I followed this amazing athlete from the beginning. She was simply judged by her personal life and not her amazing talent. Not everyone gets the proper guidance growing up and this cost her her future. She NEVER gave up until it was all taken from her. It was all so unfair. But today she's got it together. GO Tonya!
Thank you so much for posting this!! I've always been interested in this story and find Tonya to be a complicated and fascinating person. These early interviews are so rare and difficult to find. Thanks again! ! :)
To this day watching her complete that triple is as exciting as watching former Olympian gymnasts get their perfect 10’s, or winning a race…..whatever the sport this young lady DID IT! For that alone she should be in the hall of fame, geez. Idk about anyone else but I watch that over & over and each time she amazes me. I’m glad she still personally skated. God given talent. I hope she’s doing well today!! 😊
What Tonya accomplished is absolutely incredible. I really had no idea she was as good as she was. You kind of have to go searching for that information. What the media focused on was the Kerrigan saga, the falls, which everybody thinks were in the olympics but were not, and the fact that Tonya was an outsider in her sport. I love when people like Tonya succeed and outshine the competition who have every advantage, but still cannot outperform them.
So you’re saying she should’ve had the gold in 92 and 94 if it wasn’t for the judges? She performed better than Nancy, Oxana and the others? I mean she was great don’t get me wrong but it’s almost like you’re saying she was the best just bc she came up poor🤷🏻♂️ From what I remember Nancy was on top. I have no idea where Nancy came from or how much money her family had, I don’t care. I was watching all of this as it happened
@Carpe_ Poon Nancy was on top because the media was all " Princess Di" about her, and we were still like lambs being led to the slaughter. I don't know if tonya was better than Oxana and the others but look who they put on that platform . .. an adorable teenager, a striking pooface, and an 18 yo Chinese girl.
I think the only person support Tonya and take care of her is Diane her coach.. and that sad because Tonya had such a great talent and she deserve better
One woman says it perfectly. When Ice skating for a medal 🏅 they were winning for God but times have changed…. Being competitive to win has a whole new meaning to it. If Tonya felt that she wasn’t being given a fair shot at these competitions and not being scored accurately. Why didn’t she take that other route?? That would have been a good story by itself fighting for the right to be heard and having the judges investigated and what not…. This would have been the correct way of action to be on fair grounds. I get that Tonya came from a broken background, very sad situation, feeling put down constantly, never felt good enough, being verbally abused by her mom and Jeff, no longer feeling they have a sense of control of her life etc… I can relate with Tonya on all levels on having a narcissistic husband but regardless of her circumstances, There is absolutely no excuse for something like this to happen knowing it could possibly permanently tarnish her ice skating career. When it comes down to feeling competitively threatened by their component.. Of course, there’s always that part but how far does someone have to go?? Having the mindset of (Dont let anything get it in their way of winning) even if that means taking drastic measures by using force of injury to permanently damage them claiming they had little to no knowledge that this was being transpired. If Tonya had any slight of knowledge of this happening and just say she didn’t agree with it & feared Jeff at the same time? Why didn’t she report this from happening?? Knowing her ice skating career would be a stake. She had every opportunity to report this, that would have saved herself and it would of gotten her controlling husband Jeff out of the picture as well. I know things were different back then as I remember but it doesn’t change the scenario. That’s why I believe till this day, Tonya had 💯 knowledge of this! Tonya was a very talented ice skater at one point and she could have went far in her career. it’s so unfortunate that she didn’t make better choices at that time and went a different route about the situation. Just to win a competition shouldn’t come at a high price.
Thank you for having these, I looked for this footage and your the only one who has it all, nice to be able to look back on these old memories. This was huge when I was just a kid in elementary school, brought back alot of memories, one that comes to mind is the SNL skit they did back then, very funny...(Tonya Harding has since made sex tapes, and is now on TruTV's Dumbest Videos show.)
I agree with pretty much the rest of your post, though - except, it's hard for me to look at her coach & her choreographer in these videos (well, I've only seen Part 1 so far) - and think that they did not believe in her, and that they did not at least attempt to give Tonya positive support. But I have an idea of what that coach was up against: often, well-meaning coaches are no match for the deficits in a pupil's home-life/personal-life.
Tonya assaulted a woman at a traffic light because she took too long to make a right turn. She slapped the woman, bending her glasses and cutting them into her nose. When the woman fought back, Tonya went to her truck and got a baseball bat. (She says it was a plastic bat) Police came and saw Tonya in the street with the bat and arrested her. She served 3 days in jail. This was right before her 1992 tournament in Oakland.
soulshaker205 Tonya never got any jail time for this but did voluntarily pay for the woman’s glasses. Think about it. This lady got out of her vehicle and confronted Tonya for simply honking at her. Who does that? Just go. I don’t know who swung at who first but that lady was just asking for trouble.
As I said under another Harding video, the skating world did not hold her lack of wealth against her - it was more her unwillingness to modify certain behaviors, & to adopt a more "lady-like" image. There have been a lot of skaters who came from blue-collar/working-class backgrounds who have done very well, & were accepted. Nancy Kerrigan (ironically) - is a good example: she was not upper-class by any means - but she didn't date thugs, and had better "manners" (supposedly).
4:21 That suspicious laugh and casualty really makes me think she might have known. I'm a young squirt that didn't know about either of them untill today, and now I'm thinking that there might be something to this.*
I will not make excuses for someone who has done anything wrong! We don’t know what really happened, but we do know she knew some how what happened or what her husband was plotting. A woman who is close to her husband talks about everything. From the looks of it she was very close to him. That being said, allot of celebrities have done worse things and have come back from it. So we should just move on and let her live her life.
@lesterclaypool1 I'm no skater either, however, I cannot imagine why you would doubt the validity of that statement. Tonya Harding is evidently quite dishonest, yet her coach appeared genuine and very kind...if not a bit naive. I don't doubt the statement because it came from the coach, not Tonya.
ViZion_T-ReX lol!!!! p.s. btw, Darth Vader did have a daughter. Leia, Luke Skywalker's twin sister. This was before he turned into Darth Vader, when he was Anakin Skywalker. The mother was Padme.
The biggest ruse in the history of sports. A camera conveniently placed but never showing the actual attack, the absurd notion that a guy hit someone with no plan to escape then was able to run through a glass wall in desperation also conveniently not filmed, and lastly the over the top acting! Total publicity stunt, top to bottom!!!
4:00 Tonya looks SOO much better with those giant bangs slicked back! Nancy did herself a favor by not having bangs. & no, I’m not responding to a “But, Nancy was a spoiled brat” attitudes. Two very different women! Nancy had grace & elegance in a sport of “FIGURE” skating. (Not “power skating”)! All drama aside, Since the film, “I, Tonya” was released in 2018, many millennials, gen Z’ers (who were not even alive or under age 3, in early-mid 90’s) have tainted versions of the Kerrigan assault & events, due to not being THERE & THEN! Watching a Hollywood movie aimed at restoring the reputation of a young woman (young then, 24 in 1994), when the woman (Tonya) has had so many chances to redeem herself. I wish the legal system would grant Tonya immunity from further prosecution to 1. Simply, give a heartfelt 1:1 full apology for ALL involvement & 100% honesty, to Nancy. I bet that moment would also be the biggest moment watched since the ‘94 winter Olympics & I bet that Nancy would be open to the apology, even after so many years! 💖⛸🇺🇸 *JUST A THOUGHT*
she did apologise though... here: ua-cam.com/video/mrU5u9St16o/v-deo.html (time: 24:27) nancy was not open to the apology, and simply didn't forgive her...
yeah that's all true but there is a hand written plot against Kerrigan with most of Tonya's hand writing. That's hard evidence so no one not even Tonya herself can deny that. However still to this day she's still maintains her innocence. She's going to carry that lie to her grave. Plus she was so rude at times talking about "oh I'm gonna whip her but", I mean seriously? very unladylike....and that's just looks very suspicious to me.
Then you're saying the police evidence of the letter claiming the handwriting was Tonya's, they were lying about that? You realize the police would be in big, big trouble if they were lying about it, which they definitely are not.
olympic dramas are always one of the most interesting stories ever told regardless of who they are......they is always this sense of depth of layers upon layers that we have yet to hear one that is shocking....and it changes the way we perceive certain characters that are carefully shaped by media and then BAM they are the evil of a thing or something one day and God the next
Jeff was an abusive leach kinda like Dorothy Stratton's husband thankfully Tonya came out alive . She didn't know about the attack and found out more and more after that it was Jeff. Imagine being put in that position .she's been through enough .She gets her second chance .
Oooooooooooh.... so she's an evangelitard. I was not even aware of that aspect of her. Also lol... reading a newspaper clipping in Google, "Skating For Christ" scrolling down "Tonya contacted to do Playboy Pictorial."
Tonya said she was going to kick Nancy's butt. I will always believe she was partly behind it. I think Tonya wanted to win more than her husband wanted her to win the gold. Tonya was trashy.
There are sometim3s when Tonya isn't too attractive and others where she is passable. I don't think the skating world would just dislike her for her looks. And what is this quad thing that was talked about?
It’s spelled *loser. _yeah_ Also, “no one cares about her” ? Ridiculous statement plenty of people care about her; not just her own family, and you cared enough to watch his video and comment. You really embarrass yourself often don’t you?
@@huntercranidge2299 No, she didn't. The commercial shows her attempting a quad loop but it doesn't show the attempt from beginning to end. It was edited to show that she 'landed' a quad but it was probably cut from a triple loop.
ManuelPabloArnao i really truely wouldn’t be surprised if she did a quad loop, her triple loops are HUGE like really really huge, she has enough height to be able to pull it off
I followed this amazing athlete from the beginning. She was simply judged by her personal life and not her amazing talent. Not everyone gets the proper guidance growing up and this cost her her future. She NEVER gave up until it was all taken from her. It was all so unfair. But today she's got it together. GO Tonya!
Agreed!!💙💙💙
personal life and also her upbringing and financial situation. tonya never gave a poo face no matter what happened. nancy did and more than that.
she’s a criminal
@@alazjaw.8968 with more talent in her pinky than you have in your body.
@@dearboss9136 think we’re equal except I don’t have a record.
Thank you so much for posting this!! I've always been interested in this story and find Tonya to be a complicated and fascinating person. These early interviews are so rare and difficult to find. Thanks again! ! :)
skating in the 90's was the best. i miss it so much :(
I know right :(
To this day watching her complete that triple is as exciting as watching former Olympian gymnasts get their perfect 10’s, or winning a race…..whatever the sport this young lady DID IT! For that alone she should be in the hall of fame, geez.
Idk about anyone else but I watch that over & over and each time she amazes me. I’m glad she still personally skated. God given talent. I hope she’s doing well today!! 😊
nancy was never gonna get that gold at the olympics. if it wasnt for the scandal, she wouldnt have even gotten second
This was the original East vs West coast
and Oksana was a hundred times better than any of these losers who thought they were gonna get the gold. LMAO
i love the way this is put together!!
Her body was amazing and those legs are goals
What Tonya accomplished is absolutely incredible. I really had no idea she was as good as she was. You kind of have to go searching for that information. What the media focused on was the Kerrigan saga, the falls, which everybody thinks were in the olympics but were not, and the fact that Tonya was an outsider in her sport. I love when people like Tonya succeed and outshine the competition who have every advantage, but still cannot outperform them.
none of us did. THE MEDIA HUSHED IT and only showed the crap that she 'put on herself'.
So you’re saying she should’ve had the gold in 92 and 94 if it wasn’t for the judges? She performed better than Nancy, Oxana and the others? I mean she was great don’t get me wrong but it’s almost like you’re saying she was the best just bc she came up poor🤷🏻♂️ From what I remember Nancy was on top. I have no idea where Nancy came from or how much money her family had, I don’t care. I was watching all of this as it happened
@Carpe_ Poon Nancy was on top because the media was all " Princess Di" about her, and we were still like lambs being led to the slaughter. I don't know if tonya was better than Oxana and the others but look who they put on that platform . .. an adorable teenager, a striking pooface, and an 18 yo Chinese girl.
@@dearboss9136 Way to call back Tonya’s ‘she looks like she stepped in poop’ comment.
@@carpe_poon5761 Maybe not olympic gold and definitely not in 94. But I agree that she was the best in the world for more than a brief little moment.
I feel like I would have supported her, if it wasn't for the scandal.
the scandal that falsely accused her to sell papers? mmmkay.
But she had no involvement and took all the punishment. Sad.
I can't find parts 3 & 4 ?!?
UA-cam probably pulled them for copyrite reasons.
I think the only person support Tonya and take care of her is Diane her coach.. and that sad because Tonya had such a great talent and she deserve better
One woman says it perfectly. When Ice skating for a medal 🏅 they were winning for God but times have changed…. Being competitive to win has a whole new meaning to it.
If Tonya felt that she wasn’t being given a fair shot at these competitions and not being scored accurately. Why didn’t she take that other route?? That would have been a good story by itself fighting for the right to be heard and having the judges investigated and what not…. This would have been the correct way of action to be on fair grounds.
I get that Tonya came from a broken background, very sad situation, feeling put down constantly, never felt good enough, being verbally abused by her mom and Jeff, no longer feeling they have a sense of control of her life etc… I can relate with Tonya on all levels on having a narcissistic husband but regardless of her circumstances, There is absolutely no excuse for something like this to happen knowing it could possibly permanently tarnish her ice skating career.
When it comes down to feeling competitively threatened by their component.. Of course, there’s always that part but how far does someone have to go?? Having the mindset of (Dont let anything get it in their way of winning) even if that means taking drastic measures by using force of injury to permanently damage them claiming they had little to no knowledge that this was being transpired.
If Tonya had any slight of knowledge of this happening and just say she didn’t agree with it & feared Jeff at the same time?
Why didn’t she report this from happening?? Knowing her ice skating career would be a stake. She had every opportunity to report this, that would have saved herself and it would of gotten her controlling husband Jeff out of the picture as well. I know things were different back then as I remember but it doesn’t change the scenario.
That’s why I believe till this day, Tonya had 💯 knowledge of this!
Tonya was a very talented ice skater at one point and she could have went far in her career.
it’s so unfortunate that she didn’t make better choices at that time and went a different route about the situation.
Just to win a competition shouldn’t come at a high price.
Thank you for having these, I looked for this footage and your the only one who has it all, nice to be able to look back on these old memories. This was huge when I was just a kid in elementary school, brought back alot of memories, one that comes to mind is the SNL skit they did back then, very funny...(Tonya Harding has since made sex tapes, and is now on TruTV's Dumbest Videos show.)
There was one called 'Tonya and Jeff's Wedding Night' that I remember friends having in 1994. Everything she did with Jeff seemed to be a bad idea.
I agree with pretty much the rest of your post, though - except, it's hard for me to look at her coach & her choreographer in these videos (well, I've only seen Part 1 so far) - and think that they did not believe in her, and that they did not at least attempt to give Tonya positive support. But I have an idea of what that coach was up against: often, well-meaning coaches are no match for the deficits in a pupil's home-life/personal-life.
4:17 "They were doing a, wait, what did they tell me to say again, oh yeah, a 'thorough investigation'"
That was the case Diane, Rawlinson kept making excuses for Tonya especially in 92 and 94.
What was the baseball incident she talks about in part 1?
Tonya assaulted a woman at a traffic light because she took too long to make a right turn. She slapped the woman, bending her glasses and cutting them into her nose. When the woman fought back, Tonya went to her truck and got a baseball bat. (She says it was a plastic bat) Police came and saw Tonya in the street with the bat and arrested her. She served 3 days in jail. This was right before her 1992 tournament in Oakland.
Oh wow I never knew that. Thanks for the reply.
soulshaker205 Tonya never got any jail time for this but did voluntarily pay for the woman’s glasses. Think about it. This lady got out of her vehicle and confronted Tonya for simply honking at her. Who does that? Just go. I don’t know who swung at who first but that lady was just asking for trouble.
Just out of curiosity, does anyone know if Rawlinson coached anyone of note after Tonya?
As I said under another Harding video, the skating world did not hold her lack of wealth against her - it was more her unwillingness to modify certain behaviors, & to adopt a more "lady-like" image. There have been a lot of skaters who came from blue-collar/working-class backgrounds who have done very well, & were accepted. Nancy Kerrigan (ironically) - is a good example: she was not upper-class by any means - but she didn't date thugs, and had better "manners" (supposedly).
Why is the sound always muffled on these videos ?? Don't know if I would support Tanya....still undecided !
4:21 That suspicious laugh and casualty really makes me think she might have known. I'm a young squirt that didn't know about either of them untill today, and now I'm thinking that there might be something to this.*
love you tonya, love your attitude, love your skating.
I will not make excuses for someone who has done anything wrong! We don’t know what really happened, but we do know she knew some how what happened or what her husband was plotting. A woman who is close to her husband talks about everything. From the looks of it she was very close to him. That being said, allot of celebrities have done worse things and have come back from it. So we should just move on and let her live her life.
Shes guilty she should have been charged and jailed.
The production values of this show make it difficult to watch. Could do WITHOUT the endless skatecam!
You didn't even use footage of the attack? That's the main point to this
Does anybody really need to see that again?
6:40
@lesterclaypool1 I'm no skater either, however, I cannot imagine why you would doubt the validity of that statement. Tonya Harding is evidently quite dishonest, yet her coach appeared genuine and very kind...if not a bit naive. I don't doubt the statement because it came from the coach, not Tonya.
J.E. Vader
I had no idea Darth Vader had a daughter.
ViZion_T-ReX
lol!!!!
p.s. btw, Darth Vader did have a daughter. Leia, Luke Skywalker's twin sister. This was before he turned into Darth Vader, when he was Anakin Skywalker. The mother was Padme.
The biggest ruse in the history of sports. A camera conveniently placed but never showing the actual attack, the absurd notion that a guy hit someone with no plan to escape then was able to run through a glass wall in desperation also conveniently not filmed, and lastly the over the top acting! Total publicity stunt, top to bottom!!!
Total fantasy on your part!!😀😀
4:00 Tonya looks SOO much better with those giant bangs slicked back! Nancy did herself a favor by not having bangs. & no, I’m not responding to a “But, Nancy was a spoiled brat” attitudes. Two very different women! Nancy had grace & elegance in a sport of “FIGURE” skating. (Not “power skating”)! All drama aside, Since the film, “I, Tonya” was released in 2018, many millennials, gen Z’ers (who were not even alive or under age 3, in early-mid 90’s) have tainted versions of the Kerrigan assault & events, due to not being THERE & THEN! Watching a Hollywood movie aimed at restoring the reputation of a young woman (young then, 24 in 1994), when the woman (Tonya) has had so many chances to redeem herself.
I wish the legal system would grant Tonya immunity from further prosecution to 1. Simply, give a heartfelt 1:1 full apology for ALL involvement & 100% honesty, to Nancy. I bet that moment would also be the biggest moment watched since the ‘94 winter Olympics & I bet that Nancy would be open to the apology, even after so many years! 💖⛸🇺🇸 *JUST A THOUGHT*
Whatever, Skeletor.
she did apologise though...
here: ua-cam.com/video/mrU5u9St16o/v-deo.html (time: 24:27)
nancy was not open to the apology, and simply didn't forgive her...
Tonya was thick back in the day
Only reason she entered Skate America, is because it had the weakest field of any of the Grand Prix events.
she literally looked like an 80s Barbie doll
Incorrect. Margo does though.
yeah that's all true but there is a hand written plot against Kerrigan with most of Tonya's hand writing. That's hard evidence so no one not even Tonya herself can deny that. However still to this day she's still maintains her innocence. She's going to carry that lie to her grave. Plus she was so rude at times talking about "oh I'm gonna whip her but", I mean seriously? very unladylike....and that's just looks very suspicious to me.
Then you're saying the police evidence of the letter claiming the handwriting was Tonya's, they were lying about that? You realize the police would be in big, big trouble if they were lying about it, which they definitely are not.
oh they woould be? have you seen the police lately???
olympic dramas are always one of the most interesting stories ever told regardless of who they are......they is always this sense of depth of layers upon layers that we have yet to hear one that is shocking....and it changes the way we perceive certain characters that are carefully shaped by media and then BAM they are the evil of a thing or something one day and God the next
Jeff was an abusive leach kinda like Dorothy Stratton's husband thankfully Tonya came out alive . She didn't know about the attack and found out more and more after that it was Jeff. Imagine being put in that position .she's been through enough .She gets her second chance .
3:57. 😂😂😂
Oooooooooooh.... so she's an evangelitard. I was not even aware of that aspect of her. Also lol... reading a newspaper clipping in Google, "Skating For Christ" scrolling down "Tonya contacted to do Playboy Pictorial."
Tonya said she was going to kick Nancy's butt. I will always believe she was partly behind it. I think Tonya wanted to win more than her husband wanted her to win the gold. Tonya was trashy.
You are so freaking rude, I mean I bet you did some things that aren't right as well!
@3:25 Lars Larson was funny looking back then!
Wow lots of people life’s ruined with with
There are sometim3s when Tonya isn't too attractive and others where she is passable. I don't think the skating world would just dislike her for her looks. And what is this quad thing that was talked about?
Hours of training my ass.......
Right, she was a predator not a athlete, awful what she did.
pure evil....
Jane Pawlly (sp?) may be the worst interviewer ever. Everything I've ever seen of hers is almost offensive to view.
God loves Tonia Harding no matter what she does. Jesus died for her.
Rubbish!!!
I didn't like Kehrigen's guest-hosting stint on SNL. She had no personality, she couldn't act, and she couldn't sing.
omg i almost threw up wathing those cams
Damn they're both hot in 90's.
I always thought she looked like the grown up version of Margot from Punky Brewster.
No wonder she was a hater. She's from Portlan Oregon!!!
D R Portland* dumbass
HAHAHA! She is a looser now. I'm glad no one cares about her.
It’s spelled *loser. _yeah_
Also, “no one cares about her” ?
Ridiculous statement plenty of people care about her; not just her own family, and you cared enough to watch his video and comment. You really embarrass yourself often don’t you?
maldita como juega de sucio esta mona menos mal se hizo justicia
Girl, you never landed a quad 😂
she actually did 💀 she did it on a commercial
@@huntercranidge2299 No, she didn't. The commercial shows her attempting a quad loop but it doesn't show the attempt from beginning to end. It was edited to show that she 'landed' a quad but it was probably cut from a triple loop.
ManuelPabloArnao i really truely wouldn’t be surprised if she did a quad loop, her triple loops are HUGE like really really huge, she has enough height to be able to pull it off