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The State of Johnny Weir

Well, the Olympic media summit continued and a product was this Phil Hersh article on Johnny Weir. In it, Weir says that he considered quitting the sport (of course) after not making last season's world championships and seeing Evan Lysacek win. First of all, I'm going to call BS on that because we all know Weir had "Pop Star on Ice" coming out as well as his television documentary (which the article says will debut in January). What was that show going to be filming if Weir quit? But even if we do believe that he was really going to quit the sport, I feel like this is a constant refrain from Weir (as evidenced by this IFS article where he discusses contemplating quitting after the 2007 season). He was so depressed and down that he couldn't imagine continuing but now he's turned it all around! Everyone deals with competition in a different way, but I really don't see why Lysacek winning would have made him want to quit. I would think that a fiery competitor would have taken it as a challenge and used it for motivation. But maybe Weir just needed to go through that down time in order to give himself some inspiration for this season, as he has modeled his Fallen Angel free skate off the experience. Or maybe he just needed a good story to tell about the free skate. I'm sorry to be cynical, but come on! There is not a chance that Weir was going to miss out on this Olympic season and all the publicity it entails.

On a less cynical and more fashionable note, the article quotes Weir as saying he's going to wear a corset for his short program. I am VERY much looking forward to this!

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“Everyone deals with competition in a different way, but I really don’t see why Lysacek winning would have made him want to quit.”

Uh, the beginning of the Hersh article was poorly written. If you read further to the quotes, Johnny wanted to quit after Nationals, but had likely snapped out of his funk before Worlds. He didn’t even mention Evan in that portion of the interview. He discusses the World Championships an d Evan while answering another question. There’s no indication that Evan’s win and Johnny’s desire to quit are in any way connected.

The IFS article has a more complete version of what Johnny said:
http://www.ifsmagazine.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=1823

by Kayla on Sep 15, 2009 1:08 AM EDT reply actions  

Thanks so much for the link! It was misleading in the article I linked. Still, I think the whole “wanting to quit” theme has been a tad overdone by Weir…

by Laura on Sep 15, 2009 2:44 PM EDT reply actions  

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