Tara Lipinski

“It’s such a terrible situation to watch unfold,” Weir said.

He claims that if he were gay, he’d be allowed to make sexual comments about the women he works with.

SOCHI, Russia — He promised himself something the first time he ever laced up a pair of skates. It’s the same thing Johnny Weir returns to in those quiet moments most evenings, just before the TV camera’s “on-air” light flashes red. “I’m wearing makeup, a double necklace and a cream sweater,” he said. “I don’t feel an obligation to tone myself down.