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Honestly, I kept hearing (mostly from the NBC commentators) how he made all these outlandish statements and has a high opinion of himself and "can he back it up with his skating?" I'm sure there are examples out there, but I really haven't gotten that sense in the interviews I've read/seen. The NBC commentators (Scott Hamilton and the woman whose name I can't remember), could barely contain their distaste for him in their coverage.
Also, he's very pretty...
See, look how pretty he is!
I'd like to run my fingers through his hair...
I thought he was classy all the way in how he handled it.
Too bad there was no reference link to what he was talking about. Off to google I go.
Now someone throw some fake blood on him for that fur mess.
Too bad Sundance doesn't make the show available online and the channel's not in my cable package!
Oh, the clips are available here:
http://www.sundancechannel.com/johnny-we…
Seriously?! He can eat that?
And agree - they totally coloured my opinion of Weir.
Weir has the most angelic face on Earth. I love the guy.
Wear your crown of roses proudly, honey -- you are beautiful, through and through.
PS: Will somebody please start a cottage industry producing pink tassels, so we can all show our support of Weir? He's a total breath of fresh air. (Was robbed of the Bronze, however.)
At least in Johnny's case he should be a great draw in professional exhibitions.
He has a realist view of most thing from what I've read of him. He has flamboyant affectations in choreography, but isn't a diva. He is an athlete in a sport that like to reject the artistry that it requires.
"Hey, it's Anderson Cooper, the gay guy."
"He's gay? Really?"
"Yeah, he admitted it last week."
"I kinda always thought so. Say, what's he talking about?"
"I dunno. Who cares."
It's the "I dunno. Who cares" that he's most worried about, I suspect. He wants to be a reporter, not a symbol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lHULEVH_…
haha
@34. Yeah, Scott Hamilton didn't say anything nasty or inappropriate about Johnny Weir (you're right in that it was the two Canadians whose comments this video addresses). But, I watched both men's competitions, and I definitely got the impression that the NBC commentators (including Hamilton) did not like or respect him. They almost begrudgingly acknowledged that he turned in two solid performances. It was almost like, oh here we go again with Johnny Weir...
That's a nice little soundbite. Unfortunately it's not even close to being true.
http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/ite…
Now don't jump all over me. It's just my preference that he not, that's all.
Dan needs to get a TV outfit like that.
Did you know Russia has so much gas reserves that their President was Putin?
All that said: I loved this clip and also thank whoever posted the "Poker Face" link in the other thread about Johnny Weir. :)
This explains WHY he hasn't come out.
Go Johnny go, but real fur is dead. Lose it dude.
His opening statement to his press conference is here.
Sorry but I don't see the legitimate criticism of Scott Hamilton and the other analyst. While they weren't absolutely bending over with excitement for him they gave him the respect he deserved. Scott Hamilton even made the comment after the free skate that Johnny was underscored.
Even Johnny stated that it's all about politics and he didn't have that. He's right. There's a great blog by a figure skating insider who in one post gives great background on what happened in Vancouver. Scott Hamilton is a mentor of Evan Lysacek and Scott has Evan signed on for his figure skating show (which one the blogger didn't say).
Johnny's going to be performing in this year's World Championships--maybe the judges will grow a pair.
Just so you know, most people read blogs starting with the newest posts. People that write them experience it the other way around, so the oversight is understandable, but no less frustrating.
Thank you @40 for the context assist.
Every morning as I drive to work, I look over into the fields and see beautiful cows (aka livestock) suffering in the pasture. It's less than 20 degrees outside. Their backs are literally blanketed with frost. It makes me hate myself.
You're so superior. Help us rise from the dregs!
Please quit claiming the high road. No one alive can walk on it.
Go Johnny!!
And no, you're not a pothole. A butthole, maybe, but not a pothole.
Johnny Weir is my all time favorite skater, eclipsing even Brian Boitano.
Or maybe he feels he lives out, has always lived out to everyone he knows and that making an announcement via the media would be stupid and redundant. Maybe he's never been in, is what I mean, so why come out? Perhaps he sees himself living in a "post-closet" era and declines to participate in a ritual that assumes he was ever closeted.
I don't think we can rightly assume his reluctance to discuss his orientation on TV indicates shame.
I've watched two episodes of his show, and in at least one, he's openly living with (and supporting) another young guy, also somewhat fey in personality.
And clearly unhappy when his live-in friend moves out.
He's made no secret of living with, and caring for and caring about another good looking (very likely) gay guy.
How much more "out" do you want Johnny to be -- blowjobs on the nightly news?