Discovery issues statement on Michael Phelps vs CGI shark backlash and disappointment
July 25, 2017
Michael Phelps, scandal, Shark Week
Part of the reason that Discovery's Shark Week has become such a HUGE phenomenon is because it never disappoints -- but that all changed this year after the much ballyhooed race between Michael Phelps and a great white shark turned out to be Michael Phelps vs. a CGI shark. Read Discovery's statement after social media erupted in mocking disppoinment over the event, plus watch a video of four times REAL people competed against REAL animals!
