Michael Phelps: Swims Like A Fish, Smokes Like A Phishhead

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  • Uh oh! Super Olympian Michael Phelps has been caught on film smoking a bong. Phelps, 23, was reportedly visiting a University of South Carolina sorority girl and apparently “ended up just getting wasted every night.”[Star]
  • Phelps was “loud and obnoxious and slamming beers from the get-go. He was definitely the life of the party as every girl wanted a piece of him and every guy wanted to be his best buddy. He was eating it up, says a source, “If he was there to visit his girlfriend, there certainly was no sign of it that night. All the celebrity attention is making him really cocky, and he’s going to end up getting burned because of it.” What’s this? A 23-year-old world famous millionaire athlete doing drugs and acting like an ass? I am shocked, I tell you! Shocked![Star]
  • A source also claims that Phelps seemed like he’d had plenty of practice: “You could tell Michael had smoked before. He grabbed the bong and a lighter and knew exactly what to do. He looked just as natural with a bong in his hands as he does swimming in the pool. He was the gold medal winner of bong hits. Michael ended up getting a little paranoid, though, because before too long he looked like he was nervous and ran out of the place.” [News Of The World]
  • Carmen Electra is the latest celebrity to come out in support of Jessica Simpson: “She’s a gorgeous girl. A lot of women would die to look as good as she looks,” Electra says, “There’s going to be moments where people don’t necessarily like your look or what you’re wearing, and that’s okay. Next week, she’ll rock some outfit that will blow everyone away.”[People]
  • Meanwhile, Jessica Simpson claims that her faith is helping her get through the negative press she’s gotten due to her weight as of late: “Because of my faith, I believe that I can conquer the world and all its opinions and ideas and all of its judgments,” Simpson says. [USMagazine]
  • Slumdog Millionaire‘s Oscar chances just got a bit stronger: the film’s director, Danny Boyle, won top honors at the Director’s Guild of America awards last night. [NYTimes]
  • Worried about the American AbFab adaptation? Kristen Johnston, who is set to play Patsy, swears the script is good: “I think they captured the exact amount of sweetie-darling,” Johnston says. “I mean, it’s a totally different element, it’s a totally different show. We don’t smoke, we are hungover all the time, we chew Nicorette, we’re trying to be more PC, but I think it really works. It’s one of those scripts that’s like my favorite kind because on paper you’re like, Oh, this is funny, but when you read it out loud with two actresses, it’s, like, the funniest s—- ever.” Ugh. I bet they don’t even wear Lacroix, either. Lame. [EW]
  • Sir Paul McCartney will headline Coachella this year, topping a bill that includes The Killers and The Cure. Says the Beatle: “I have heard that Coachella is one of the greatest festivals in the world. I’m really excited to get out there and rock!” [Reuters]
  • Julia Roberts was once passed over by an agent who deemed the superstar “too trailer park” for films. Big mistake. Huge! [PageSix]
  • Emma Watson says she’s embarrassed about her status as a sex symbol: “I find this whole thing about being 18 and everyone expecting me to be this object… I find the whole concept of being ‘sexy’ embarrassing and confusing,” Watson says, “Personally, I don’t actually think it’s even that sexy. What’s sexy about saying, ‘I’m here with my boobs out and a short skirt… have a look at everything I’ve got’? My idea of sexy is that less is more. The less you reveal the more people can wonder.”[ShowbizSpy]
  • Are Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer over? A source says Mayer was seen on a date with another woman: “They were obviously on a date. He came in with her another time too and I’ve seen them out together. He gave her a long kiss before they left. John has been here six times in the last two weeks but never with Jen.”[DailyExpress]
  • Heads up, Flight of the Conchords fans: the boys are going on tour this Spring! No word yet on if they’ll be playing “ahhh Central Park.”[Reuters]
  • Is Kate Moss considering an acting career? “She’s always had dreams of acting. Kate’s nervous but feels, with the right backing, she can make the transition from supermodel to Hollywood star,” a source says, “[Director] Michael Figgis and Kate have been discussing possible projects and he is helping her work with the right people. Kate will combine her two careers. She won’t give up modeling.”[ShowbizSpy]
  • Lisa Loeb, who once documented her search for love on a reality show, has gotten married: the singer married Roey Hershkovitz, a music supervisor for Late Night With Conan O’Brien, on Saturday. You can’t hear it, but she said “I doooo.” I guess he’s going to stay, even though she only hears what she wants to. And that’s my limit for Lisa Loeb song references on a Sunday morning. I guess I’ll just go sit on the corner of my bed, and smoke with the ghosts in the back of my head. Ok, I’m really done now. [People]
 
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