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Kellogg Dumps Michael Phelps Over Drug Photo
February 6th, 2009
Cereal brand Kellogg has dropped Olympic gold medallist Michael Phelps as their cornflakes spokesman, after a photo of Phelps smoking a marijuana pipe circulated online last week.
“We originally built the relationship with Michael, as well as the other Olympic athletes, to support our association with the U.S. Olympic team,” a Kellogg company spokeswoman said in a statement.
“Michael’s most recent behavior is not consistent with the image of Kellogg. His contract expires at the end of February, and we have made a decision not to extend his contract.”
Phelps, 23, has apologized for the photo, saying he “acted in a youthful and inappropriate way”.
Other sponsors including Speedo, Omega and Visa have remained on board.
February 7th, 2009 at 5:33 am
Michael Phelps is an American Hero. He stood tall and made America proud at the Beijing Olympics. This is how America treats its heroes, we forget all of the hard work Michael Phelps did to achieve his task, we forget the pride we felt with the each gold medal, we forget how Phelps helped America to be competitive against a Chinese when they planned on winning all of the golds, we forget all of those things and hang a man for smoking glass pipe at a party. That is our shame; America cares little for appreciation and loyalty but is absolute when it comes to misplaced morality. In short America often finds it easier to tear people down and point fingers than it does to recognize freedom and practice good will. I hope they do try to arrest Michael Phelps to further shed light on our hypocrisy and maybe stir the good people of this country up enough to stand up for their friends and neighbors being persecuted in this “drug War”.