I saw today a video of Ellen DeGenerate interviewing Tonya Harding and there was, besides sycophantic adulation, no mention of the 10 ton elephant in the room, the fact that she ordered an attack on her competitor. It's embarrassing. Very embarrassing. Why not welcome OJ Simpson into the fold? It's pathetic. Personally, I will not pay to see anything anyone involved in this production appears in.
shareThat's why I refuse to see the film "I, Tonya". I do not wish to throw my support behind her in any way, due to the fact that she was very complicit in the sordid attack on Nancy Kerrigan. Tonya Harding will not get even one iota of my support, in any way or form.
Btw, I watched the documentary "Truth and Lies", on line, which was also about Tonya Harding. The real life Tonya Harding was interviewed, and it was clear that she often didn't tell the truth, especially because there were so many inconsistencies in her story.
I wouldn't give my money to tonya or anyone involved in this production, forever.
shareMe neither, LetThemEatCake. Frankly, I think that the United States forgot the differences between right and wrong years ago, and the fact that so many people support Tonya Harding is a good example.
shareYou guys can download the film for free. If you don't want to support it.
shareThanks but no thanks! I'm not interested in seeing the film "I, Tonya", even through downloading it, first because I'm not into doing that kind of piracy, and secondly, because I know enough about the real-life Tonya Harding, and seen a raw enough trailer of the film, so that I'm not the least bit interested in seeing it.
shareI did watch it, because I couldn't quite believe they made Tonya into a hero. The moment I found her despicable was when she skated over to the judges after failing to land the triple and complained about her laces. I wondered if the actress would capture that whiny little girl who was playing the victim so obviously and obnoxiously. No -- her performance was totally sympathetic. That wasn't the real Tonya. They gave her the extra chance, and she still couldn't do it.
I come from the Portland area, and she was billed as the poor little girl who could. The one who overcame odds, who had to appear in handmade costumes. Whose mother had scraped and saved to get her the training to get her where she was. We were behind her until Kerrigan got whacked, Gilhooley and his goofy friend got implicated, and all of Tonya's statements looked shifty-eyed and sounded guilty as sin. Yes, she still had some support, but it was waning.
This much the story had right -- after her right to ever participate in skating was over, she kept trying to regain that fifteen minutes. I can't remember what all she tried, but the general population just rolled her eyes. The last pitiful attempt was as lead singer in a bad rock band. And no, Tonya can't sing. I remember asking if she would ever just go away -- and that's about the way they reported it. After that, she remained in obscurity until this movie came out.
Oh, one last thing -- they made that last Olympic costume look a lot less revealing than it was. That deep, wide panel was semi-sheer, and it was considered trailer trash tacky. She didn't deserve this image rehabilitation. And as others have mentioned, she lacked the grace on ice to have ever been #1. And she seemed incapable of taking personal responsibility for anything while telling transparent lies. The public just doesn't like people like that, so they gave her a whitewash.
All you do on this site is complain and spread negativity. You're obviously an unhappy person, and that's probably the way you deserve to be.
shareI saw today a video of Ellen DeGenerate interviewing Tonya Harding and there was, besides sycophantic adulation, no mention of the 10 ton elephant in the room, the fact that she ordered an attack on her competitor.
Why not welcome OJ Simpson into the fold? It's pathetic. Personally,
She didn't order it. She just participated in a plot to make fake threats and then helped try to cover it up after her boyfriend and his cohorts attacked Harding.
According to the movie anyway.
Tonya co-conspired to obstruct the investigation and prosecution of her ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly and his henchmen. That, in itself was a crime, and it cost her a very promising figure-skating career.
shareTonya Harding did not "order an attack." Do some reading.
shareNobody's saying that Tonya Harding ordered the attack on Nancy Kerrigan. She definitely did co-conspire to obstruct the investigation and prosecution of Jeff Gillooly and his henchmen, and that's a big enough crime as it is. She lost her skating career because of it, and well she should have.
shareI'm a bit surprised that they haven't welcomed OJ back into the US media.
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