Back in 2009, USA Olympian swimmer Michael Phelps faced an overblown controversy when a picture of him ripping a bong surfaced in a British tabloid. Phelps recently sat down for an interview with CNN's Piers Morgan, and of course Morgan had to ask about the infamous photo.

"I really felt like it lost all sense of proportion," said Morgan about the bong scandal. "To me what I saw was a guy--yeah, alright, you probably shouldn't have been doing it--but I saw a guy that had spent five consecutive years in a pool that probably just wanted to let his hair down."

Phelps was hesitant to say stress was the reason he decided to take a hit, but did admit that he made a mistake.