Poor Amanda. She may mean well, standing up for other creatures in the water and outside, on behalf of PETA.

But someone should have told her that when you plan to pull off a media stunt, it’s best to keep things under wraps until the final moment. Especially since nudity was going to be involved. Especially since PETA has had its sights on China and vice versa.

Like I said before, Beijing is going to be a venue filled with many controversial stories. It’s already begun, with the U.S. cyclist team apologizing for what was not exactly a stunt but a bad PR move. In this context, a swimmer planning to show skin outside of the Water Cube is not exactly a smart move.

Maybe she gets it, now quoted as saying “PETA is a little more risque, a little more out there …That’s not me. That’s not my tactic.”

Really?