Michael Phelps: 'The Bachelor'

Can this be true? Can this possibly be true? MSNBC is either reporting or speculating that beloved Michael Phelps might appear on the “The Bachelor”.

Apparently, super-swimmer Michael Phelps (naked?) is going to get calls from every television show in the country before the big giant feet stomp out of the Olympic Stadium and the lights dim on the closing ceremonies. But for the best fit, according to them he'll need to look no further than "The Bachelor."

Michael Phelps is young, single, good-looking (take that, Amanda Beard), famous, and boyishly charming and soon to be stinking rich. It wouldn't take long to find 25 women eager to get him to propose. Every single Hollywood starlet would be calling their agents to secure a spot on the show. Hmmm, but he’s only 23.

We think he’s too young and hot to get married.

As viewers of “The Bachelor” well know, women who appear on "The Bachelor" are willing to stretch the bounds of decency and set feminism back decades to win the heart of the average run-of-the-mill contestant. If they spat and scratch over a guy like Jesse Palmer, who was just a third-string NFL quarterback, what might they do for Phelps?

I’m looking forward to some really good naked hot tub scenes but in the end I hope he doesn’t propose.