You may want to sit down for this news, because it will blow your mind, but apparently Kobe Bryant is trying to get laid again. And at the 2012 Summer Olympics of all places. I mean, the Olympics should be a sacred gathering of the world’s greatest athletes and showcase their talents and determination. But I guess things are bound to get a little screwy – pun originally not intended, but what the hell – when you have companies like Durex practically begging athletes to throw on a raincoat and get down.

As for Bryant, he’s now being called out by Australian women’s hoopster Liz Cambage and Australian swimmer Craig Stevens for trying to get down with Australia’s three-time gold medalist swimmer Stephanie Rice. Cambage Tweeted that Bryant was being a little too friendly with the ladies during these games and pointed out that it might not make his wife, Vanessa, very happy, but she later denied that she was referring to Rice. Stevens, though, just flat out called them on their freaky deaky.

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Following the Beijing Olympics Australian swimming star/heartbreaker/sex kitten Stephanie Rice went on vacation in Thailand, where somebody took photos of doing things no other 20-year-old would ever do: dancing at a club, falling down, and looking drunk.  **Gasp!** She… she might be human!

Rice, who is now splitting her time between training in the pool and filming a TV show, is less than pleased about the photos getting out:

“I remember that night and I know who it was. This guy had asked for a photo with me and I said ‘Sure, no problem’ but then he kept taking photos of me having a good time with my friends, I just thought it was really out of line. I just find it really strange that people care.”

The Queensland pool queen says it’s disappointing that she’s been scrutinised for having “one night off in a year” to party with her friends like a “normal” person of her age.

Hey Steph, trust me: this is a good thing.  People care because you’re hot.  And you don’t want to be “normal.”  Normal’s just a euphemism that distinguished and beautiful people like me and George Clooney and me use for “unattractive.”

[Rice galleries here, here, and here via Slanch]