The first openly gay athlete competing in the Winter Olympics, Rippon crushed the men’s free skate portion of the team competition, and while his routine netted him a Bronze medal — itself a headline-making controversy — everything else Rippon does is pure gold.
Take this NBC interview, in which he hilariously recommends attending the Olympics.
At one point, U.S. figure skater Adam Rippon may have predicted that his fancy footwork on the ice would make headlines during the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, but it has actually been the moments surrounding his routine that took over social media.