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EVAN LYSACEK: I'M "NOT UPSET" THAT LEN SAID NICOLE SHOULD WIN
(I just c/p-ed the relevant bits and left out the stuff he's said about 26343264326 times)
Dancing with the Stars runner-up Evan Lysacek says he's not disappointed that he doesn't have a Mirrorball trophy to go with his Olympic gold medal. [...] There are also no hard feelings between him and judge Len Goodman, who declared Nicole Scherzinger a deserving winner before Lysacek performed. See why he's not upset, what happened during his freestyle rehearsal and if he'll keep dancing.
TVGuide.com: A lot of fans thought that Len was rude to say Nicole should win before you performed your last dance. Did you hear that? Were you hurt?
Lysacek: Yeah, but that's OK, though. It's his opinion. I'm not upset. The judges were there the whole season to help us improve and, at least for Erin [Andrews] and Maks [Chmerkovskiy] and Anna and I, we went so far from Day One to where we were at the end that that's what we're really proud of - the improvement that we made more so than what the end result was.
TVGuide.com: Did his comment throw you off or fire you up?
Lysacek: No, we were relaxed. ... For the last dance, the whole cast was sitting right in the front and were on their feet cheering 10 seconds in. I felt like that was the most important thing of the entire season to me. Anna talked about maybe stopping halfway through the dance and getting everyone to come on the floor, but we didn't want to disrespect the show, so we didn't do that. We're all sad that it's all over.
TVGuide.com: We have to talk about the overly dramatic rehearsal package they pieced together for your freestyle. What happened there?
Lysacek: Basically we had a five-minute dramatic moment. The whole season, they wanted more emotion from us since we were pretty much drama-free because we didn't have time for it and we got along really well. The whole week [had] been so emotional but in the most positive way. We were so excited about our dances coming together [but] they decided to cut in the five negative minutes, which is their choice. That's fine. That's not indicative of our relationship. I think it caught people off-guard and it caught us off-guard. But hey, there's a producer out there who's probably getting praised for coming up with that dramatic situation. At least someone got something out of it!
TVGuide.com: Anna ended up crying in it. Do you think she felt pressured to deliver on the freestyle, since it's considered the "make or break" dance?
Lysacek: We didn't really feel pressure. We felt it would be a little bit more even because there were four dances. We wanted to do a good job in the freestyle because it was really our chance to show the judges that I could let go because that's what they wanted me to do all season. It was important that we found a way to be true to what we both liked and our tastes, but still be able to kind of enjoy the whole thing.
TVGuide.com: You said you were dreading the end of the show. How are you coping? Will your birthday next Friday cheer you up?
Lysacek: I'm sad, but I'm still busy. I'm heading back to Stars on Ice. Then I'm going to Korea, doing a bunch of stuff for my sponsors. ... I'm going to be in Korea, skating two shows, on my birthday. Maybe they'll surprise me with something crazy. Koreans are the greatest, greatest fans. I love them. ... I want a new car [for my birthday]. I haven't had time to go car shopping. I want one so bad! I want to go drive a bunch of cars and figure out what I want, but I won't have time until some time in July. Belated birthday present!
TVGuide.com: Are you going to keep dancing?
Lysacek: I'll probably keep dancing to some extent. ... It's been a big part of my life for the last several months and it's not just going to go away. I think I learned that dancing is about having fun. At first, everybody worries about what they look like and what the judges are going to think, and are plotting the best way to get to wherever they want to get. Then you slowly realize that it's about having fun and entertaining the crowd that tunes in so loyally every week to the show.
TVGuide.com: Are you going to keep skating competitively?
Lysacek: I haven't decided yet. I want to possibly try some different areas of work. I've gotten offers to do some acting jobs, some broadcasting for sports. Obviously I'm still leaving the option open to compete in four years. I'll have some time to think. I don't know if I'm any good at acting.
TVGuide.com: You can do voiceovers. Do more WALL-E impressions.
Lysacek: [Laughs] Yes, I can be a good animated character, you're right. We'll plot it. Maybe in the future there'll be more WALL-E. Future! Ha-ha-ha.
source
I C U trying hard not to sound too butthurt about Len, Evan. But that's okay, bro, we can be butthurt (and vocal about it) on your behalf.
Also, I'm glad this clears up the thing with Anna :D
FROM THE BLOG OF SOME WOMAN WHO WORKS AT GOOD MORNING NORTHWEST
We don’t often get big stars into the studio, but when we do it’s quite an event.
Olympic gold medalist and Dancing with the Stars runner-up Evan Lysacek (don’t ask how long it look me to memorize how to spell his last name <-- WTF IS IT THAT HARD?!) stopped by this morning for an interview.
Of course we asked him about Dancing with the Stars, but he was here to promote the Stars on Ice tour happening at the Spokane Arena tonight.
He was everything you’d hope for in a celebrity: gracious, kind, patient, giving, well-spoken.
I was impressed! You never know what to expect when a celebrity walks through our doors, but this guy is a class act.
Very nice to meet you, Evan!
Other than being a super nice guy - he had the coolest shoes and quite the BLING! Can’t help myself - I’m sort of the Good Morning Northwest paparazzi.
(I CAN NEVER GET ENOUGH OF EVAN'S HANDS ASHGDFA ♥ Even though I can't stand that watch D:)
source & a few other pics
And these are quite old (from back when they held Evan Lysacek Day in Naperville), but I haven't seen them posted here, so yeah (but please tell me if they had been posted already and I'll delete).
Basically, Evan's old art teacher found a drawing/collage thing he did back in 2000 and gave it to him XDDDD
The masterpiece in question:
...IDEK GUYS, THIS THING IS SO EVAN-LIKE, I DON'T EVEN XD♥♥♥
The teacher's comment:
This is NOT my drawing. It is Evan Lysacek's. I was his teacher for two years and wanted to share one of his pieces because it is so telling. I have mixed feelings about posting this because I don't want to invade his privacy, but I am so honored and proud of him. Plus, I know he has a lot of fans on DA. Notice that it says "Gold Medal" in the top left. And "USA hero?" with the Olympic logo above it on the bottom left side.
[...]It is such an honor to know Evan that I just can't stop talking. I am thankful that he had a smile for me, and I am thankful that he mentioned how important the arts were in this article because our state is facing so many educational (funding) challenges.
As a cool side note... Evan's Mom said he still makes art :) What a great person to celebrate!!
source
The article the teacher mentions above is HERE. It's an interesting article about Evan's school years and daily routine, and also about the financial problems connected with trying to become an elite figure skater.
Also, am I the only one who gets stupidly giddy at the idea of Evan painting? ._. It's not the first time an article mentions that aspect, and apparently what he does is decent enough that the paintings are hanged around the house. I want to see them so bad, idek ._.
EVAN LYSACEK: I'M "NOT UPSET" THAT LEN SAID NICOLE SHOULD WIN
(I just c/p-ed the relevant bits and left out the stuff he's said about 26343264326 times)
Dancing with the Stars runner-up Evan Lysacek says he's not disappointed that he doesn't have a Mirrorball trophy to go with his Olympic gold medal. [...] There are also no hard feelings between him and judge Len Goodman, who declared Nicole Scherzinger a deserving winner before Lysacek performed. See why he's not upset, what happened during his freestyle rehearsal and if he'll keep dancing.
TVGuide.com: A lot of fans thought that Len was rude to say Nicole should win before you performed your last dance. Did you hear that? Were you hurt?
Lysacek: Yeah, but that's OK, though. It's his opinion. I'm not upset. The judges were there the whole season to help us improve and, at least for Erin [Andrews] and Maks [Chmerkovskiy] and Anna and I, we went so far from Day One to where we were at the end that that's what we're really proud of - the improvement that we made more so than what the end result was.
TVGuide.com: Did his comment throw you off or fire you up?
Lysacek: No, we were relaxed. ... For the last dance, the whole cast was sitting right in the front and were on their feet cheering 10 seconds in. I felt like that was the most important thing of the entire season to me. Anna talked about maybe stopping halfway through the dance and getting everyone to come on the floor, but we didn't want to disrespect the show, so we didn't do that. We're all sad that it's all over.
TVGuide.com: We have to talk about the overly dramatic rehearsal package they pieced together for your freestyle. What happened there?
Lysacek: Basically we had a five-minute dramatic moment. The whole season, they wanted more emotion from us since we were pretty much drama-free because we didn't have time for it and we got along really well. The whole week [had] been so emotional but in the most positive way. We were so excited about our dances coming together [but] they decided to cut in the five negative minutes, which is their choice. That's fine. That's not indicative of our relationship. I think it caught people off-guard and it caught us off-guard. But hey, there's a producer out there who's probably getting praised for coming up with that dramatic situation. At least someone got something out of it!
TVGuide.com: Anna ended up crying in it. Do you think she felt pressured to deliver on the freestyle, since it's considered the "make or break" dance?
Lysacek: We didn't really feel pressure. We felt it would be a little bit more even because there were four dances. We wanted to do a good job in the freestyle because it was really our chance to show the judges that I could let go because that's what they wanted me to do all season. It was important that we found a way to be true to what we both liked and our tastes, but still be able to kind of enjoy the whole thing.
TVGuide.com: You said you were dreading the end of the show. How are you coping? Will your birthday next Friday cheer you up?
Lysacek: I'm sad, but I'm still busy. I'm heading back to Stars on Ice. Then I'm going to Korea, doing a bunch of stuff for my sponsors. ... I'm going to be in Korea, skating two shows, on my birthday. Maybe they'll surprise me with something crazy. Koreans are the greatest, greatest fans. I love them. ... I want a new car [for my birthday]. I haven't had time to go car shopping. I want one so bad! I want to go drive a bunch of cars and figure out what I want, but I won't have time until some time in July. Belated birthday present!
TVGuide.com: Are you going to keep dancing?
Lysacek: I'll probably keep dancing to some extent. ... It's been a big part of my life for the last several months and it's not just going to go away. I think I learned that dancing is about having fun. At first, everybody worries about what they look like and what the judges are going to think, and are plotting the best way to get to wherever they want to get. Then you slowly realize that it's about having fun and entertaining the crowd that tunes in so loyally every week to the show.
TVGuide.com: Are you going to keep skating competitively?
Lysacek: I haven't decided yet. I want to possibly try some different areas of work. I've gotten offers to do some acting jobs, some broadcasting for sports. Obviously I'm still leaving the option open to compete in four years. I'll have some time to think. I don't know if I'm any good at acting.
TVGuide.com: You can do voiceovers. Do more WALL-E impressions.
Lysacek: [Laughs] Yes, I can be a good animated character, you're right. We'll plot it. Maybe in the future there'll be more WALL-E. Future! Ha-ha-ha.
source
I C U trying hard not to sound too butthurt about Len, Evan. But that's okay, bro, we can be butthurt (and vocal about it) on your behalf.
Also, I'm glad this clears up the thing with Anna :D
FROM THE BLOG OF SOME WOMAN WHO WORKS AT GOOD MORNING NORTHWEST
We don’t often get big stars into the studio, but when we do it’s quite an event.
Olympic gold medalist and Dancing with the Stars runner-up Evan Lysacek (don’t ask how long it look me to memorize how to spell his last name <-- WTF IS IT THAT HARD?!) stopped by this morning for an interview.
Of course we asked him about Dancing with the Stars, but he was here to promote the Stars on Ice tour happening at the Spokane Arena tonight.
He was everything you’d hope for in a celebrity: gracious, kind, patient, giving, well-spoken.
I was impressed! You never know what to expect when a celebrity walks through our doors, but this guy is a class act.
Very nice to meet you, Evan!
Other than being a super nice guy - he had the coolest shoes and quite the BLING! Can’t help myself - I’m sort of the Good Morning Northwest paparazzi.
(I CAN NEVER GET ENOUGH OF EVAN'S HANDS ASHGDFA ♥ Even though I can't stand that watch D:)
source & a few other pics
And these are quite old (from back when they held Evan Lysacek Day in Naperville), but I haven't seen them posted here, so yeah (but please tell me if they had been posted already and I'll delete).
Basically, Evan's old art teacher found a drawing/collage thing he did back in 2000 and gave it to him XDDDD
The masterpiece in question:
...IDEK GUYS, THIS THING IS SO EVAN-LIKE, I DON'T EVEN XD♥♥♥
The teacher's comment:
This is NOT my drawing. It is Evan Lysacek's. I was his teacher for two years and wanted to share one of his pieces because it is so telling. I have mixed feelings about posting this because I don't want to invade his privacy, but I am so honored and proud of him. Plus, I know he has a lot of fans on DA. Notice that it says "Gold Medal" in the top left. And "USA hero?" with the Olympic logo above it on the bottom left side.
[...]It is such an honor to know Evan that I just can't stop talking. I am thankful that he had a smile for me, and I am thankful that he mentioned how important the arts were in this article because our state is facing so many educational (funding) challenges.
As a cool side note... Evan's Mom said he still makes art :) What a great person to celebrate!!
source
The article the teacher mentions above is HERE. It's an interesting article about Evan's school years and daily routine, and also about the financial problems connected with trying to become an elite figure skater.
Also, am I the only one who gets stupidly giddy at the idea of Evan painting? ._. It's not the first time an article mentions that aspect, and apparently what he does is decent enough that the paintings are hanged around the house. I want to see them so bad, idek ._.