Michael Phelps

Amanda Beard defends pal Michael Phelps’ romance with cocktail waitress

Melbourne, Dec 8 : Amanda Beard has defended fellow Olympian Michael Phelps’ romance with Las Vegas cocktail waitress Caroline Pal, insisting that he deserves to ‘have fun’.

The 14-time gold medalist Phelps has been flooded with some lousy press lately for becoming not only a fixture in Las Vegas, but also for dating the Sin City’s cocktail waitress, reports Thehollywoodgossip. com.

Beard has admitted that it''s ‘definitely weird’ to see Phelps becoming a celebrity tabloid star, but she thinks he should be cut some slack.

"A swimmer''s life is extremely boring," the Daily Telegraph quoted Beard, as telling E! Online at the opening of the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills.

Michael Phelps ‘turns party, poker animal’

Michael-PhelpsNew York, Dec 2 : Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps has turned into a party and poker animal.

It has been reported that Michael spent most of his Thanksgiving weekend playing 10-20, no-limit hold-''em at the Borgata in Atlantic City, although he lost thousands of dollars.

The Olympic champion was again back the next day at the poker table, reports the New York Post.

He was seen spending his free time hanging out with poker legend Doyle Brunson.

Carrie Underwood says she’s not dating Michael Phelps

Michael Phelps goes gaga over stripy-stockinged blonde at Las Vegas clubWashington, November 5 : Singer Carrie Underwood has said that she’s not dating golden Olympian Michael Phelps.

The 25-year-old country singer, who was formerly in a relationship with Jessica Simpson''s boyfriend Tony Romo, swore the reports of her alleged affair with the ace-swimmer were ‘just a lie’.

“I swear on everything, on my job, on my house, my dog…That''s how serious I am. It''s all just a lie,” Contactmusic quoted her as telling Elle magazine.

Bush playing Cupid for daughter Barbara and Michael Phelps?

George W. Bush, Michael PhelpsNew Delhi, August 27 : Golden Olympian Michael Phelps has apparently made a special place in U. S. President George W. Bush’s daughter Barbara’s heart, for she reportedly kept on telling her friends that the swimmer could be spectacular during the Beijing Games.

"Barbara, 26, often talked about Phelps, 23, with her friends even before the Beijing Olympic Games," chinaview. cn quoted the Globe Magazine as saying in a report.

The journal said that Barbara’s words suggested that she admired Phelps'' swimming skills, and considered him to be a charming and handsome athlete.

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