I don’t really understand why these celeb/athlete DUIs happen: if you’re a multimillionaire (as I assume Phelps still is), it’s really not that pricey to order up an Uber/Taxi/Limo. Hell, Uber or a Taxi might be cheaper per-mile than a 2014 Land Rover.
It not about money, rich people get DUIs all the time.
That sucks he wasn’t responsible. It also sucks that I’m sure he’s disappointed at himself and now he has to catch everyone’s crap on top of that.
He should’ve taken the Subway.
I don’t really understand why these celeb/athlete DUIs happen: if you’re a multimillionaire (as I assume Phelps still is), it’s really not that pricey to order up an Uber/Taxi/Limo. Hell, Uber or a Taxi might be cheaper per-mile than a 2014 Land Rover.
Right the trick is not being stupid when under the influence of a drug that makes you stupid.
Just drink at home like me and never go anywhere, much safer.
Never get sick that way either…UNTIL YOUR CHILD GOES TO DAYCARE
Yep. I do the same and then it just takes me one glass to crawl anyway.
Many, many people get extremely drunk very frequently and manage to make the right decision about whether to drive or having a DD.
It not about money, rich people get DUIs all the time.
It is at least partially about the money: Here’s a guy who could order up a driver to get him wherever he wants discretely and quickly. It would probably take less effort than driving. You or I might balk at paying $300 to get across town, but someone who was apparently worth $40 million before the London Olympics can easily cough that up on a nightly basis. He probably drank/smoked/snorted more than that in intoxicants.
I am always amazed at the media’s reaction to celeb’s and profesional athletes that get in trouble with the law. like DUI’s or drug use, they are human(well most of them) and make mistakes just like the rest of us. Maybe its because they are supposed to be a role model? They just have an outstanding tallent.
Many, many people get extremely drunk very frequently and manage to make the right decision about whether to drive or having a DD.
Probably best to get drunk all the time so you work out a system.
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I am always amazed at the media’s reaction to celeb’s and profesional athletes that get in trouble with the law. like DUI’s or drug use, they are human(well most of them) and make mistakes just like the rest of us. Maybe its because they are supposed to be a role model? They just have an outstanding tallent.
Or maybe it is our amazement at the abject stupidity of someone with all the resources available to not do something as anti-social as DUI, actually does something colossally stupid as DUI.
Right the trick is not being stupid when under the influence of a drug that makes you stupid.
Quote of the day.
Many a true word spoken in jest.
Quite remarkable that drunks do not cause even more trouble really.
Maybe we should thank God that way too much alcohol incapacitates you.
What if there were a drug with the stimulating effect of speed but the stupefying quality of alcohol?
The world would probably come to an end in a pile of blood and vomit!
True. Maybe he was just out of practice at this drinking thing.
I thought of another reason why my reaction is wrong: Due to GI issues, I can’t go beyond about 7-8 drinks in 3-4 hours, so I’ve never experienced blackouts or loss of memory levels of drunkenness. Maybe in those states you really can’t recognize how bad of an idea driving is. But even then: you can arrange a driver or DD when you’re still somewhat capacitated. When your entire income stream is based on your marketability, DUIs are just mind-bogglingly stupid.
Cops I have talked to estimate that 40-60% of the incidents they have to deal with somehow involve alcohol at one level or another.
Never get sick that way either…UNTIL YOUR CHILD GOES TO DAYCARE
1 week into kindergarten and my 5 year old is sick
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He should’ve taken the Subway.
I don’t believe there is a metro out that direction. An Uber would have been better anyways.
Unfortunately, this is not the first incident of poor decision-making on his part. You have to start to wonder where this is headed for him.
If anyone watched The Hank Haney Project with him on it, there were more than a few times when he showed up late and / or clearly hung-over.Now, the guy is obviously entitled to live his life as he chooses, but when you see a trend like he is displaying, questions arise.
I am always amazed at the media’s reaction to celeb’s and profesional athletes that get in trouble with the law. like DUI’s or drug use, they are human(well most of them) and make mistakes just like the rest of us. Maybe its because they are supposed to be a >role model?
It’s not that he’s supposed to be a role model. It’s that he chose to market himself as one. There’s no prize purse in swimming. So his income is based off cultivating himself as a celebrity and marketing Louis Vuitton, Subay, HP, Omega, Visa, etc. His celebrity image is based on him being an all-American Golden Boy and exposing that image frequently on the media, e.g. commercials and public appearances. He’s chosen to put his life under intense public awareness in return for a paycheck. Good for him. $50M.
But he can’t have it both ways. You can’t choose to turn off that scrutiny at will when something happens that’s inconsistent with all-American Golden Boy.
My point is, I don’t blame “the media.” The media’s just doing what Phelps has asked them to do: make him a world-famous public figure.
Well, hopefully he actually learns from his mistake, and realises how lucky he is that no-one was hurt.
There’s no prize purse in swimming.
Incorrect.
There is prize money at the USA swimming grand prix series (though its not that much). USA swimming also pays swimmers for any world records broken (around 20k from what I remember). I do believe they get money for an american record as well but I can’t remember for sure.