When Rippon, who is openly homosexual, said he wouldn’t associate with a politician who supported therapy to turn gay people straight, Pence’s office denied he advocated conversion therapy. Sunday morning Christine Brennan of USA Today reported that the network had hired the 28-year old bronze medallist to work as a correspondent for the remainder of the Games. U.S. figure skater Adam Rippon is the breakout star of the Pyeongchang Olympics and NBC has made sure he’ll keep shining until closing ceremonies. NBC hopes to capitalize on Rippon’s built-in audience, deploying him on TV, online and on social media, according to the USA Today story. And it’s so popular that curlers are now striking suggestive poses, published in places like The Men of Curling Calendar.

Source: thestar February 18, 2018 21:56 UTC