Source: 30dB.com – @JohnnyGWeir-vs-@TaraLipinski
More specifically, NBC’s figure skating color commentators, Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski, are emerging as two of the stars in Pyeongchang. They both had their heydays on the ice years ago — Lipinski won gold at the 1998 ladies’ singles event in Nagano, Japan, while Weir was an accomplished skater in his own right with two Olympic appearances in the mid-2000s. Weir is known for his flashy look and gravity-defying hairdos, and Lipinski sometimes attempts to keep up with her counterpart, at least in the outfit department. They first cultivated a working relationship at the 2014 Sochi Games, and that’s translated to an easygoing friendship. As USA Today notes, “The pair are close enough now that they sit for interviews with their bodies touching, and finish each other’s sentences.” Social is a big fan of their chemistry: Over the past seven days, the Twitter handle @JohnnyGWeir has a 79 percent positive score, while @TaraLipinski is a bit behind with a still strong 73 percent positive score. –Alex Shultz
Republished from 30dB