Amanda Beard has flatly denied that she and Thorpe were once lovers. According to
the Aussie Press:
Thorpe's management issued a statement pointing to his comments in a 2007 magazine article in which he spoke of his affair with Beard.
"Well, I did have a long-term, long-distance relationship (with champion American breaststroker Amanda Beard), and it was great while it lasted. It was sort of public knowledge we were seeing each other, and yet not. It went on for ages, years," he was quoted as saying.
But Beard, 27, yesterday told her agent: "Take out the word relationship and put in the word friendship and that's exactly what it was."
"Well, I did have a long-term, long-distance relationship (with champion American breaststroker Amanda Beard), and it was great while it lasted. It was sort of public knowledge we were seeing each other, and yet not. It went on for ages, years," he was quoted as saying.
But Beard, 27, yesterday told her agent: "Take out the word relationship and put in the word friendship and that's exactly what it was."
