http://www.accesshollywood.com/christian-bale-to-michael-phelps-everybody-makes-mistakes-bounce-back-from-it_article_13675LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Christian Bale has leapt to the defense of swimmer Michael Phelps, who has come under fire after a photo surfaced in a British tabloid, showing the Olympian smoking out of a glass pipe.
During a phone interview with the “Kevin & Bean” morning radio program on Los Angeles’ KROQ 106.7 FM, which Bale used to apologize for his rant at “Terminator Salvation” Director of Photography Shane Hurlbut, the actor made a plea to the champion swimmer.
“Please, Michael Phelps, swim in the next Olympics,” Bale said. “This guy has a God given talent. So he’s smoked a bit of weed, plenty of our presidents have.”
“Everybody makes mistakes. Bounce back from it,” Bale stated. “Do not waste that Godlike talent. Swim in the next Olympics, please.”