johnny weir is "the prettiest flower in the pond"

is 2 time u.s. figure skating champion johnny weir gay? he has a highly refined and balletic style, skin that's clearly courtesy of the finest all natural beauty products from nordstrom, is the first and only man to skate to swan lake, and is named johnny. not all skaters are gay of course (but he must be). in fact it was '84 olympic gold medalist scott hamilton who purposely wore a plain blue getup for his winning night because he was sick of how glittery and glitzy and "feminine" the costumes were getting at the time. i'm not saying scott hamilton was homophobic, but it's fucking fabric, not a sexual orientation. johnny however has no such hangups.

he's had a rough season until today, when he took the lead in the men's short program. if he nails his free skate, he's headed to the olympics. and the press will have to come up with even more code words for gay. here's the current sampling:

"he's as flamboyant as liberace but more competitive.  he's as tough as bruce willis but a better dresser."

"back to his old artistic, eccentric self"

"when the music softened, so did weir, with delicate hand gestures and upper-body movements that made him look, yes, swanlike"

and on his costume (take that scott hamilton): "black on the bottom, gray, white, mesh and gold on the top, and sporting enough sparkle and sequins to make a diva jealous"

most telling is johnny on his costume:  "i've actually named it camille."

and johnny on his victory in today's short program: “figure skating is an amazing ride. you’re feeling like the lowest scum in the pond two hours ago, and go to the prettiest flower in the pond”

and comparing his program to another skater's: “it’s not one of those you can clap along to. this one they kind of sat back and had their cognac and cigarettes and relax. his was more like a vodka shot, let’s snort coke kind of thing."

wait he can't be gay.  he doesn't snort coke.  never mind.

update: he won nationals with a close to spot on performance festooned in glittery blue and silver. still he's going to have trouble medaling in torino without a quad. while getting his free skate scores in the kiss and cry area he started removing his tights, unhooking them from his skates and showing off his thighs, knees and calves. no one else ever does that. while backstage gearing up for his performance he was wearing a mickey mouse tee while listening to his ipod. and i learned it's actually the red glove of his costume he'd named camille, not the whole costume, and that if he doesn't do well he blames it on camille. so he's a glittery, stripping, glove personifying, mickey mouse wearing winner. gay. gay. gay. gay.

Comments

[chris evans]

Haha. Yeah, Johnny is most DEFINITELY gay. Just go to his official website and see his "Favorites". It's pretty obvious. Just look at the costumes, man.

I love him and all his gayness, though. :D

Hey, I stumbled upon your website trying to figure out whether or not this guy is gay! There is nothing wrong if he is though,he is just so adorable...but I heard he has a real big mouth.

Johnny is quite out-of-the-closet.

i wasn't too aware of johnny weir, only watch skating in the olympic year (duh, since regular tv dropped it any other time and i am too cheap for cable) but saw him in the championship a little and then now for the Torino games. he does ring my 'nelly bell', and it does seem that he is out about it, with the 'princessy and diva' word choices and the wardrobe. bravo for the colorful duds, i was SOO bored with the ALL BLACK funereal cop out choices of some of the other men.
the guy who REALLY set it off even more was BUTTLES (appropriate name) the Canadian who stole johnny's silver medal. he and johnny probably got in a prissy slapfight after the medal ceremony culminated.
seriously, do you think that with the increasing athletic demands of the sport, quad after triple, combination upon combination, that the more nelly skaters are at a disadvantage? seems to me that plushenko just would have a 'toe-up' on them as far as strength and lung power, height and musculature. their being superior artistically doesn't help as much any more or even out. russia is just light years ahead of everyone else, collapse or no collapse. straight guys there aren't afraid of ballet, figure skating, or anything considered 'queer' here.
say, does anybody else think that they should STOP calling it 'FIGURE SKATING'? after all, they were referring to the SCHOOL FIGURES that skaters used to have to do before the other showdowns, right? do any of these guys and gals of today even KNOW how to do a figure eight anymore? skaters of 10 and more years ago will forever be above the ones now since they don't have to master those, just jump after jump after jump .......

ok i think he is gay but for the recrd i think hes sexy as hell....he may be fruity but u noe that ok....plus hes a great skater...his quad is alot better the evan lysacek's and his triple axels are extraordinary.....plus he started skating just 10 years ago...thats hard to start when your twelve most start when there 7 or 8......further more his programs are actually intresting he noes how to put emotions in it....alll the techinical stuff is in it to.......unlike the guy that took the gold this olympics who did all jump first during his free skate, weir di all his jump throughout the program.

[jon b]

i love johnny weir as much as the next guy, but you should (1) know that his myspace profile, according to gawker, claims he is "bisexual" (ha) and (2) camille is probably from camille st-saens, the (male) composer of his program music, the swan. just some food for thought. but not as tasty as johnny. or evan!

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Yep. He reads Vogue and loves Sex and the City. He's one of my favorite skaters though.

he's defintiveley gay and that's so sad for girls coz he's such a cutie :p

How about just calling him,"Johnny Weir-d? He's the strangest male skater I've ever seen. Even Galindo admitted he was gay. This child doesn't call a spade, a spade. He needs to grow up and not act like such a primadonna.