The 44th president doesn’t take insults personally.
Surprisingly, Olympic skater Tonya Harding also belongs on the list of Obama’s critics.
It all started in 2007 when he referenced her on the campaign trail.
Suffice it to say, she didn’t appreciate the shout-out.
Harding came in eighth.
While the defamed skater pleaded guilty to conspiracy to hinder prosecution and was removed from the U.S.
Figure Skating Association, she maintained that her ex planned the attack without her knowledge.
She became a popular pop culture punchline even Barack Obama couldn’t resist.
At first, Tonya Harding was less than enthused about getting a presidential shout-out.
“He has this country to think about … and he has to bring me up?”
she said on HBO’s “Real Sports,” perThe Oregonian.
“Guess what?”
“I get jobs because he used my name on national television.”
In her own words, “all publicity is good publicity.”
Since the 1994 incident, Harding has appeared on “Dancing with the Stars.”
She also had a short-lived boxing career and even became the subject of an award-winning biographical film.
Tonya Harding has become a pop culture icon
Tonya Harding has become somewhat of an icon.
Even decades later, Tonya Harding knows she’ll never be able to escape the Nancy Kerrigan incident.
The world hasn’t been kind to the talented skater.
You name it, it’s been done to me," she added.
“Who gives these people permission to use my name?”
“I’m a human being and it hurt my heart,” she said.
