Johnny Weir Comes Out...Against Anti-Fur Activists

Unapologetic and forever coy about his sexuality, ice skater Johnny Weir recently spoke with The Advocate about threats from animal activists, the possibility of scrapping his Fallen Angel costume altogether, and his desire to skate a transcendental performance without someone throwing blood on the ice. Sample quotes below:

About the threats:
"Things like ‘We hope you die, we’re going to piss on your grave, we’d like you to be killed the same way as the fox for your costume.’ Lots of things about my death. So I wanted to release an open statement. I didn’t want everyone in the world thinking I went hunting daily for foxes. I’ll change the costume, but it doesn’t change my opinion about wearing fur."

About his sexuality:
"The gay-or-not-gay question has died down — people got over it. I still feel the same way about it. It doesn’t matter to me if someone is gay, and it doesn’t matter to me as a person what sexuality I put out there. I don’t want them to look of me as white or gay or Whoopi Goldberg or whatever. I want them to see Johnny Weir. Anyway, all the gossip has been all about the fur issue at this point."

Find the whole Johnny Weir interview at The Advocate.com.