Adam Rippon Made History as an Openly Gay Athlete. Now He’s on Mars.

TRIPLE AXEL TO SPACE

The former figure skater tells Obsessed about his unexpected journey from the rink, where he was the first openly gay Winter Olympian to medal, to the reality show “Stars on Mars.”

Illustration of US figure skater Adam Rippon.
Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast

It wasn’t long into my FaceTime call with Adam Rippon before I started to feel nauseated.

Training my features into what I hoped approximated my genuine interest, I gazed at the former Olympic figure skater and Dancing

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