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Adam Rippon guests on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” and he’s as wonderful as you imagined he’d be

In his first interview since returning to the U.S., medal winner Adam Rippon talked about his involvement with the Youth Engagement Program at GLAAD, and why the openly gay athlete declined a phone call with homophobic Mike Pence.

He told Ellen: “I’m an openly gay man competing at the Olympics and somebody who thinks that gay people might be the societal collapse of our nation, I didn’t feel that it was the right time. If I had the chance to have a call with him now, I have nothing to say to Mike Pence. That’s not a conversation for me. I think going to the Olympics it’s given me a great platform to give a voice to people who feel like they don’t have one. So if that call were to happen I’d say it’s not for me, it’s for those people who – their lives have been affected and changed by legislation that he’s pushed – it’s a chance for them to share their stories and their experiences – it’s not for me.”

Ellen offered to help find a date, so the ice skater revealed his celebrity crushes, like singer Shawn Mendes and actor Jake Gyllenhaal.


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  1. She’s reeeeeaaaal! I loved every minute of it! Aaron was undiluted himself and it was wonderful. The handlers would have had him ‘butch it up’ and he was having none of it. Write Tim Cook, Apple should get this guy under contract!

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