Figure skater Johnny Weir drops fur from costume
- Source, The Seattle Times
Johnny Weir will replace the fox on his costume with faux fur after receiving "hate mail and death threats" from animal-rights activists, agent Tara Modlin said Thursday.
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Weir changes mind about wearing fur: Animal-rights groups can leave Johnny Weir alone now.
Weir will replace the fox on his costume with faux fur after receiving "hate mail and death threats" from animal-rights activists, agent Tara Modlin said Thursday.
"He's changing it because he needs to focus on skating," she said.
Friends of Animals posted an open letter to Weir after he added white fox fur to the left shoulder of his free-skate costume for the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Spokane.
"I do not want something as silly as my costume disrupting my second Olympic experience and my chance at a medal," Weir said.
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