Michael Phelps apologizes for inhaling, being human. Girls continue to go wild for torso.

February 1, 3:21 PMNY Celebrity Surveillance ExaminerEmily Lloyd

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Inhale!

America's human-fish/golden boy eight-times-over will need a little more than pool water to make his image squeaky-clean again.

British tab News of The World has published a revealing photo of Olympian Michael Phelps partaking in a little herbal enlightening at a South Carolina house party. The shot of Phelps inhaling from a bong is accompanied by a story titled "What A Dope," (so classy of them, I know) with testaments from fellow partygoers describing the swimming superstar as "out of control" and "just as natural with the bong in his hands as he is in the pool,” while carousing with University of South Carolina co-eds back in November.

Phelps was forced quick to issue an apologetic statement to the Associated Press:

"I engaged in behavior which was regrettable and demonstrated bad judgment. I'm 23 years old and despite the successes I've had in the pool, I acted in a youthful and inappropriate way, not in a manner people have come to expect from me. For this, I am sorry. I promise my fans and the public it will not happen again."

While the future of his ba-zillions in endorsement deals is TBD, I for one seriously doubt Party Boy Mike will be any less marketable than Chlorine-Clean Mike. And is Phelps’ bong moment really so "shock and awe!" after all? The guy’s been seen livin’ it up from coast to coast since returning from Beijing—including stops in New York to appear on Entourage and host Saturday Night Live—and his rumored girlfriend is a nightlife lady from Sin City. So he enjoys a little cannabis—Big. Deal. After spending the better part of his earliest party years training in the pool and living clean (we can assume …) to maintain that jaw-dropping physique of his, I say it’s about time he got down to some hard-core chillaxin,’ no?