140 characters wasn't enough for Ashton Kutcher. The avid Twitterer took to his MySpace blog to air his thoughts on the recent controversy surrounding Olympic athlete Michael Phelps, who may be facing criminal charges after News of the World posted a picture of him taking hits from the bong (thanks, Cypress Hill) last year.
Ashton touched on a few other subjects (going off on his neighbour, "chucking beverages" at construction workers and his "distain [sic] for the unwarranted attack on my step daughters by a blogger I will not name") before addressing Michael Phelps:
"I don't smoke marijuana and any statement to the contrary is a lie. I
simply feel that Michael Phelps is entitled to his privacy. The kid
made a mistake (he is only human) and anyone who has been in the public
eye knows the magnification of minor missteps can be blown way out of
proportion. Yes he is a role model and a great one at that. But I'm
sure that in his lapse of judgment he wasn't thinking, "boy I hope the
whole world can see this so that kids everywhere can copy me." And
truth be told, if they went out and trained and worked as hard as he
has to reach the great heights of success in their careers I wouldn't
hammer them about a slip up either. And in kind I would like to retract
any negative statement that I made about the kid who published the pic.
I'm sure he/she wasn't in a sober head space while taking it or
publishing it for that matter (you are the company you keep). I leave
perfection to the creator of this great universe and wouldn't assume
that duty on any human being."
This? But I'm
sure that in his lapse of judgment he wasn't thinking, "boy I hope the
whole world can see this so that kids everywhere can copy me."
Agreed, 100%.
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