Evan Lysacek: Why I Insulted Johnny Weir
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Battle of the figure skating stars!
Johnny Weir recently declared "war" against gold medalist (and Dancing with the Stars contestant) Evan Lycasek.
Why the hate? In an interview with the Indianapolis Star, Lysacek suggested that Weir, who placed sixth at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, lacked the talent needed for the "Stars on Ice" tour.
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"They only hire the best of the best to skate," he sniped. "It would've been hard of them to justify hiring [Weir]." Lycasek added that Weir was "whining" about being snubbed; "I think he was really upset because he wanted the financial benefit of the tour."
On Friday, a regretful Lycasek told UsMagazine.com that he "never should have answered" the paper's question about Weir.
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Waving a white flag -- sort of -- Lycasek tells Us that that his rival "is an accomplished and talented skater."
Lysacek explains his outburst: "Since the Olympics, I've dealt with Johnny's questioning my integrity and sexuality, and I've never spoken out on my own behalf no matter how hurtful those things may have been. I should have known better."
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"Best wishes and congratulations to Johnny as he opens the new season of Ice Theatre of New York," Lycasek adds. "I wish him well in all of his future endeavors."
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55Evan Lysacek is obviously gay, and the fact that he stays in the closet and pretends to be straight is disturbing. I admire Johnny Weir for proving that sports and entertainment industries are still trying to keep people in the closet.
Evan and Johnny are both great skaters in their own right. So shouldn't be hating either one!!!
I missed their competitions in the Olympics, but they obviously BOTH have a high degree of talent. In any profession, attacking someone regarding their sexuality is WRONG. If this story is true, that Johnny Weir has shown that he is low-class. If Evan's gay -- who cares? If he chooses not to say it -- who cares again?
Evan doth protest too much! Johnny Rocks and Evan is just jealous that the media LOVES Johnny Weir and is BORED SENSELESS by Evan who looks like Count Dracula's with a bad hair day.
Evan seems like jealous biatch who can't stand the fact that Johnny gets ALL the press even though Evan won the gold medal (thanks to judges who ignored the fact that Evan can no longer jump quads. Johnny Weir is the better skater and the better person.
Evan is classy and Johnny needs to grow up. How would Johnny feel if Evan kept accusing him of being straight! Maybe Evan is gay and maybe he isn't, so what, who cares? Weir needs to quit being such a drama queen, it is sooo unattractive and takes the attention off of his talent.
I don't like Johnny, he's a cry baby! So, Evan don't worry about what he thinks. And I'm not anti gay, I have 4 family members that are gay and they don't behave like an fools.
It appears the Weir haters can't keep themselves from lying. Kevin Mc, really? Weir showed up at the Kentucky Derby "in just a suit jacket without even a shirt underneath"? Funny, I'm looking a picture of him from said event right now and he's wearing a grey dress shirt with a matching striped grey tie.
ok evan lysacek was never dating nastia liukin...
Weir is annoying wish he'd fade into skating history.
Evan is by far the better skater. I've seen the two perform and compete many times and prefer Evan to Johnny hands down. Evan is not gay either - he previously dated Tanith Belbin and is currently dating Nastia Lukins.
At least Johnny admits that he is gay instead of hiding in the closet
1) They're both gay. Only Evan does not know it, yet!! 2) Not a big fan of a guy on skates that's not playing hockey, BUT Evan is not as attractive as Johnny. 3) He was afraid to get a proper "liberry" reading by an out gay man!! JW would have read him like ablack drag queen!! That's what he was afraid of. I am also quite sure the Smuckers ice show people made him apologise for saying JW is not talented enough. Really, he won THREE US National Championships. The Vancouver Bronze MEdal winner, from Japan, fell down yet he won a medal!! JW got robbed!!
This guy can't insult anyone! He looks like DRACULA and give me a break it's quite obviously he's in the closet!
I love them...am I wrong for lovin him? oh lord
Um, hello. All of you people who are shouting out your extreme hate for Johnny Weir? Get over it. Johnny and Evan are rivals, and rivals almost always have little insult fights. Don't try to tell me that basketball players, football players, etc. don't have their fights. Some of them even bring out the fists and phsically beat eachother. I love BOTH of these men, and yes, it is a little petty for either of them to be going at one another through the press, but it's something that they wil have to work out. Everybody yelling at eachother won't fix anything.
THE GIRLS WILL BE ALRIGHT AS SOON AS ONE GOES DOWN ON THE OTHER AGAIN...SOUNDS LIKE A LOVER QUARREL ALL THE MORE...TSK,TSK,TSK.
He shows up at a Kentucky Derby party in just a suit jacket without even a shirt underneath. REAL CLASS, JOHNNY. LOL. I'll bet he deliberately dressed that way in hopes that they'd throw him out, gaining him immediate attention and press coverage. 'JOHNNY WEIR REFUSED ADMITTANCE TO PRE-DERBY BASH'...well, Kentucky IS a region of homophobes, isn't it? And away we go on another round of talk shows, eh? Flash! Smile! LOOKY AT JOHNNY! EVERYONE GET ONLINE AND DEFEND POOR, WONDERFUL ME! ROTFLMAO!
Evan is by far the better skater and has way more class.
Wow. These Johnny Weir fans are enough to drive you crazy at how STUPID they really are. Their horniness for him has them blinded to seeing reality. Why don't they get a life and get a REAL man instead of the flickering screen image of some ice skating faerie queen? Johnny practically makes a side-career of taking vicious shots at Evan. He snipped that he outright disliked Evan once on camera 'fluff', he spoke degradingly of Evan in his film and on his TV show, he did that insinuative wink at Chelsea Handler, he belittled Evan's DWTS activity in the first sentence of his latest press release, he called Evan a disgusting, vulgar name that was way below the belt, meanwhile, he's the one who's always got that hateful, jealous GLOWER on his sulky face, and EVAN'S NOT ALLOWED TO SAY A WORD ABOUT THE QUEEN IN RETURN. Well, this time he did. Then he had the tact to apologize, while Weir proceeded to go on to another interview wherein he had the gall to call Evan bitterly jealous of him. Hey, WEIR is the medal LOSER, now matter how you try and twist it! What's Evan jealous of? The fact that Weir is running all over the place, appearing anywhere he can in order to be photographed, and to suck up to whatever attending celebrities he can desperately grab onto, looking for people he can USE to advance his own star? EVERYBODY'S GOT HIS NUMBER. HE IS MAKING A FOOL OF HIMSELF.