Mamma Phelps is finally talking!Debbie Phelps' upcoming memoir, A Mother for All Seasons, tackles the highs and lows of her son Michael Phelps' career littered with scandal!
Mamma Phelps' reaction to 'Bong-Gate' when her Olympic winning son was caught on camera takin' a hit of some of the good shiz?
"Déjà vu all over again," Debbie lamented.
To refresh your memory, our favorite swimming sensation Michael Phelps was arrested in 2004 for driving drunk when he was only 19 years old.
"It was unreal - like something out of a horror movie - with TV clips of jail cell doors slamming ominously shut, dooming the life and career of one golden boy turned loser," she recalled of her son's DUI.
"He actually had tried to get someone else to drive after he had a few drinks… Apparently someone in the crowd made a crack about not giving the keys to his brand-new Range Rover to someone else," Debbie revealed.
Peer pressure, eh?
Unfortunately, not a valid excuse!
Momma Phelps was distressed over Michael's "disappointing, uncharacteristic behavior" of the toke seen around the world, but she laid the blame on herself when it came to his 2004 arrest.
Debbie concluded, "I was sure that I could have done something to better prepare Michael to make better choices."
Don't blame yourself, honey!
You will have to accept sooner or later, your son is not quite the "golden boy" that you see him as!
