Johnny Weir admted Thursday what he's tried half-heartedly to hi all the years: He's gay.
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- JOHNNY {LOR:#595959;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:600;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:0.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.25REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}} A{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;} A:HOVER{LOR:#A00000;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}ONE OF THE SUPERSTARS OF FIGURE SKATG, JOHNNY WEIR IS A THREE-TIME U.S. CHAMPN, A TWO-TIME OLYMPIAN AND A WORLD CHAMPNSHIPS {MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;LOR:#323232;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;} SPAN{LE-HEIGHT:1.6;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;}{FONT-STYLE:NORMAL;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;FONT-FAY:RALAS,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;LOR:#323232;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.3;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;TEXT-TRANSFORM:PALIZE;}{DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;MARG-LEFT:0.625REM;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;}UPDATED: APR 15, {DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;}{MARG-BOTTOM:0.9375REM;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 64REM){{MAX-WIDTH:LC(100VW - (1REM * 2));MARG-LEFT:1REM;MARG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(-1 * 1REM);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - (LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 2 * 1REM)) / -2);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 61.25REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 90REM){{MAX-WIDTH:LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM);MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 1REM - 20.625REM) / 2);PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 1REM - 20.625REM) / -2) - 1REM);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 2);MAX-WIDTH:LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM);PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 + 1REM)) / -2) - LC(2 * 1REM));}[DATA-HAS-SPONSOR] {MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 4);MARG-RIGHT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 4);}}{JTIFY-SELF:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG-LEFT:-50VW;MARG-RIGHT:-50VW;WIDTH:100VW;LEFT:50%;RIGHT:50%;}}{HEIGHT:TO;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:TO LC(50% - 50VW);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:TO;}}{POSN:RELATIVE;HEIGHT:TO;}{POSN:RELATIVE;--POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:TO;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;} A{POSN:ABSOLUTE;}{POSN:RELATIVE;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;VERTIL-ALIGN:TOP;}{BACKGROUND:#C92228;BOTTOM:0;PADDG:.5REM;RIGHT:0;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{PADDG:0.39REM;}}{DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:1REM;WIDTH:1REM;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{WIDTH:1.063REM;HEIGHT:1.063REM;}}{LE-HEIGHT:1;MARG-TOP:0.3125REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 73.75REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0;}}{PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;LOR:#595959;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;}(PHOTO: ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO/AFP/GETTYIMAG){FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{PADDG-LEFT:3.5REM;PADDG-RIGHT:3.5REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{MAX-WIDTH:45.25REM;MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 73.75REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 100REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}} EM{FONT-STYLE:ALIC;FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;}{CLEAR:BOTH;NTENT:" ";DISPLAY:BLOCK;FONT-SIZE:0.7REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.5REM;HEIGHT:0REM;VISIBILY:HIDN;}{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} EM{FONT-STYLE:ALIC;FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;}(1984-){LOR:#323232;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:800;LETTER-SPACG:0.02EM;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;MARG-TOP:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:2REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{FONT-SIZE:2REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}} B, STRONG{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} EM, I{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;}WHO IS JOHNNY WEIR?BORN 1984 COATVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, JOHNNY WEIR WAS 11 YEARS OLD WHEN HE FIRST LEARNED TO SKATE. 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
- JOHNNY WEIR OUT: FLAMBOYANT FIGURE SKATER ADMS NEW TOBGRAPHY HE'S GAY
- THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST 39 GAY OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS. HERE’S THE LIST
- WAS JOHNNY WEIR AN ‘OUT’ GAY ATHLETE WHEN HE PETED AT THE OLYMPICS OVER A AGO?
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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
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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. 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. 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 EXPLAS WHY HE WAED TO PUBLICLY COME OUT AS GAY
— 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. "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.
JOHNNY WEIR OUT: FLAMBOYANT FIGURE SKATER ADMS NEW TOBGRAPHY HE'S GAY
"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. 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.
THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST 39 GAY OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS. HERE’S THE LIST
LGBT historian Tony Scupham-Bilton has intified the men over the years, cludg a pastakg procs of intifyg who is gay.
The gay men have bed for 15 Olympic medals, wh several ready to pete pairs figure skatg later this week.
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:.
WAS JOHNNY WEIR AN ‘OUT’ GAY ATHLETE WHEN HE PETED AT THE OLYMPICS OVER A AGO?
When we wrote 2018 that no publicly out gay man had ever peted the Wter Olympics, one name kept g back to over and over aga: Johnny Weir. To be sure, the 2018 Olympics had the first publicly out gay Wter Olympics athlet to prevly utter the words “I’m gay.
Weir officially, publicly uttered the words “I’m gay” his 2011 book, “Wele to my World.