Can you be too gay for figure skating? Seems impossible,like being too marvellous for basketball, or too clean for journalism. ButJohnny Weir-the American star with the spangliest costumes-managed it,at least according to some commentators (bad ones) at the Van CityOlympics. Others (not bad ones) thought the remarks affected hisperformance. True, he placed sixth. And he won`t compete at all thisyear.
ut Weir doesn`t have a pitch of his quiff what you think:never mind "too gay," he won`t declare himself queer at all, and insteadsays concluded and over that he only wants "to be me." It`s because he`s sobusy being, yeah, that. His eight-part register on the Sundance Channel, Be Good Johnny Weir,has been renewed for a 2nd season (and may yet get to Canada).He`s got a line of figure skating clothing, which he plans to extend to"real people" soon. He`s working on a book, a pop album, and a perfume.He`d wish to act.Tonight the talented Mr. Weir is a guest on CBC`s Battle of the Blades, the last show that pairs up former figure skaters (female) with perma-benched NHL players (male) in an Idol-styleice dance competition. It`s very popular in Alberta. Ron MacLean andKurt Browning host. Weir will skate to "Just Dance" by his pop idol-andsorta friend-Lady Gaga.Sitting in his trailer, with his Russianmanager on one face and a rolling rack with a single Chanel garment bagon the other, Weir and I talked about not being Oprah, why he won`t"come out," and what a boy who spends "every day in drag" could possiblybe for Halloween.Who`s your favourite Canadian figure skater?Igrew up really liking Kurt Browning because my mom liked him. Andthen. Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, the Olympic ice dancers, areincredible. Scott`s always laughing and smiling. That`s something that Ilove about Canadian people-they`re always smiling, even if they`re not,like, loving you? They`ll always grin at you. That`s something that`svery nice and really different from the States. You could be an honourary Canadian. You`re smiling, and you address both English and French.Yes,but my French is starting to get faulty. When I started to speak moreRussian-because I take and go in Russia-I started to suffer my French.
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