Don’t expect Broadway legend Harvey Fierstein and Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir to be hanging out any time soon – or ever.

The force behind such musicals as Kinky Boots and Torch Song Trilogy had some harsh words when discussing Weir in an interview this week regarding his behavior during a very public break-up with Victor Voronov.

Referring to Weir as ‘that asshole,’ Fierstein tells PrideSource that last year he was ‘called out for being so angry at that stupid ass-wipe figure skater.’

He had been quoted as telling Huffington Post: ‘Leave me alone with that faggot. Anything but Johnny Weir and his divorce.’

Why was Fierstein so angry?

‘Because on the 10th anniversary of gay marriage becoming legal (in Massachusetts) he was putting out press releases saying that he has a new marriage contract – a post-nup saying you can’t touch another person’s cock, you can’t put it in your mouth, you can’t put it in your ass.

‘And I’m doing radio interviews, and instead of talking about the power of gay marriage and how all these states have gay marriage and the world hasn’t fallen in and all that, I’m being asked instead about that ass-wipe’s post-nup!’

Weir and Voronov had a very public split that included brief reconciliations, restraining orders, fights over belongings and their dog and lots of other drama – much of which was played out on social media.

The couple married in 2011.

Fierstein describes the whole thing as ‘horribly frustrating.’

‘I have to sort of remind myself that there’s someone out there – I don’t know who the fuck it is – that saw in his horrible behavior and his self-loathing something that will help them in their lives.

‘I have to trust that as many people went running back in the closet seeing him show up in a Russian uniform with glitter and encrusted costume jewelry that there’s also somebody who saw that and said, “Oh, I’m not alone.”‘

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