Johnny Weir: I Don’t Defe Myself as Gay – NBC 6 South Florida

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• JOHNNY WEIR EXPLAS WHY HE WAED TO PUBLICLY COME OUT AS GAY
• JOHNNY WEIR: I DON’T FE MYSELF AS GAY
• JOHNNY WEIR OPENS UP ABOUT BEG TOLD 'YOU CAN'T BE GAY' AS A TEEN BREAKG TO FIGURE SKATG
• JOHNNY WEIR LET TWEET ABOUT GAY OLYMPIANS AND EXPLAS WHY
• JOHNNY WEIR, FIGURE SKATER, COM OUT AS GAY
• JOHNNY WEIR OUT: FLAMBOYANT FIGURE SKATER ADMS NEW TOBGRAPHY HE'S GAY
• WAS JOHNNY WEIR AN ‘OUT’ GAY ATHLETE WHEN HE PETED AT THE OLYMPICS OVER A AGO?
• IS JOHNNY WEIR GAY?
• JOHNNY WEIR: I DON'T DEFE MYSELF AS GAY
• JOHNNY WEIR NAMED L.A. GAY PRI GRAND MARSHAL (EXCLIVE)
• IS JOHNNY WEIR GOOD FOR GAY RIGHTS?
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IN 2001, HE WON THE WORLD JUNR CHAMPNSHIPS. HE LATER WON THREE U.S. FIGURE SKATG CHAMPNSHIPS TL AND PETED TWO WTER OLYMPICS. OFF-ICE, HE'S APPEARED SEVERAL FILMS AND TELEVISN PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS HOSTED HIS OWN REALY TV SERI, BE GOOD JOHNNY WEIR. STARTG 2014 FOR THE WTER OLYMPICS SOCHI, WEIR TEAMED UP WH OLYMPIC ICE SKATER {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}TARA LIPSKI, AND THE DUO HAS BEEN VERG OLYMPIC AND ICE SKATG EVENTS FOR NBC AND HAVE BRANCHG OUT TO LIFTYLE {--DATA-EMBED-DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;CLEAR:BOTH;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;MARG-BOTTOM:0.9375REM;MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;WIDTH:100%;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 20REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 30REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 40.625REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 73.75REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 75REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}} A SPAN{RIGHT:1REM;} IMG{WIDTH:TO;HEIGHT:85VH;} A{DISPLAY:-WEBK-LE-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-LE-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-LE-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:LE-FLEX;POSN:VAR(--POSN, RELATIVE);} IMG:NOT(.EWCW41W1){DISPLAY:BLOCK;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;-WEBK-ALIGN-SELF:FLEX-START;-MS-FLEX-EM-ALIGN:FLEX-START;ALIGN-SELF:FLEX-START;}{WIDTH:100%;DISPLAY:-WEBK-LE-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-LE-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-LE-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:LE-FLEX;-WEBK-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;-MS-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 20REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 30REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 40.625REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 73.75REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 75REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}{WIDTH:0;M-WIDTH:100%;PADDG-TOP:0.625REM;LOR:#323232;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;MARG-BOTTOM:0.3125REM;FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.4;} EM, I{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;} EM{FONT-STYLE:ALIC;FONT-FAY:CHARTERITALIC,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;}JOHNNY WEIR OF USA SKATG DURG THE MEN’S SHORT PROGRAM OF 2012 FLANDIA TROPHY ESPOO INTERNATNAL FIGURE SKATG PETN ESPOO, ON OCTOBER 5, 2012. {PADDG-LEFT:0REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;}(PHOTO: ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO/AFP/GETTYIMAG)EARLY YEARSJOHN GARV "JOHNNY" WEIR WAS BORN ON JULY 2, 1984, COATVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA. SHY AND UNASSUMG AS A KID, WEIR STGGLED TO F WH OTHER KIDS HIS AGE. "I WAS THE AWKWARD, SKNY, SMART, DRIVEN KID," WEIR ONCE RELLED. "I WAS AN HONOR ROLL STUNT. I SPOKE FLUENT FRENCH. I WAS A B ANTISOCIAL. I N'T SAY THAT I HAD A REALLY BOOMG SOCIAL LIFE."PATTI WEIRHIS MOTHER, PATTI MOORE WEIR, WORKED AS A HOME SPECTOR, WHILE HIS FATHER JOHN WEIR, A FORMER HIGH SCHOOL LEBACKER, HARDLY WORKED AT ALL. HE WAS JURED A R ACCINT THE YEAR OF HIS SON'S BIRTH AND HURT HIS BACK, FORCG HIM TO GO ON DISABILY.HOW OLD WAS JOHNNY WEIR WHEN HE STARTED SKATG?WEIR WAS ALREADY 11 YEARS OLD WHEN HE FIRST STRAPPED ON A PAIR OF SKAT AND TRIED TO MAKE HIS WAY AROUND PATCH OF ICE THE BACKYARD OF HIS HOME RAL QUARRYVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA. WH A WEEK HE WAS PERFORMG A SUCCSFUL AXEL JUMP. WHILE NOT FLH WH DISPOSABLE E, WEIR'S PARENTS SUPPORTED HIS SKATG AS BT THEY ULD. AND THEY WATCHED ASTONISHMENT AS THEIR SON QUICKLY MOVED UP THROUGH THE RANKS. WH A YEAR OF WEIR FIRST GETTG VOLVED THE SPORT, THE FAY MOVED TO NEW JERSEY SO HE ULD LIVE CLOSER TO HIS ACH AND RK.INTERNATNAL SKATG SUCCSJT FIVE YEARS AFTER FIRST TRYG ON A PAIR OF SKAT, WEIR WON THE GOLD MEDAL AT THE 2001 WORLD JUNR CHAMPNSHIPS. THREE YEARS LATER, WEIR WON HIS FIRST U.S. FIGURE SKATG CHAMPNSHIP, A TLE HE FEND SUCCSFULLY 2005 AND 2006. AT THE 2006 WTER OLYMPICS TUR, ITALY, WEIR PROVED TO BE A STAR. JOURNALISTS FLOCKED TO THE MEDIA-SAVVY WEIR, A VERABLE QUOTE MACHE WHO END UP FISHG FIFTH OVERALL. FOUR YEARS LATER, AT THE 2010 WTER GAM VANUVER, CANADA, WEIR FISHED SIXTH.JOHNNY WEIR AND TARA LIPSKISTARTG WH THE 2014 OLYMPICS SOCHI, THE ICE SKATG DUO RONATED WH DIENC AND ED SOCIAL MEDIA TO BRG NEW FANS. WEIR AND LIPSKI WERE SO WELL RECEIVED ON NBC THAT THEY WERE ASKED TO VER EVERY MAJOR FIGURE SKATG EVENT FOR THE WORK GOG FORWARD. “WE’RE VERY PROUD TO TE PEOPLE A DIFFERENT WAY THAN MAYBE THEY HAVE OVER THE LAST MANY MOONS,” WEIR SAID AN TERVIEW DECEMBER 2017. “TARA AND I DO THGS MORE NVERSATNALLY. WE’RE VERY DIRECT WH OUR DIENCE, AND ’S A HUGE DIENCE FOR TO BE RRYG FIGURE SKATG.”WEIR AND LIPSKI HAVE ALSO GRADUATED BEYOND THE ICE SKATG RK AND POSNED THEMSELV AS LIFTYLE PERSONALI. THEY WORKED THE RED RPET AS FASHN MENTATORS AT THE 86TH AMY AWARDS AND HAVE ALSO APPEARED AT THE KENTUCKY DERBY 2014, THE SUPER BOWL 2015 AND THE NATNAL DOG SHOW 2017, AMONG OTHER HIGH PROFILE EVENTS. PERSONAL LIFEWILY NSIRED FIGURE SKATG'S MOST OUTSPOKEN AND NTROVERSIAL ATHLETE, WEIR HAS GOTTEN TO VERBAL TSL WH FELLOW OLYMPIC SKATER EVAN LYSACEK. AT THE 2010 GAM HE UPSET ANTI-FUR ACTIVISTS BY STATG HIS SIRE TO RPORATE FUR TO HIS SKATG STUME. HIS LOVE OF THE LIMELIGHT, HOWEVER, HAS LED TO PLENTY OF OFF-ICE OPPORTUNI, CLUDG HIS OWN REALY TV SHOW, BE GOOD JOHNNY WEIR. HE ALSO APPEARED AN EPISO OF TLC'S SAY Y TO THE DRS 2012, WHICH HE TRIED ON A WEDDG DRS HIMSELF WHILE ACPANYG A BRI-TO-BE.COMG OUT LATERIN 2011, AFTER YEARS OF SPECULATN ABOUT HIS SEXUALY, WEIR ADMTED HE WAS GAY. HE MA THE ANNOUNCEMENT THROUGH HIS BGRAPHY, WELE TO MY WORLD. IN JANUARY 2018, ON THE HEELS OF ICE SKATER ADAM RIPPON BEG THE FIRST OPENLY GAY AMERIN MAN PARTICIPATG THE WTER OLYMPICS, WEIR EXPLAED VIA TWTER WHY HE CHOSE TO E OUT AFTER HIS SEND OLYMPICS AND NOT DURG.HE ADD:HBAND TO DIVORCéEON DECEMBER 20, 2012, WEIR MARRIED HIS BOYIEND, VICTOR VORONOV, NEW YORK CY. THE UPLE DIVORCED {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS

JOHNNY WEIR EXPLAS WHY HE WAED TO PUBLICLY COME OUT AS GAY

Though Weir has bee an LGBTQ rights advote recent years, many fans are surprised to learn that he didn’t nfirm he was gay until the release of his 2011 memoir, Wele to My World. — Johnny Weir (@JohnnyGWeir) January 18, 2018Weir’s remarks e nearly two weeks after figure skater Adam Rippon was named the first openly gay U. Fretyle skier G Kenworthy, who me out as gay a 2015 ESPN terview, is expected to fd out later this month whether he qualifi for the U.

After formally g out as gay 2011, Johnny had a turbulent marriage.

After years of speculatn, the 36-year-old former figure skater nfirmed that he is gay his 2011 memoir, Wele to the World. Figure skatg champn Johnny Weir fds himself scratchg his head over the field day the prs is havg over his g out as a gay man his jt-released tobgraphy. “I never claimed to be straight or gay; I claimed to be Johnny Weir.

JOHNNY WEIR: I DON’T FE MYSELF AS GAY

Even though many assumed he was gay even before he revealed his tobgraphy, Weir told Vieira he’s risted any prsure to e out, even om gay rights activists. “I was born a whe male, a whe gay male, and I don’t celebrate beg whe or male, so why should I celebrate beg gay?

I’m much more than jt a gay man. Quick WikisNet Worth, Salary, and IneMarried and Divorced His Partner Victor VoronovGay Life and ControversiBody Measurements: Height, Color, Size. Gay.

JOHNNY WEIR OPENS UP ABOUT BEG TOLD 'YOU CAN'T BE GAY' AS A TEEN BREAKG TO FIGURE SKATG

He is openly gay and once was married to his partner. Gay Life and Controversi.

Johnny is openly gay enjoyg his homosexual life to the fullt.

JOHNNY WEIR LET TWEET ABOUT GAY OLYMPIANS AND EXPLAS WHY

When he was performg Vanuver, two Canadian broadsters ma homophobic mentary, raisg a qutn about his sexualy. Another sndalo event me out bee of Rsia’s anti-gay laws. Johnny Weir is openg up about beg told "you n't be gay" figure skatg as a teenager.

But he then looked at me and my mom and he said if you work wh and we create this future for you, you n't be gay. Carl Nassib ma history 2021 by beg the first openly gay man to actively play the NFL.

JOHNNY WEIR, FIGURE SKATER, COM OUT AS GAY

In 2021, Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay. In June 2021, NFL fensive end Carl Nassib me out as gay a vio posted to his Instagram, addg he donated $100, 000 to The Trevor Project, an anizatn that foc on suici preventn LGBTQ youth after he stggled wh his sexualy for 15 years. "I jt want to take a quick moment to say that I'm gay, " Nassib said the vio.

Le Prokop beme the first NHL player to e out as gay. "Acrdg to USA Today, no NHL player — active or retired — had e out as gay. Michael Sam was the first openly gay man to be drafted to the NFL.

In 2014, Michael Sam me out as gay an terview wh ESPN and ma history that same year. Louis Rams, beg the first openly gay man to ever be drafted to the NFL.

JOHNNY WEIR OUT: FLAMBOYANT FIGURE SKATER ADMS NEW TOBGRAPHY HE'S GAY

"Sce Febary and my big announcement, this has been a whole [lot of] speculatn of the first openly gay football player, but you know what? Soccer star Megan Rapoe is openly gay.

The athlete quickly ma a name for herself a seri of TV terviews, where she voiced her support of women's rights and LGBTQ rights as an openly gay woman. "I thk female athlet, general, are at the foreont of every prott general bee we're gay, we're women, we're women of lor, we're sort of everythg all at one time, " Rapoe told NBC news 2019.

WAS JOHNNY WEIR AN ‘OUT’ GAY ATHLETE WHEN HE PETED AT THE OLYMPICS OVER A AGO?

Sue Bird me out as gay 2017 and announced she is datg Megan Rapoe.

IS JOHNNY WEIR GAY?

Ryan O'Callaghan me out as gay after retirg om the NFL.

The thgs you hear as a child—every time you hear someone say 'f----t' or talk bad about a gay guy, or see somethg on TV and make fun of that. John Amaechi me out as gay 2007, four years after retirg om the NBA.

JOHNNY WEIR: I DON'T DEFE MYSELF AS GAY

" He scribed hidg his sexualy while playg for the Utah Jazz, but said some teammat who spected he was gay were welg about a 2007 terview on "Outsi the L, " Amaechi, who played five seasons the NBA, said he thought there were other gay players the league, but said 's "terrifyg" for some to e out.

Robbie Rogers was the first openly gay soccer player a profsnal league. Robbie Rogers played soccer England until 2013 when he announced he was gay and leavg the sport. Are people g to see you bee you're gay?

'"But a few months later, he joed the Los Angel Galaxy team and beme the first openly gay man to play a major US profsnal league.

JOHNNY WEIR NAMED L.A. GAY PRI GRAND MARSHAL (EXCLIVE)

Jason Pl Colls was the NBA's first openly gay player.

And I'm gay. ""I didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playg a major Amerin team sport. Meanwhile, Orlando Cz beme the first openly gay man boxg.

IS JOHNNY WEIR GOOD FOR GAY RIGHTS?

In 2012, Orlando Cz, a profsnal boxer om Puerto Ri, announced he was gay. At the time, he said, "I have always been and always will be a proud gay man. "In 2016, he dited a match to the victims of the gay nightclub shootg at Pulse Orlando, Florida.

Glenn Burke is often creded wh beg the first gay man the MLB.

While playg, everyone on the team knew Burke was gay, but the general public did not. Followg Burke, Billy Bean is one of the first to publicly e out as gay the MLB.

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IN 2001, HE WON THE WORLD JUNR CHAMPNSHIPS. HE LATER WON THREE U.S. FIGURE SKATG CHAMPNSHIPS TL AND PETED TWO WTER OLYMPICS. OFF-ICE, HE'S APPEARED SEVERAL FILMS AND TELEVISN PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS HOSTED HIS OWN REALY TV SERI, BE GOOD JOHNNY WEIR. STARTG 2014 FOR THE WTER OLYMPICS SOCHI, WEIR TEAMED UP WH OLYMPIC ICE SKATER {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}TARA LIPSKI, AND THE DUO HAS BEEN VERG OLYMPIC AND ICE SKATG EVENTS FOR NBC AND HAVE BRANCHG OUT TO LIFTYLE {--DATA-EMBED-DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;CLEAR:BOTH;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;MARG-BOTTOM:0.9375REM;MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;WIDTH:100%;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 20REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 30REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 40.625REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 73.75REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 75REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}} A SPAN{RIGHT:1REM;} IMG{WIDTH:TO;HEIGHT:85VH;} A{DISPLAY:-WEBK-LE-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-LE-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-LE-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:LE-FLEX;POSN:VAR(--POSN, RELATIVE);} IMG:NOT(.EWCW41W1){DISPLAY:BLOCK;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;-WEBK-ALIGN-SELF:FLEX-START;-MS-FLEX-EM-ALIGN:FLEX-START;ALIGN-SELF:FLEX-START;}{WIDTH:100%;DISPLAY:-WEBK-LE-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-LE-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-LE-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:LE-FLEX;-WEBK-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;-MS-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 20REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 30REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 40.625REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 73.75REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 75REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}{WIDTH:0;M-WIDTH:100%;PADDG-TOP:0.625REM;LOR:#323232;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;MARG-BOTTOM:0.3125REM;FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.4;} EM, I{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;} EM{FONT-STYLE:ALIC;FONT-FAY:CHARTERITALIC,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;}JOHNNY WEIR OF USA SKATG DURG THE MEN’S SHORT PROGRAM OF 2012 FLANDIA TROPHY ESPOO INTERNATNAL FIGURE SKATG PETN ESPOO, ON OCTOBER 5, 2012. {PADDG-LEFT:0REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;}(PHOTO: ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO/AFP/GETTYIMAG)EARLY YEARSJOHN GARV "JOHNNY" WEIR WAS BORN ON JULY 2, 1984, COATVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA. SHY AND UNASSUMG AS A KID, WEIR STGGLED TO F WH OTHER KIDS HIS AGE. "I WAS THE AWKWARD, SKNY, SMART, DRIVEN KID," WEIR ONCE RELLED. "I WAS AN HONOR ROLL STUNT. I SPOKE FLUENT FRENCH. I WAS A B ANTISOCIAL. I N'T SAY THAT I HAD A REALLY BOOMG SOCIAL LIFE."PATTI WEIRHIS MOTHER, PATTI MOORE WEIR, WORKED AS A HOME SPECTOR, WHILE HIS FATHER JOHN WEIR, A FORMER HIGH SCHOOL LEBACKER, HARDLY WORKED AT ALL. HE WAS JURED A R ACCINT THE YEAR OF HIS SON'S BIRTH AND HURT HIS BACK, FORCG HIM TO GO ON DISABILY.HOW OLD WAS JOHNNY WEIR WHEN HE STARTED SKATG?WEIR WAS ALREADY 11 YEARS OLD WHEN HE FIRST STRAPPED ON A PAIR OF SKAT AND TRIED TO MAKE HIS WAY AROUND PATCH OF ICE THE BACKYARD OF HIS HOME RAL QUARRYVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA. WH A WEEK HE WAS PERFORMG A SUCCSFUL AXEL JUMP. WHILE NOT FLH WH DISPOSABLE E, WEIR'S PARENTS SUPPORTED HIS SKATG AS BT THEY ULD. AND THEY WATCHED ASTONISHMENT AS THEIR SON QUICKLY MOVED UP THROUGH THE RANKS. WH A YEAR OF WEIR FIRST GETTG VOLVED THE SPORT, THE FAY MOVED TO NEW JERSEY SO HE ULD LIVE CLOSER TO HIS ACH AND RK.INTERNATNAL SKATG SUCCSJT FIVE YEARS AFTER FIRST TRYG ON A PAIR OF SKAT, WEIR WON THE GOLD MEDAL AT THE 2001 WORLD JUNR CHAMPNSHIPS. THREE YEARS LATER, WEIR WON HIS FIRST U.S. FIGURE SKATG CHAMPNSHIP, A TLE HE FEND SUCCSFULLY 2005 AND 2006. AT THE 2006 WTER OLYMPICS TUR, ITALY, WEIR PROVED TO BE A STAR. JOURNALISTS FLOCKED TO THE MEDIA-SAVVY WEIR, A VERABLE QUOTE MACHE WHO END UP FISHG FIFTH OVERALL. FOUR YEARS LATER, AT THE 2010 WTER GAM VANUVER, CANADA, WEIR FISHED SIXTH.JOHNNY WEIR AND TARA LIPSKISTARTG WH THE 2014 OLYMPICS SOCHI, THE ICE SKATG DUO RONATED WH DIENC AND ED SOCIAL MEDIA TO BRG NEW FANS. WEIR AND LIPSKI WERE SO WELL RECEIVED ON NBC THAT THEY WERE ASKED TO VER EVERY MAJOR FIGURE SKATG EVENT FOR THE WORK GOG FORWARD. “WE’RE VERY PROUD TO TE PEOPLE A DIFFERENT WAY THAN MAYBE THEY HAVE OVER THE LAST MANY MOONS,” WEIR SAID AN TERVIEW DECEMBER 2017. “TARA AND I DO THGS MORE NVERSATNALLY. WE’RE VERY DIRECT WH OUR DIENCE, AND ’S A HUGE DIENCE FOR TO BE RRYG FIGURE SKATG.”WEIR AND LIPSKI HAVE ALSO GRADUATED BEYOND THE ICE SKATG RK AND POSNED THEMSELV AS LIFTYLE PERSONALI. THEY WORKED THE RED RPET AS FASHN MENTATORS AT THE 86TH AMY AWARDS AND HAVE ALSO APPEARED AT THE KENTUCKY DERBY 2014, THE SUPER BOWL 2015 AND THE NATNAL DOG SHOW 2017, AMONG OTHER HIGH PROFILE EVENTS. PERSONAL LIFEWILY NSIRED FIGURE SKATG'S MOST OUTSPOKEN AND NTROVERSIAL ATHLETE, WEIR HAS GOTTEN TO VERBAL TSL WH FELLOW OLYMPIC SKATER EVAN LYSACEK. AT THE 2010 GAM HE UPSET ANTI-FUR ACTIVISTS BY STATG HIS SIRE TO RPORATE FUR TO HIS SKATG STUME. HIS LOVE OF THE LIMELIGHT, HOWEVER, HAS LED TO PLENTY OF OFF-ICE OPPORTUNI, CLUDG HIS OWN REALY TV SHOW, BE GOOD JOHNNY WEIR. HE ALSO APPEARED AN EPISO OF TLC'S SAY Y TO THE DRS 2012, WHICH HE TRIED ON A WEDDG DRS HIMSELF WHILE ACPANYG A BRI-TO-BE.COMG OUT LATERIN 2011, AFTER YEARS OF SPECULATN ABOUT HIS SEXUALY, WEIR ADMTED HE WAS GAY. HE MA THE ANNOUNCEMENT THROUGH HIS BGRAPHY, WELE TO MY WORLD. IN JANUARY 2018, ON THE HEELS OF ICE SKATER ADAM RIPPON BEG THE FIRST OPENLY GAY AMERIN MAN PARTICIPATG THE WTER OLYMPICS, WEIR EXPLAED VIA TWTER WHY HE CHOSE TO E OUT AFTER HIS SEND OLYMPICS AND NOT DURG.HE ADD:HBAND TO DIVORCéEON DECEMBER 20, 2012, WEIR MARRIED HIS BOYIEND, VICTOR VORONOV, NEW YORK CY. THE UPLE DIVORCED {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS

In 1999, he fally me out as gay. David Denson was the first active baseball player to be openly gay.

David Denson was playg for the Milwkee Brewers when he me out as gay an terview 2015. He beme the first person to be openly gay while playg the league. I showed jt bee I'm gay don't make me any different or ls of a person, " Denson told the Milwkee Journal Sentel 2017.

I was offend, bee beg gay is no way offensive, but more so bee was and always has been/felt very tsive.