{"id":53544,"date":"2018-02-27T01:02:57","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T01:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=53544"},"modified":"2018-02-27T01:02:57","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T01:02:57","slug":"mirai-nagasu-feels-really-really-awful-apologizes-controversial-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=53544","title":{"rendered":"Mirai Nagasu feels &#8216;really, really awful,&#8217; apologizes for controversial comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"speakable-p-1 p-text\">After some time to reflect on her disappointing performance in Pyeongchang and her controversial comments after the women&#8217;s figure skating competition, Mirai Nagasu has admitted&nbsp;the experience took a severe emotional toll on her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable-p-1 p-text\"><div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post1\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable-p-2 p-text\">&#8220;I think I\u2019ve literally cried my way through these Olympic Games,&#8221;&nbsp;the two-time Olympian told&nbsp;<em>People<\/em>&nbsp;magazine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">\u201cThere have been tears of joy [and] tears of stress and it\u2019s just been an emotional week, and I feel like I\u2019ve learned so much about myself,\u201d&nbsp;Nagasu, 24,&nbsp;said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">In the women&#8217;s individual competition, Nagasu finished 10th overall. Afterward she expressed her displeasure by saying it was merely an audition for a future&nbsp;appearance on the TV show&nbsp;<em>Dancing with the Stars<\/em>&nbsp;&#8220;because I want to be a star.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">Those comments were among several she made that night that&nbsp;earned her widespread criticism.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">In the team competition earlier in the Games, she became the first American woman to land a triple axel in the Olympics. However, she claimed her performance&nbsp;helped &#8220;save&#8221; the USA, which won a bronze medal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\"><div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post2\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Adv<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bagfactory.com.hk\/216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Sun Winning Ind Co<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: Manufacture of Canvas Bag, Recycle Bad in China<\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theunitravel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheUniTravel.com<\/a><\/strong><\/span> : Find the latest\u00a0<em>travel<\/em>\u00a0and tourism\u00a0<em>news<\/em>\u00a0from around the world. Stay informed with\u00a0<em>travel news<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>updates<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p-text\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1140\" height=\"797\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53546\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/OLY-FIG-TEAM-25-23.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/OLY-FIG-TEAM-25-23.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/OLY-FIG-TEAM-25-23-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/OLY-FIG-TEAM-25-23-768x537.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/OLY-FIG-TEAM-25-23-1024x716.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"782\" height=\"521\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53547\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/gettyimages-642618610.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/gettyimages-642618610.jpg 782w, https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/gettyimages-642618610-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/gettyimages-642618610-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 782px) 100vw, 782px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_53548\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53548\" style=\"width: 2070px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2070\" height=\"1380\" class=\"size-full wp-image-53548\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/180212-mirainagasu1-news.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/180212-mirainagasu1-news.jpg 2070w, https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/180212-mirainagasu1-news-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/180212-mirainagasu1-news-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/180212-mirainagasu1-news-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2070px) 100vw, 2070px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-53548\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GANGNEUNG, SOUTH KOREA &#8211; FEBRUARY 12: Mirai Nagasu of the United States competes in the Figure Skating Team Event Ladies Single Free Skating on day three of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Gangneung Ice Arena on February 12, 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea. (Photo by XIN LI\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p-text\">\u201cI feel really, really awful about the things I said,\u201d she said though&nbsp;tears, according to&nbsp;<em>People<\/em>. \u201cI feel bad that people think that I was throwing my teammates under the bus because I never wanted to come off that way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">\u201cWe were all heroes that day and I apologize, especially to my teammates, for how it came off.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After some time to reflect on her disappointing performance in Pyeongchang and her controversial comments after the women&#8217;s figure skating competition, Mirai Nagasu has admitted&nbsp;the experience took a severe emotional toll on her. &#8220;I think I\u2019ve literally cried my way through these Olympic Games,&#8221;&nbsp;the two-time Olympian told&nbsp;People&nbsp;magazine. \u201cThere have been tears of joy [and] tears &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53545,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[38],"tags":[3076],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.7.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mirai Nagasu feels &#039;really, really awful,&#039; 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