Openly gay former US skater and NBC Sports commentator Johnny Weir suffers a tirade of homophobic abuse on Twitter as viewers vent about him hosting the pre-game Super Bowl show.
Wearing a sparkly football themed costume, of blue rhinestones and matching face make up Johnny Weir who retired from figure skating last year, certainly knows how to make a statement, however, his appearance has left many users of social media sending a torrent of homophobic abuse.
@JohnnyGWeir stop being such a fucking flaming faggot
— Draft (@Auto_Draft) February 1, 2015
#Johnnyweir why the Fuck on the Greatest Sports day of the year NBC has that Fuckin Faggottt trying to talk sports dressed as a Bitch Fuck U
— Big Ed (@yonkersED) February 1, 2015
U kiddin me? #NBC put a cross dressing faggot on their #superbowl pregame coverage #ThanksObama pic.twitter.com/z1xt8YZJur
— Lower Norwood Lush (@ThreeSixRW) February 1, 2015
Okay, why the fuck is Johnny Fag-boy Weir one of the Super Bowl hosts? Fuck you @nbc
— Georgia On My Mind (@MyMindOnGeorgia) February 1, 2015
Who is this sparkly queer talkin about the super bowl on NBC
— Luke Duke (@lturpin28) February 1, 2015
