US Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir — known for his flamboyance and eye-popping costumes on the ice — held a press conference on Wednesday to address the recent controversy surrounding offensive public jibes a pair of Canadian assholes broadcasters made about his sexuality on the air.

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Love is in the air for a pair of Olympians: Gold medal-winning figure skater Evan Lysacek and champion gymnast Nastia Liukin are dating, according to PEOPLE.com.

The couple – who met in October 2008 — sparked speculation that they were an item when they attended the ESPYs together in July. Evan the traveled to Dallas to support Nastia at the US Nationals last August. Nastia was on hand to watch Evan win gold in men’s figure skating during the Vancouver Games last week — becoming the first person to do so in 22 years.

When Johnny Met Stephen: Flamboyant figure skater Johnny Weir and Stephen Colbert — of Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report — in the wardrobe room of NBC Studios in Vancouver on Friday.

Overreacting much?

Scotty Lago, Olympic bronze medal winning half-pipe snowboarder of Team USA, volunteered to leave the Olympics on Friday after racy pictures of him were leaked online.

Lago, who was awarded his bronze medal Thursday night, was at a party, wearing a Team USA T-shirt when somebody snapped a photo of a woman kneeling below the Olympian’s waist to kiss the medal. A second picture shows Lago sticking the medal in the woman’s mouth as teammate Greg Bretz looks on.

Both images went viral after appearing on TMZ Friday afternoon.

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In an otherwise sloppy and mistake prone Winter Olympics, Shaun White took everyone’s breath away last night when he did his signature Double McTwist 1260 during the snowboarding half-pipe competition.

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