Olympic gold medalist swimmer Amanda Beard will appear on the reality television show Celebrity Wife Swap on ABC.
They are one of 13 couples to appear on the 3rd season of the Celebrity edition of the guilty-pleasure show where wives from different families swap for a week in hopes of learning more about themselves and to gain a different perspective on their own families. The two families are usually polar opposites in some regard (one strict and disciplinarian, one loose and free-loading), leading to explosive results.
Beard is swapping with a reality television veteran – Heidi Montag of fame on the MTV series The Hills, among other forays.
Beard tells us that the filming was in early April, and teased that “Heidi took care of my kiddos while I tried to deal with Spencer.”
Beard is married to photographer Sacha Brown, and they have a 4-year old son named Blaise and a daughter Doone who will turn 1 year old on Thursday of this week. Montag, meanwhile, is married to her reality co-star Spencer Pratt, and they have no children.
Beard is a four-time Olympian for the United States, winning two gold medals in her career (400 medley relay in 1996, 200 breaststroke in 2004) out of 7 total Olympic medals.
The episode will air Tuesday, June 24th.