Michael Phelps' rumored girlfriend just made a shocking confession. The relationship raised a few eyebrows because Taylor Lianne Chandler, 41, is a lot older than the 29-year-old Olympic swimmer, but in a new interview Chandler claims she was born a man.
Earlier this week, Chandler spoke with Radar Online and said she was born David Roy Fitch, explaining that she was an intersex baby.
"I was born with male genitalia with no testicles, but I also have a uterus and no ovaries," she said.
When Chandler was a teenager, she said she decided to change her name from David Fitch to Paige Victoria Whitney and later had surgery to remove her male sex organs. Reportedly, she never told Phelps her little secret until recently.
According to Radar, Chandler and Phelps met on the dating site Tinder back in August and really hit it off. She said the two chatted for a while and then one night she went to Phelps' Baltimore house to watch a football game.
"One thing led to the next, and we made love during halftime," she said. "Later, we had sex again. The intimacy with him was amazing! It was the first time in my life that someone has made me feel like a true woman."
Chandler said she and the athlete only dated for about a month before he was arrested for drunk driving. In October he checked into rehab and is expected to finish his treatment sometime this week, Radar reports.
She said she finally confessed to Phelps in an email but so far he hasn't responded.
"I never lied to him," she said. "We were together for such a short period of time, I never had a chance to tell him about my life."
"Michael is a brand, and dating someone like me may not be the best thing," Chandler added. "I just hope he follows his heart and not what his people tell him."
