’d bang him.. hehe
“pour your dressing on my roast beef”, I is confused, how does one go about stuffing a roast?
I am so ashamed, please internet ignore my previous writing.
that is vile. Whose ladygarden looks like a roast beef anyway?
“ladygarden”, that is just so adorable. First place to look for an answer, adult video.
Jared cheated on his wife
Reggie Bush dates and flaunts a porn star girl friend.
Michael Phelps is young and exhibited poor judgment. He never had a childhood to gain life experiences and to get his teeth fixed.
Subway does have great food, just hype around weight loss from that unattractive liar Jared.
Subway, much like the sandwiches… SUCK!
Dude, his worm is pretty impressive for being flacid.
you can see his pee pee through his swimming costume. Itsn’t that totally illegal, like exposure or something. I feel scared….
His body is so unattractive. He’s shaped like a woman.
The only woman that looks like that is Madonna; I don’t know any others.
lol! madge and her thunder thighs.
All his weight is on his lower body, and he has short legs and a long skinny torso. =woman with a penis. Very unattractive person.
im sorry im just way too distracted from his penis on his stomach….
That last one gave a mental picture so vivid I almost threw up. It was darned funny though!
As for Phelps and his endorsements, I’m torn. While I think that marijuana is the least harmful of mind-altering substances and that it is apparently more common than I would have thought for people to partake, it IS still illegal at this time. For corporations, it’s a simple consideration of what the majority of its consumers will think. Kellogg is a family company and really had no choice. I think Subway could have gotten around it with a clever marketing scheme like someone mentioned above.
As much as I hate to see the endorsements taken away from such an exceptional young man, it’s true that we sometimes have to pay a price for even the most mundane of our mistakes.
he doesn’t need that much money – no single human being does. It ruins them and brings unhappiness in the long run. You only need enough to be comfortable, otherwise he could become trapped in a cage of his own making.
he doesn’t need that much money – no single human being does. It ruins them and brings unhappiness in the long run. You only need enough to be comfortable, otherwise he could become trapped in a cage of his own making.
This whole thing just reminds me of when those pictures turned up of Kate Moss doing a line of coke and everyone was so outraged and she lost her a couple of endorsement deals etc. but then like three months later she was ALL OVER the place and her career wasn’t fazed at all…
so I mean when you break it down, it’s not that shocking really for a successful model to snort coke just like it’s not outrageous for a 23 year old guy to take bong rips. In the scheme of things who’s really gonna care?
middle america – duh.
man that sucks. Jared looks like the kind of guy who would smoke a little ganja as well. Too bad Phelps got busted!
the photo makes me wanna throw up my dinner.
Ok, maybe I am in the minority opinion but weed is in fact ILLEGAL and I don’t blame the sponsors for dumping him. He’s supposed to be an example to the kiddies. How hard is it for this moron to abstain for a few years? He should have stuck to wine or something legal.
No, then he would decide to go for a drive and get DUI #2
He likes it ..hey mikey…
who cares….bang a gong hit a bong bang a gong
I don’t like weed but if he does let him smoke it
america out of our heads ;p
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006718/
GOOD LORD, that’s a flaccid penis under a COMPRESSION SUIT! my boyfriend officially hates you beet!!!
I think he should have known better. Its a serious thing for an athlete to be anywhere near drugs. they weren’t hiring him to be a normal person. Subway and Kellogs were hiring him to imply that if people ate their food they could be more like Michael Phelps. Families do not want their kids looking up to some who has a partying doping image. They want someone who is a hard working athlete that got to the top of his game through dedication. Unfortunately he tarnished his image and should expect consequences. It is blatantly obvious. However, now he can see if he can have a reality show about his party life on MTV.
yeah i agree with the first poster. this could just be an excuse. olympics fever is over and buried for another four years. this could have just saved subway a shiitload in spicy rolls.
I think this wouldn’t be such a big deal if it were a country other than America. If it were a hard drug, sure, but cannabis?
the problem is just being caught in the States
and worst of all, admitting it
he should stick to do it only with closest friends
that’s all
he’s just the guy next door with a fantastic sports ability
he probably wouldn’t want to be an immaculate role model
but some decided to make him so,
and, as a matter of fact he is a role model
of a kid who could overcome his learning hardships
by excelling in sports,
and no one can take that away from him
and the world
Sorry Beet but he is so hideous. My friend Tim is in love with him too.I just don’t see it, especially in this photo, he is… just not hot
theyre stupid, i dont see why itd make any different tbh.
silly people.
p.s. how come there arnt any posts today? just cuuuurious =p
Subway doesn’t want Michael Phelps’ foot-long anywhere near theirs. (Get it? That was a penis joke.)
That made me laugh so hard, thanks :P
Frankly, he should be more careful who he’s partying with. First clue, people taking pictures of you taking a BH. Probably don’t have your best interests in mind.
PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think the whole thing is just sad. He’s a kid, and a good one at that. The latest poles show that 43% of Americans have smoked pot… and evidently the other 47% are pointing fingers…
And the other 10%? ;-)
C’mon, dudes. I mean look! He’s blatantly packing a bong in his suit. tehehe
This picture freaks me the fuck out. *shiver*
What the f*** is he wearing? Ew.
And that “penis joke”….
you can clearly see his bits and pieces and they are most definitely NOT a foot long.
Oh, Phelpsy, this is not a flattering pic. Next time tuck it under? Can guys do that? Or would that be too painful? He is just swimming after all, not sitting. Or maybe if he would’ve worn black it wouldn’t have showed too much?
Country of hipocrits
Subway’s mean. I love weed, Phelps shouldn’t be punished for it. It should be accepted. The mass media just can’t accept the fact that the future is going to weed!!!