Johnny Weir Relieves Stress With Lemon Pledge and 'Real Housewives'

By PopEater Staff Posted Feb 17th 2010 04:20PM

In preparation for his short program performance at the Olympics, figure skater Johnny Weir did what anyone would do before a nationally-televised Olympic event -- clean his hotel room, run around naked and watch 'Real Housewives of Atlanta.' Duh.

Weir spilled his strange pre-game rituals to PEOPLE after scoring an 82.10 Tuesday night. "I was nervous last night. So I Pledged everything in my room," he said. "Some people eat, some people drink -- but I Pledge everything."

His roommate, ice dancer Tanith Belbin, was nice enough to give him some privacy. "She is the best roommate -- she stayed away all day today so I could run around naked and watch 'Real Housewives of Atlanta,'" he said. "I will do the same for her."

Weir's solid performance landed him in sixth place among the men's figure skating group. "I had fun, showed my heart and smiled," he said. "I want to show my heart and take fans on a journey -- that's my goal here." Watch the video below!

"I saw one skater out of the corner of my mascara," he said, when asked if he had watched his competition. "I knew a medal was far-fetched for me," he added, but he promised fans "a good cat fight along the way."

For the next performance, expect an even flashier show from the breakout Olympic star. "I may get the urge to throw more glitter in my hair," he said with a wink.

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Wednesday 17 February

By Mary Scirdinsky

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Could someone please tell me why Johnny Weir has a female roommate. Didn't know they did that. Thought dorms were set up male and female separate

By Rob

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Actually, it's Tanith Belbin that has the female roommate.

Thursday 18 February

By meg

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They're not in a dorm-they have a suite at the Olympic Village.

By Lisa

I would think the answer would be obvious.
What other guy would put up with a flaming, naked, Pledge-spraying roomate at the OLYMPICS? Or anywhere else.
With all that adrenaline + testosterone, he'd be "Little Johnny, the tidbit".

By Dara

When it came to room assignments, there was only a sing and double left. Neither one could room with skater Evan Lysacek (her ex, and his rival), so that's how they ended up together.

Not really an issue... because they both date men.

By Roscoe

What's a Johnnytanithweirbelbin? A new drink? A town in Wales?

By noel

Johnny Weir'd

By Catwmn91

I'm sure he heard that in grade school.....

By algonquin j. calhoun

...if poor taste were punishable, this weir freak would be on death row (oh yeah, one more thing: his "russian" is the worst gibberish i've ever heard since Clockwork Orange).

By Dean

You felt embarrassed? What does he have to do with you? Narcissistic thinking.

By go johnny

Actually, "Lizard", you are doing a mighty fine job embarrassing us in front of the whole world. You pathetic, homophobic, close-minded, moron. There! I kept it as clean as I could.

By Bettina

It takes a lot of guts and self exploration, so I say let Johnny be, Elton John expressed himself in the same way. You cant deny that he is a talented artist and skater. You dont get to skate by asmosis, it takes dedication.

By declined

Oh let's pick on the weird guy...because this world needs nothing more than more clones. I'm glad for people like Johnny...people like him make things more interesting.

By jcgb4u

People are people...Depeche Mode. Let it be....The Beatles> So What...my band! Jay

By Imogene

Lizzie-- sounds like you speak from experience. No doubt, you've lost a slippery can or two of lemon Pledge in the hinterlands of your colon.

By Shotzyyy

I Loveeeeeee his skating and his "theatrics" sure beats watching half of them fall on their asses! (__!__)

By Heather

You do what he does, then you can make fun of him. Yes he's a little strange, but he's a good skater and has a wonderful personality. Let the guy live his life the way he wants to. And he's not the only gay skater out there, you can count on that.

By lisa

he was fabulous deserves at least the silvwer we want to see more of this beautiful skater perfect performance

By Chuckjones

What a bunch of homophobic hate here. Disgusting. I think Johnny's great.

Johnny be GREAT tonight!!! Good luck to you and Evan! :)

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