Posted on 02/16/2006 8:22:50 PM PST by Lunatic Fringe
Like Jay Leno joked," Bode finished fifth.
Or, was that, ... Bode finished a fifth!"
Johnny Weird ping.
I don't know what you saw, but he had no such attitude. In his post-skate interview he said he just didn't feel "princessy" tonight.
Nothing at all! In fact, I think he's just dandy!!
LOL!
Perhaps it was in the eye of the beholder. My son and I both commented on it. He certainly looked angry to me.
I saw an "interview" with this "thing" on PMSNBC yesterday.
About the 3rd thing that came out of "it's" mouth was a snide remark about "republican types".
I hope he takes a "header", both while he tries for his medal, AND after........
Same here, but not because of his...er..orientation. It was because he used his Olympic interview to bash Republicans. All the Republicans in this house used our Olympic viewing to root for the other Americans.
Yes, 'flamboyant' is now gone forever. Sucked into that black hole which is the lexicon of the homosexual world.
Really?
I saw an "interview" with this "thing"
I hope he takes a "header"
Hmm, I wonder why a gay man would have a problem with "Republican types"?
That's what I thought when I saw his interview.
He was even wearing fairie wings while he skated. Seems to be the thing this year with these little pixie types. My goodness, he doesn't even have an Adam's apple like a normal man, or a man's hairline or musculoskeletal structure.
You can easily tell the gay male skaters from the straight ones... The straight ones wear black pants and dress shirts when they skate and the gay ones wear "coterie."
As for Weir, I find the concept of him so amusing, because nobody, especially the media, wants to address the elephant in the room. There's been media articles where they go through all his incredibly HUGE hints and the writers pretend that they're two and ignore them. However, the public, the writers, skating officials, heck everyone over nine knows the truth, but nobody wants to blurt out something like... Dude, where's your boyfriend. It's like the Incredibly Gay Duo cartoons on SNL.
It has nothing to with his 'walk on the other side.' It's his sheer arrogance and the CCCP costume he wore yesterday.
Actually, I think Johnny is dumb like a fox. He is soooo flamboyant, yet makes statements like who he sleeps with is nobody's biz but his own (two snaps). He puts the onus on the media, or whoever he is speaking too. Savvy media play...and who says Wheaties boxes' can only be orange? I see magenta with a lovely royal blue script.
Found this on the ESPN website.
Johnny, would Curt say he missed a bus? We think notBy Jim Caple
TORINO, Italy -- Where is Ralph Kramden when you need him?
Nice week for our figure skaters. Michelle Kwan dropped out due to a pulled groin Sunday and then Johnny Weir lost a chance at a medal Thursday because he -- get this -- missed his bus.
Actually, that's not entirely accurate. Johnny's lackluster performance in the men's final wasn't completely due to missing the bus. He said his biorhythms were off, too.
Even coach Priscilla Hill, left, said transportation problems had nothing to do with Johnny Weir's poor performance.
"I never felt comfortable in this building," Johnny said after dropping from second to fifth. "I didn't feel my inner peace. I didn't feel my aura. I was black inside."
Yes, Johnny's a real beauty. He makes Dick Button seem like Tony Soprano.
His favorite male singer is Justin Timberlake and his Web site also lists his favorite fashion designers (Balenciaga), boutiques (Barneys), models (Kate Moss) and teams (Gordeeva and Grinkov, Berezhnaia and Sikharulidze, and -- surprisingly -- the Boston Red Sox). He wears costumes that Elton John might wear for Mardi Gras, including a red glove in Tuesday's short program that he named Camille. He used the phrase "I did a little hoppy-hop like a bunny" while describing Thursday's performance, which is something you rarely hear from say, Brett Favre.
And he owns not one, but two Chihuahuas.
That flamboyant behavior has turned Johnny into a minor cult hero. "My best friend e-mailed me and said, 'You made somebody's Web site as a D-list celebrity,'" Johnny said. "Great. I'm Kathy Griffin."
The Chicago Tribune even ran a poll Thursday asking whether fans care if Johnny is gay.
"I think it's funny that people care," Johnny said. "I don't have a problem with people saying anything. They could run a poll on Bode Miller or on Michelle Kwan and whether she's a lesbian. Who I sleep with doesn't affect how I skate on the ice or what I say in a press conference."
Unfortunately, unreliable public transportation does affect how he skates.
Now, no one was going to beat Yevgeny Plushenko, the 2002 silver medalist and three-time reigning world champion, but Johnny was in great position to take the silver after finishing second in Tuesday's short program. Then, his mood ring went dark at the bus stop.
Johnny was scheduled to skate third in the last group, at about 10:30 p.m. He said he planned to catch a bus from the Athletes Village a little after 8:30, hoping to arrive about 8:50. Unfortunately, there was no bus, so he panicked, rushing around and shouting and looking for a ride and generally expending a lot of useless energy.
"Buses had been coming every 10 minutes all week, but they changed the schedule to every half hour today, I guess," Johnny said. "I didn't want to wait until nine o'clock because then I wouldn't get there until 9:15 or 9:20. Which is what happened anyway. I was yelling at people in English and they only spoke Italian.
"I was swearing. I was calling people and swearing. I was very unprofessional."
It should be noted here that the Athletes Village is about a 30-minute walk from the ice rink.
Johnny eventually caught a ride in a car and reached the arena around 9:20. He acknowledged that he was only a half hour later than planned, but that was a big half hour. After all, he said, he had to put on his uniform and go to the bathroom twice.
"He may have been a little rushed, but not out of the ordinary and he warmed up well," said his coach, Priscilla Hill. "I feel it was a great deal of pressure he's never dealt with before. It just wasn't as perfect as he's capable of. He just had an off night. Personally, I don't think the schedule had anything to do with it."
Well, perhaps it was the hands Johnny had around his throat.
Curt Schilling would have shaken off the bus problem and skated out there with bloody sequins. Johnny, however, missed jumps, skipped a combination and performed several elements awkwardly. When he saw the scores, he darted from the kiss-and-cry zone without so much as a wave.
"I was terrified today," Johnny said. "I wasn't comfortable out there, that's why I was scared."
Plushenko, on the other hand, evidently showed up on time for his bus. He skated a mistake-free routine to the "Godfather" theme and blew away everyone, winning the gold by 27 points over silver medalist Stephane Lambiel of Switzerland.
Meanwhile, Johnny's fellow American (it's hardly accurate to refer to figure skaters as teammates), Evan Lysacek, spent the day in the village infirmary with IV needles plunged into his body, and yet he somehow turned the performance of his life to move from 10th to fourth. Had bronze medalist Jeffrey Buttle of Canada fallen, Lysacek would have finished the day on the podium.
"I've been dreaming about the Olympics for upwards of a decade, but it never involved having the flu with needles in my arm and basically being in a coma," Lysacek said. "I thought the Olympics were coming in and being perfect, but I learned they're about courage and accomplishing your goals."
And figuring out the bus schedule.
Jim Caple is a senior writer for ESPN.com.
Me too.What is wrong with us?I tried but the more he talked the more I didn't like him ,he lives close by.
No doubt about it... he and Clay Aiken are bosom buddies.
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