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"I love to shop," says Johnny Weir. Color me shocked.
The Washington Post accompanies Johnny Weir on a shopping trip in Torino, and it is mind-blowing. I highly recommend giving it a read, because, if you're like me, you're never going to experience anything
like this in your life. To me, it feels almost like reading about someone climbing Mount Everest. I just can't relate. Some quick facts from Johnny's shopping trip:
• He spent $1330 in two hours.
• His favorite item of clothing is a Roberto Cavalli beaver-and-python coat.
• Johnny believes that in a former life he was a young Polish girl during the holocaust.
• He owns 103 pairs of sunglasses, which he keeps in a drawer and polishes regularly.
• His cell phone has three fur tails hanging off of it, two of them beaver, and one of them mink (again with the beaver... it's like he's trying to convince himself of something).
• His feelings are hurt when he sees designer knock-offs.
I'm really starting to think he might be gay.
[Drop Till You Shop] Washington Post
Comments
Sounds like Mr.Weir is really trying to convince himself that being wrapped in beaver is a good thing... dead animals, Johnny, shopping... one thing I'd add is going with Anna Benson on that journey. She'd kick anyone's ass who tried to mess with him... especially those PETA types
Come on, like Johnny Weir has ever been anywhere near beaver.
MJD... please post the accompanying pic with this article, it's an injustice to all if they don't see it
I've now seen as many stories about Johnny Weir shopping as I have about Johnny Weir skating. If this guy doesn't get his own Bravo show after these Olympics, I won't sleep at night.
I wish Johnny would go shopping with me. Holy crap. But that is because I am a girl. When I see designer knock-offs I want to set their owners on fire.
Here is one paragraph from that story. The last factoid is as awesome as awesome can be. Around his neck, Johnny wears three chains with a knotted mess of pendants, including two Stars of David, an Israeli army dog tag, an Italian horn to protect him from the mal occhio, or evil eye, a miraculous medal of Mary, and the letter D, which stands for the Christina Aguilera song "Dirrty," because Christina Aguilera is his role model. God bless you, Johnny Fabulous!
His favorite item of clothing is a Roberto Cavalli beaver-and-python coat. Something tells me he bought it for the python...
"I'm really starting to think he might be gay." um... ya think?!
Evil eye is pronounced "Maloik" or "Maloika" if Mike Trivisonno is to be believed. So Johnny has Jewish, Catholic, and Aguilera icons. Yep, that covers some of the major religions.
Johnny reminds me of a less mature, less grounded-in-reality, blacker version of Michael Jackson.
$1330 in two hours? Amateur. Tell me he dropped that in 25 minutes and then I might be impressed.
Will - with all due respect to the Mighty MJD, I'm thinking that Johnny would make a perfect DSpin guest Blogger-in-Chief. Can you look into that? Maybe just for one day. There could be a sweet new Marc Jacobs handbag in it for you.
It this was baseball season, Weir wouldn't even be a pimple on the Deadspin buttocks. Can't Shef punch Wayne or something? Geeez....the Olympics just suck.
I think we need to take Carson's idea seriously.
Johnny Weir, uniting the gay of Gawker with the sports of Deadspin. Denton's gotta love the crossover stars.
That article has blown my mind. His dad is nuclear power plant technician? Maybe the "Homer thinks Bart's going gay" Simpsons episode was biographical. And this comment: "He is beautiful in what he calls an "androgynous" way." I don't know about the beautiful part, but "androgynous" - he just hit the nail with a god damn sledgehammer. That article has something for everyone.
Weirisms Weirisms: (WEER-is-ums): totally inappropriate and hysterical statements by fagtabulous Olympic figure skater Johnny weir. http://danrenzi.typepad.com/stuff/2006/02/i_am_obsessed_w....
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