Tag: gay Olympian
Why has Gus Kenworthy racked up lucrative endorsements while Adam Rippon has not (yet)?
Team USA gay Winter Olympians Gus Kenworthy and Adam Rippon have become media darlings. The two attractive athletes share a lot – BFF photos, matching sweaters and a charming kiss.
What they don’t yet share is commercial endorsements. Kenworthy has racked up an impressive list, including Head & Shoulders (Procter & Gamble) shampoo, United Airlines, Visa, Toyota, Samsung, Ralph Lauren, Chobani, and others, while Rippon has none — although he just got hired by NBC as a correspondent for the...
Life Is Good For Out Gay Olympian Gus Kenworthy
A new story from OutSports shines light on the many successes of out gay Olympic skier Gus Kenworthy.
Many of you will remember that the professional athlete publicly came out in a cover story for ESPN Magazine in October of 2015.
Before then, Kenworthy feared he might lose sponsors upon coming out.
But on the contrary, since coming out, Kenworthy has gone on to excel in his athletic career, and rack up a slew of endorsements and sponsorships.
On top of deals with...
Gay Olympian From ‘Very Homophobic’ Tonga, Slams Article Outing Gay Olympic Athletes Using Grindr
Openly gay Tongan athlete Amini Fonua issued a sharp condemnation on Thursday to a horribly irresponsible and exploitative Daily Beast story on athletes’ use of sex apps in Rio that might have outed gay athletes.
Fonua, an Olympic swimmer who competed in the men’s 100-meter breaststroke, blasted Nico Hines’ article on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/AminiFonua/status/763834470009036800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/AminiFonua/status/763835853533839360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/AminiFonua/status/763836245428633600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
@NicoHines Seriously fuck off with your str8 white male privilege preying on closeted people who can't live in their truth yet. U ruin us
— Amini Fonua (@AminiFonua) August 11,...
