{"id":421557,"date":"2010-03-12T15:53:32","date_gmt":"2010-03-12T20:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.popcrunch.com\/?p=96300"},"modified":"2010-03-12T15:53:32","modified_gmt":"2010-03-12T20:53:32","slug":"johnny-weir-%e2%80%9cstars-on-ice-tour%e2%80%9d-snub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/421557","title":{"rendered":"Johnny Weir \u201cStars On Ice Tour\u201d Snub"},"content":{"rendered":"

Flamboyant Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir is getting the cold shoulder from organizers of the \u201cStars on Ice Tour.” According to a scoop from The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) on Thursday, Weir was allegedly snubbed after being deemed \u201cnot family friendly\u201d by the tour\u2019s sponsors.<\/p>\n

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The three-time US National Champion will not participate in the nation’s only figure skating tour — an occasion that brings out some of ice dancing’s most famous names. Weir, as you may recall, became a figure of controversy for his costumes and outspoken nature at last month’s Winter Olympics in Vancouver.<\/p>\n

“Weir’s performance and costume style is sometimes considered flashier than those of other skaters, leading to questions about his perceived sexual orientation. While Weir has not officially announced his sexual orientation, he has garnered a significant amount of LGBT fans. He remains one of the most outspoken skaters today,”<\/em> GLAAD blogged<\/a> yesterday.<\/p>\n

“Stars on Ice,” however, denies dissing Weir. A rep for the tour insists there’s simply not enough space on the lineup for another skater.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe current cast of the \u2018Stars on Ice\u2019 tour includes very talented performers including the Olympic Gold medalist, Evan Lysacek and the current U.S. National Champion, Jeremy Abbott. \u201cWhile \u2018Stars on Ice\u2019 wishes it could accommodate many more talented skaters as part of our cast, the fact is we cannot sign every skater\u2026 be assured that the comments mentioned regarding the \u2018Stars on Ice\u2019 tour are simply not accurate,\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Flamboyant Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir is getting the cold shoulder from organizers of the \u201cStars on Ice Tour.” According to a scoop from The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) on Thursday, Weir was allegedly snubbed after being deemed \u201cnot family friendly\u201d by the tour\u2019s sponsors. The three-time US National Champion will not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5335,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-421557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421557\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}