RuPaul Shares the Photo That Brought Tonya Harding to Tears

Tonya Harding tears up when RuPaul shares a photo from her childhood. She then reveals what she would say to her younger self - her advice might surprise you!

[@taotaostrong]

It was so cool of him to have her as a guest. I hope she is living a happy life by now.

[@pelicanman96]

She seems to be doing a lot better since the movie. I'm happy for her. Throughout the late 2000s she's been an obnoxious drunk (i used to hook up with a guy who lived down the street from her). Not aggressive just loud.

[@justforfun6922]

you-are-the-pelican-man oh ok sureee... why don’t u sit down buddy

[@tatyanamelnikoff9578]

this is what i think. t.h. would never hurt a child. and why am i bringing that up? because. whats'erface...really, what's 'er name? oh, yeah. nancy kerrington? okay. her. this is my point. n.k. broke up a marriage, with a family. personally, i'd neeeeeeever do that. never. regardless, if even, if, it was real love, and the marriage was in trouble, and all those rationalities. never. those children were hurt. and those are lifelong wounds and scars. how can anyone truly feel happiness at the expense of an innocent child's deep sorrow? no way. and it's easy enough to say, you don't know me!, or, you don't know all the information. yeah. i got that. still, i'd never hurt a child. never. i'd rather take one in the knee. i also watched the apology video. bleck. n.k. brings up first and foremost, that she's married. that was a big deal for her to say that. and of course, this painted a picture of family and wholesomeness--trying to make an indirect hit at t.h. just in my opinion. again, i'd never discount anyone for the childhood they're born into. a physical assault is obviously horrific and wrong. and here's the BUT, i did notice that n.k. sticks to the little jabs, verbally. i'm assuming that tension existed between them for years. i think n.k. is fake. and i think t.h. is real. and never the 'twain shall meet. one last thing, tonya harding, by miles and miles, is a much better athlete than n.k. she made herself fit into that standard commonly expected mold. tonya harding broke the mold. so that's it.

[@widowrumstrypze9705]

@@tatyanamelnikoff9578 There is no nobility in suffering.

[@Ernie1978]

TONYA was a brilliant and exciting skater. She is a survivor and I admire how she kept going in spite of the amount of hate she got.

[@redd605]

I agree

[@adua78]

Honestly, I took up for Harding for years and years after the Kerrigan deal, but when I took a step away for a long time and went back looked at all of the evidence, it’s apparent she was involved in this thing from the beginning and threw her ex husband and body guard under the bus to attempt to save her a$$. Now I believe she’s convinced herself that’s she’s been telling the truth over the decades and the reality of things never happened. Sad - I was obsessed with her skating.

[@tellurye]

Um, she wasnt an angel. While I dont agree she didnt deserve the decades of hate, she did deserve a little punishment. Whether she knew or not, she never came forward. But dont give me this survivor crap - so am I , yet I never took it out on anyone else. She made a bad decision, paid her dues. But dont act like she an innocent victim in all of this. The sad thing is she had enough punishment - she is still the first woman figure skater to land the triple axel sao coa whatever its called in the world during competition - and sadly everyone only talks about the kerrigen incident.

[@adamstar7516]

What else would she do?

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

@@tellurye You're right except one - Midori Ito is the first one to land triple axel, Tonya is the first American woman to do so.

[@mickeyscv67]

Tonya looks fantastic...has those skater/power legs still

[@Sara-gl8ue]

Right? Her legs are amazing.

[@jessicabw]

Tonya, Congrats on making the top 4! Only the top 4 get to do the photo thing.

[@zamjackson2331]

LMAO, you're killing me

[@chrisbuckley1785]

Lol I said the same thing. So cringe. 🤣🤣

[@nedoshivin]

Omg, hilarious!

[@mjrussell414]

I’m glad she has found some peace and happiness. A partner can make or break you. Choose wisely. I always tell younger people, if someone doesn’t respect you, they are not your friend. You only needs friends who will give you love and encouragement.

[@JSV-pr4qo]

She was the BEST female skater ever. They tried so hard to destroy her. I always loved Tonya

[@ewanoxborrow1024]

J.S V Her triple axels were NUTS, the height she gets on that jump is phenomenal

[@ilovekaiser]

The BEST figure skater ever!

[@jasonmatthews4449]

@@ewanoxborrow1024 yeah but how about midori that people keep bringing up?

[@dexfatarm]

Jason Matthews Tonya was the first American woman to do a triple axel, and I believe that midori was the second I believe to do it in a competition.

[@richardzhu7885]

DexPeel actually Midori was the first woman in the world to land the triple axel, Tonya was the first American woman and second overall, but I still prefer tonya’s triples over Modori

[@Laura-hf8jy]

This lady just seems like such a sweet soul ! Considering everything that's gone down and how she has been portrayed over the years

[@ray10b73]

She looks really good.

[@glenbo2464]

She lives in a small town in Washington state. My friend that has since passed was friends with her and said what a down to earth and fun person she was to be around and party with ! lol

[@Kimberly-rj2sc]

Damn.. she looks GREAT!

[@billcordell9797]

Nice to see her in a positive light

[@amrose4214]

Her ex abusive hubby set up the hit weither she was aware of it or not. But also she came from a rough background her mom was abusing her and drinking and skating was her only escape, she was a strong skater. Just may have not gotten the fair image like nancy kerrigan as a thin and looking like a princess had. But enough time has past that she should be able to live her best life and try and move on. Weither she and nancy can make peice with each other esp since they both gone thu some bad tragedies loss of dads and miscarriages. Its kind of cruel to keep holding it over her nancy still won a medal.

[@marcelbischof7203]

Nancy showed that she will never forgive her, in an interview she started crying about how Tonya never apologized, as if she getting her carrer taken away wasn’t enough

[@barbaras3206]

I wonder if someone that needed to have nanK win, hired the mob hit on Tonya? NanK was presigned for BIG endorsements way before she even skated at Lilehammy. Big bucks!! CBS paid undisclosed amount to her married manager boyfriend for olympics ads!! All nanK. His hookup made possible By her married/manager fook buddy?? Who ran all of the lies, mistruths and media spins in nanKs favor?? She was tapped on back of leg. Not front of knee. He prolly paid for media lies. And made a huge donation to skr memorial fund. I feel. (Anyone can be bought, for right price, not russians tho). Oksana suffered worse in witt collision. Needed pain injections! No therapy. No media circus. No b.s. and SHE golds!!! Yes. Thank you Jesus.

[@marciadurkee3532]

I hope we see much more of tonya!! She is fascinating. And so fun and spirited.

[@leavesofgold3479]

I love Tonya too. Tonya went through trauma like many of us.

[@marmota1425]

Love how she seems so happy and grateful now

[@Vanessanavarrovet]

NO ONE AS PERFECT AS TONYA ON ICE EVER ✨❤️💫

[@javierlopezmarquez8882]

She is beautiful with a good heart!! I always admire her. ❤

[@Imtoobusyslayingrn111]

tonya has a really kind heart and people are just fucking crazy

[@JJ_Justice]

This was such a wonderful story of Tonya! Thanks #RuPaulShow

[@hollyjolly2066]

Tonya looks FABULOUS!!!💙💙💙

[@barbaras3206]

Wow. She is gorgeous. Inside and out. 💖💖💖

[@coreymichael1880]

Nice to see some good comments regarding Tonya. She never ever said she was perfect, she was a damaged person in reality. Regardless of the scandal, she didn’t deserve the punishment in my opinion. It literally was a life sentence for her. Regardless, her name will forever be synonymous with the Triple Axel. I’ll never forget the height she got on that jump that famous night.

[@sharonisaac445]

Tonya is Beautiful, that outfit is gorgeous on her.❤

[@erikkajuvonen5360]

I loved ITonya it showed Tonyas side..and she fought soo hard to where she got. And it got ripped away from her..I'm happy the movie Finally showed her side..

[@magnoliabranca5149]

I don’t understand all the hatred towards this woman. So many people were given a second chance... the American media was so hard on her. She was an amazing skater. She had a terrible narcissistic mother and an abusive boyfriend/husband.... At such an young age so many challenges. She looks stunning and I’m so glad she is doing well now! Wish her the very best. As soon as her movie was released in my country I went to watch the very first day never did that in my life for a movie! Also I’m a huge fan of figure skating and I’m yet to see someone that jumps like she. 💜Tonya

[@Inessence4]

donlapcam didn’t turn in her husband because she feared for her safety? Let’s draw and quarter her.

[@magnoliabranca5149]

donlapcam you live in a country where mass shootings happen, that has no public healthcare where government is controlled by huge companies... people are dying because they don’t have insurance, because some wako can by a gun everywhere and shoot a bunch of people but you are worried with a lady that had a very difficult life in her teens with not support... that got involved with a psychopath who probably planned it all for her. She was teen! I did so many stupid things when I was teen... she was manipulated and confused. You people are so fucking judgmental towards her! Be judgmental against your third world government instead!

[@barbaras3206]

@@donlapcam she didnt do anything but be a threat by being the only female skater that landed a triple axel in competition. She had to be removed. Boring skater with $5000 vera wang dresses was supposed to gold. Her married manager boyfriend racked up big money endorsements preolympics! And made millions on the cbs ads run because of the incident. Chicago Sun-Times ran that info. He won big. Witt couldnt take out skinny baiul by ramming her in practice. Oksana won anyway. Was that a hit too, by nanK's married boyfriend manager? Money can buy anything. Tv reports. Newspaper stories. All spinned lies.

[@arcticwolf7515]

It is strange that you can see "I,Tonya",for free. But some sites want you to pay still. I WOULD pay if Tanya Harding got the money.

[@irmaromo1635]

I honestly think she was not in on the attack on Nancy. Plus she was judged badly by the judges. She kicked ass out therr.

[@Robinz1100]

She wasn’t! She did admit to hearing about it, but not taking it seriously. It was in an interview. She explained that she heard her then husband and his friend speaking about it, and she had been all “what the hell are you talking about?” With them, thinking that they were being weird

[@daviderighini]

Very lovely person....She likes everything about human being...expecially knees !

[@criminalnchief5989]

I'm still in love with you tonya. You are so beautiful

[@denisesorenson4000]

I"m glad she got happiness!!

[@chrisbuckley1785]

Not the "what would you say to little tonya now?" Moment. 🤣🤣🤣

[@cfrygirl]

The movie was so good I just saw it not long ago love you Tonya ❤️

[@MARS0l]

Love Tonya ❤️

[@song4you80]

Tonya looks so beautiful here never seen her look this good.

[@taylorthomas459]

Thank you Tonya Harding you are loved

[@blessedpearls9373]

Awwwww that was heart felt

[@1980BAPS]

Awww, I'm happy to see her. I hope she's well❤❤❤.

[@abbyhess1200]

Looking good, love her!

[@biljanna6927]

May God bless her.

[@carolinagonzalezlizarazo8113]

She looks so pretty!

[@cvx5422]

She looks beautiful!

[@Evalauj02]

She’s so down to earth

[@ewanoxborrow1024]

I love her

[@TheSakebomb1]

She landed that triple axel by herself.

[@deloiscroskey9004]

Great interview RuPaul. Love this show.

[@lissalives1]

I like her. ♥️

[@jmaloof]

Damn ru had his work cut out navigating Tonya through that interview!

[@frozenwarning]

She looks beautiful

[@kimberleyheadland4639]

Tanya one of the best skaters ever Queen of the jumps 💕💕🌹⛸⛸…………….kim🇬🇧

[@julianeh5584]

She is amazing and hilarious

[@sejavocesempre1063]

Ela está linda e sofreu MUITO.....merece ser feliz.

[@nomdeplume2213]

Omg she has a son?!? How did i not know that?!? Congrats Momma!!!!

[@babsfocker7751]

lovely woman, I wish she was one of my friends. what a great mentor

[@Ursaminor31]

She looks great

[@hollyjolly2066]

I've never seen this look before for Tonya, and I love it! 💜

[@mzyannibby]

Looking for the tears👀

[@celinelubelski]

being sarcastic are we? we all deal differently and show it or not

[@tiffanyl4829]

Ru is awesome and loving. I wonder if he spoke to her about her inner saboteur.

[@tylerseabook9423]

The best figure skater in the world right there

[@anan-pf8uf]

i really loved Margot doing Tonya but i also think Amy Adams would do a good one love three of them ❤😙

[@jessie.nadeau]

Two lovely scorpios here 😍

[@tonydouglas334]

Dope

[@1DJSkittles]

What show is this from I did not see full show of this

[@OphiuchiChannel]

Rupaul

[@henriquemonteiro7245]

tonya harding looks a lot like amy schumer

[@mariatischler3476]

So funny. Thanks.

[@michaelromero31]

I Love this show

[@a.turner8813]

good ro see this side of Tonya

[@shawn31]

Old Spam Can Key (remember those)? What I thought of when she said Key, for some reason.

[@evearcana2392]

She reminds me of that white lady in dances with wolves who’a taken in and lives with the tribe lol - but just looks like her a bit- otherwise, Tonya looks beautiful! So happy for her life now

[@ghosttrain9022]

Two icons in the same room.

[@bethanyro6360]

She's was never a bad guy. She's more legend, than that princess who thinks she's still have her leg incident of pain. I was 10 yrs old, hit by the car, leg broken, leg pains. Yrs later I'm 41 now, leg is not broken, not in pain & etc. It take yrs to be healed & walk better. I'm not using my injury excuse, to be lazy, to do things & make ppl feel sorry for me. I am not a liar & fake✌️✌️❤️❤️❤️

[@PeasantNerd]

Ru using that drag race tactic to bring the water works.

[@celinelubelski]

ignorance seems to be very predominant in your personality...now why is that?

[@PeasantNerd]

@@celinelubelski I'm just lucky that way.

[@RP.123]

ProActif Fitness you clearly dont watch DragRace Untucked. Otherwise you’d get it

[@PeasantNerd]

@@RP.123 I feel very attacked :(

[@elle5031]

So sorry she was mistreated by her mom. I was abused by my step mom for 9 years. I know exactly the affects it has...I wish her well............

[@mrunning10]

How have you come to grips with it?

[@emmaemma9211]

everyone did this woman dirty. her own family, her husband, they are all disgusting!!!!!

[@shellierodarmel7282]

Shit she looks way different almost better!

[@coreysmorgan8488]

I have always been team Tanya over team Nancy

[@ewanoxborrow1024]

Corey's Morgan Tonya could do things Nancy only dreamed of

[@GachaMuffin]

she lives in my town

[@taotaostrong]

She seems like a cool person. ♥️

[@user-fb4sb1zi8g]

I really like Tonya and rather she had a part on the whole knee bashing thing or not, she's been punished long enough. All things aside, she was an incredible athlete!

[@joanna7350]

wrong how they never offered her sponsorships or beautiful costumes to skate in.

[@excessmeteor9704]

Good job sweet heart. Abuse survivors are amazingly resilient. So happy shes getting the chance to show who she is away from the abuse.

[@mrunning10]

HORSESHIT. Tonya DO something about the abuse. Fess up. You knew then and you know now. Tell your ex-husband and a man's world to go intercourse themselves by telling the truth.

[@totesmygoats-bq8mk]

This just proves that all of it is theatre 🎭

[@offwhiterapper1148]

d.j Harden it’s wrestling 🤼‍♀️

[@barbaras3206]

As. well as ... * notices cams rolling..." whyyyyy?? Whyyyyy? Why nowww???" B. S. Give that woman an oscar. Or more endorsement money.

[@smsoum]

That dramatic ending tho

[@ss2000iluvu]

Was this part of a full show and if so which one? Rupaul is not wearing that black suit in any of the full shows. I've seen all the full episodes but this Tonya Harding interview was not on any of them.

[@Mrs.Doubtfire007]

As a Gay man i never thought i coukd be so disgusted by Ru Paul. He's proven me wrong.

[@raphaelspector3682]

I like her now.

[@DavidWilliams-so2dy]

Like someone from another thread observed…there’s a reason that the film “I, Nancy” doesn’t exist.

[@AD______]

What does he know about her to make such statement?

[@allspotsclean]

God forgives she has paid the price time to move on people we all make mistakes and learn hard from them some may be life time lessons.

[@Pinkranger87]

She looks so pretty here. She lost a lot weight

[@rueben44]

This was so good I wonder if we will get the show. We need to, if they green lit Robert Irvine....then what is the deal.

[@bv6633]

What a sweetie. So she broke some kneecaps to get ahead. She looks great and so sweet...lmfao

[@TheCRYSTALLURE]

B v technically she didn’t do it. Nor know about it til way after. She only wanted to send the death threats as a response to death threats she received which is understandable because you want payback. But the extent in which everything led to the kneecap situation that wasn’t on her.

[@FreeSociety1]

She herself did not ever do that. She had an ex-husband, who was not a nice guy, who hired a couple of thugs. If we are to blame people for things that so-called "friends" themselves do, or rather "friends of friends " do - then everybody becomes guilty. It does not work that way.

[@amrose4214]

She did not break kneecaps her ex hubby hired and paid a hitman to do it.

[@barbaras3206]

Doctor reports in paper, from court, claimed BACK of rt leg. Someone paid the media to claim kneecap. Skaters do worse damage falling on blade in practice😅. Or, Like the collision when 150lb witt slamned 85lb baiul. Was that a hit to take out oksana? Everyone has a price. Never trust during competition. Not even mom.

[@hollyjolly2066]

@@barbaras3206 Is that true?? It was the back of the leg? I never knew that!!

[@zazodream4218]

Is she the one that hit the girl on the knee or the one that got hit in the knee?

[@robertjazz3613]

She the one who hit the girl with the baseball bat.

[@zazodream4218]

@@robertjazz3613 thank you for replying... I dont get this interview then......

[@PerfectlySpicy]

@@robertjazz3613 her bf Jeff Gilooly's friend hit her. Not Tanya.

[@plpl7883]

Actually it was a man that her abusive ex-husband hired without her knowing before it happened.

[@barbaras3206]

The one that was "predetermined" to gold was smacked with skinny baton on BACK of leg. It was rumored She had BIG endorsements signed before even skating at olympics! Now? Sympathy! Poor thing. (Not the greatest, or strongest skater.) No TRIPLE axel. But a married manager boyfriend that handled her. Hmmm. The ads run for cbs on olympic skater day brought million$$$$ to her handler. And her, boring no axel skater. How convenient. A star that is rude, Nasty, and now with huge new choppers and $5000 vera wang dress wins silver (for russia couldnt be bribed?). Witt didnt cause too much damage to the gold medal winner, Oksana. Gee, was that a paid for hit, too? Imo😂

[@jenniferhalf1650]

Did he just ask her if she liked her Dad.....

[@ishmilky248]

RUPAUL HAS A TALK SHOW

[@aaronsrok3422]

Its perfectly plausible that Jeff and Shawn got a "BIT" overzealous. Like what competitor would seriously put their career on the line by ordering basically an assassination on a fellow competitor. come on.

[@DavidHulse-gy3ys]

🎶🎵I know she sounds kind of crude, but she feels kinda good. She swings her hips and her bits to the rock n’ roll groove. What she makes what she breaks, I say that it’s all good. But she can’t hide from the side, what is manic and moved. Common lady, gone crazy, I don’t know if she’s listening tonight. Common lady, gone crazy, got a fist for a generous spot.

[@amrose4214]

Weird skating karma. Though she was banned for life from competive skating. Then both lost there dads Nancys brother murdered her father and both suffered miscarriages but there were friends in the skating world. Maybe someday they can bury the hatchet. Esp when it was the male goons who committed the knee attack and she had to say what her lawyers said so much time has passed. Tonya paid her price let go and move on, she still has the triple axel noterity.

[@paulmasterson3698]

I FREAKIN LOVE TONYA HARDING. Her personality is by far better than ice cold home wreckering, Nancy Kerrigan. “He, who’s without sin, shall cast the first stone” Nancy isn’t and wasn’t perfect. Tonya got fu’kd

[@roibigdawg4606]

Oh stfu

[@piznoctsauo8141]

If Tonya got fuk'd it wasn't Nancy's fault, she was the victim of an attack that initially was planned to kill her. Tonya got fuk'd by herself, her ambitions, decisions and lies.

[@happydayz7857]

Nancy destroyed a marriage? That’s news to me.

[@itsjemmabond]

Nancy is a home-wrecker?

[@hollyjolly2066]

@@itsjemmabond I doubt that. If she became involved with a married man, then it sounds to me like HE is the one who wrecked his own home. I don't think Nancy's that powerful.

[@otterz4u]

I bet that chipmunk hobbled out of there

[@ManuelPabloArnao]

Oh Tonya, you knew about the attack!!!

[@barbaras3206]

She heard them talking. She was confident she didnt need any help. She had no competition with nanK. None. Nan had no power. (Just a powerful married boyfriend manager, in my opinion.) By letting her hear the bs, she would be implicated if no alert came from her. She blew it off. It wasnt worth the trouble. She knew how good SHE was. Confident. They were both drunk aholes. She could land a triple axel. No other us female skater had that. She was a threat that needed to be removed, to another not great skater. Imo.

[@melissadehart9306]

Can't watch. Whistling hurts my ears.

[@cristianchile5316]

TONYA 😍✌️