Tonya Harding — in a bombshell revelation of Olympic proportions — has finally confessed she knew about the infamous 1994 plot to club her competitor Nancy Kerrigan!
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The disgraced ice queen swore she never gave the go-ahead for then-hubby Jeff Gillooly and bodyguard Shawn Eckardt to mastermind the assault on golden girl Nancy, but Tonya said she knew “something was up.”
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The has-been athlete chillingly admitted: “I did, however, overhear them talking about stuff, where, ‘Well, maybe we should take somebody out so we can make sure she gets on the team.’ “This was, like, a month or two months before [the attack].”
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Tonya’s infamous rivalry with Nancy is immortalized in the new Margot Robbie film, “I, Tonya,” which centers around the real-life events of Jan. 6, 1994, when hired goon Shane Stant whacked Nancy’s right leg with a metal baton — on Gillooly’s orders.
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While Nancy (right) overcame her injury to score silver at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, Tonya came home without a medal, was later banned from competitive skating — and earned the title of one of the most reviled villains in sports history.
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But tearful Tonya, in the midst of a faltering public comeback, claimed she was a “pawn” who “paid the ultimate price,” and insisted she didn’t understand why “I’m always the bad person.”
Tonya Harding — in a bombshell revelation of Olympic proportions — has finally confessed she knew about the infamous 1994 plot to club her competitor Nancy Kerrigan!
Photo credit: Getty Images
The disgraced ice queen swore she never gave the go-ahead for then-hubby Jeff Gillooly and bodyguard Shawn Eckardt to mastermind the assault on golden girl Nancy, but Tonya said she knew “something was up.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
The has-been athlete chillingly admitted: “I did, however, overhear them talking about stuff, where, ‘Well, maybe we should take somebody out so we can make sure she gets on the team.’ “This was, like, a month or two months before [the attack].”
Photo credit: Getty Images
Tonya’s infamous rivalry with Nancy is immortalized in the new Margot Robbie film, “I, Tonya,” which centers around the real-life events of Jan. 6, 1994, when hired goon Shane Stant whacked Nancy’s right leg with a metal baton — on Gillooly’s orders.
Photo credit: Getty Images
While Nancy (right) overcame her injury to score silver at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, Tonya came home without a medal, was later banned from competitive skating — and earned the title of one of the most reviled villains in sports history.
Photo credit: Getty Images
But tearful Tonya, in the midst of a faltering public comeback, claimed she was a “pawn” who “paid the ultimate price,” and insisted she didn’t understand why “I’m always the bad person.”