Michael Phelps became the greatest Olympian of all time at this year's Olympics winning 22 medals overall during his career as a competitive swimmer. Now, the 27-year-old retiree has the rest of his life to deal with. He said to reporters at a news conference on Sunday after his last race, "I just woke up," at 1 p.m.
The swimmer is relishing in some much needed downtime and with all this new found freedom is dating model, and cocktail waitress, Megan Rossee whose been all over Twitter talking about her new man. The duo actually met around five months ago, reportedly at a Hollywood nightclub that Rossee was working at, but Phelps hasd kept it on the down low until a recent red carpet Speedo event on Monday when the pair walked in arm in arm.
Radar online reported that "friends" of Michael have said they are worried that Rossee, 25, is using him to increase her fame. "Michael is like a puppy dog around Megan -- he's completely in love with her. However, like any young girl hoping to make it in Hollywood, she's ambitious and knows that by associating herself with Michael, she will get a lot of press herself," one of Radar's sources says.
With all the Hollywood gossip, it's hard to know what the truth is, but Rossee has taken to Twitter to show support of her man, that took her with him to the Olympics. Apparently her nickname for the Olympian is "Bear" and she wasn't shy about giving him a shout-out on her Twitter:
She also instagrammed a photo of the two of them looking cute and cozy with a handful of gold medals.
According to the New York Post Phelps' previous relationship with former Miss California, Nicole Johnson ended shortly before Christmas 2011.
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