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Johnny Weir admted Thursday what he's tried half-heartedly to hi all the years: He's gay.  

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

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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.

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 Out LaterIn 2011, after years of speculatn about his sexualy, Weir admted he was gay.

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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-FAY:CHARTERITALIC,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;}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

Three figure skaters, Amerin Jason Brown and Canadians Pl Poirier and Kalyn Weaver, me out as gay and queer for Pri Month. * gay johnny figure skater *

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 add:Hband to DivorcéeOn December 20, 2012, Weir married his boyiend, Victor Voronov, New York Cy. There have been at least 39 gay men to pete figure skatg at the Wter Olympic Gam over the years, wh eight publicly out men petg 2022.

LGBT historian Tony Scupham-Bilton has intified the men over the years, cludg a pastakg procs of intifyg who is gay.

THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST 39 GAY OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS. HERE’S THE LIST

Adam Rippon may be the first out figure skater to pete the Olympics, but he's not the only gay man to have land an axel on the world stage. * gay johnny figure skater *

The gay men have bed for 15 Olympic medals, wh several ready to pete pairs figure skatg later this week.

THREE OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS E OUT — 2 GAY MEN AND 1 QUEER WOMAN

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Five other gay athlet have been named as alternat.

In addn to the 37 gay men, Timothy LeDuc is nonbary and will make their Olympic but this week. Six of the gay men to pete have won Olympic gold medals:. Three Olympic figure skaters have e out for Pri Month, cludg two gay men and a queer woman.

The three athlet are: Amerin sgl figure skater Jason Brown, who is gay; Canadian ice dancer Pl Poirier, who is gay, and Canadian ice dancer Kalyn Weaver, who is queer.

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

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“[Beg a gay athlete] hasn’t been somethg that I’ve really talked about very much, pecially a public settg, ” Poirier said.

But he kept his sexualy a private matter until 2014, when the Uned Stat sent a legatn to Rsia ma up of high-profile gay athlet. "I never felt like I need to before, so whether people figured out if I was gay or not, I had to make official, why I had to e out publicly. But he never mentned beg gay until he started playg hockey for the Toronto Gay Hockey Associatn, where he started lerally wearg that part of his inty on his sleeve, somethg he discsed wh The Hockey News 2012.

16 GAY AND BI OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS

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Shortly before petg at Worlds that same year, the German newspaper Bild-Zeung outed Curry as gay, g a mor sndal Europe, but Curry went on to w the event anyway, makg him the first skater to w the European, Olympic and World champnships a sgle season, acrdg to the BBC. After years of qutns of whether he and Babilonia would ever date, Gardner revealed to Scene magaze 2006 that he was gay. While qutns about the flamboyant skater followed him through his reer -- two Canadian broadsters ught flak and spired a Pri Hoe prott after makg homophobic ments about Weir at the 2010 Olympics -- he did not e out until 2011, when he revealed he was gay his memoir, Wele to My World.

SEVEN FABULO “OUT” GAY MEN OF FIGURE SKATG

Skaters would later say McCall's homosexualy had been an open secret wh the sport. Stt Haton his book Landg It later creded Pockar and Rob McCall for helpg him get over personal homophobia, but Haton also got cricized for posthumoly outg the men. He me out publicly as gay 2008, and told that many gay skaters pete but don't discs their sexualy publicly.

OPENLY GAY JOHNNY WEIR MARRIED STAT, WHO IS HIS HBAND NOW?

The gay skater prevly hoped to make the team 2006 and 2010 but fell short both years.

JOHNNY WEIR, FIGURE SKATER, COM OUT AS GAY

Hendrickx spoke January spoke to Dutch media outlet ZiZo about what 's like to travel an ternatnal sport when homosexualy is still owned upon much of the world.

Two years later, be me out as gay an Instagram post.

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

Spanish LGBT media outlet reported that Raya was the first Spanish Olympian ever to publicly announce he was gay. 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.

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: I DON’T FE MYSELF AS GAY

"All the gay webs uldn't figure out why I was such a jerk that I wouldn't talk about , " he wr his book. "But prsure is the last thg that would make me want to 'jo' a massive backlash agast me the gay media and muny only ma me dig my 'closeted' heels further. "Weir, known for his ventive outfs and outgog personaly, said he knew by puberty that he was gay but had an early premonn.

"He said he spent too much time focg on his profsnal aspiratns to nsir g out of the closet but did adm to his mother at age 18 that he was gay, which brought her to tears.

"No mother wants to hear her son say he's gay, " Weir says the excerpt.

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Johnny Weir, Figure Skater, Com Out as Gay - CBS News .

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