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Olympian Andrew Blaser talks painted nails, facial hair & partying at Marilyn Monroe’s pad in Palm Springs

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told the Daily Beast. “To help me get to a place that I was OK not being OK.”These days, Blaser is more than OK. He achieved his Olympic goal with a trip to the 2022 Beijing Games, and represented Team USA during this year’s World Cup and World Championships.With a successful skeleton career under his belt — in addition to many crashes — Blaser decided to retire from the sport in September.

But he forever left his mark as an out LGBTQ+ athlete. Known for wearing snake suits and painting his fingernails, Blaser raced in the 2022 Games with a rainbow saddle on his sled.

It was quite a creative way to get around the IOC’s bans on protests and demonstrations. Blaser always finds a way to let his personality shine. Fresh off a wild Pride weekend in Palm Springs, Queerty recently caught up with Blaser to talk about his painted nails, pet snake and feelings on retirement.

Here’s what he had to say…QUEERTY: Skeleton is such a dangerous sport! Did you have any scary, “holy sh*t” crashes?ANDREW BLASER: I had a lot of them.

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