The Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan Saga, Part 8

(Public Domain) - Clips from various news broadcasts containing interviews and news reports regarding figure skaters, Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan, stemming from the attack on Kerrigan after a practice session during the 1994 United States Figure Skating Championships in Detroit, Michigan. Part 8 features an interview with Shawn Eckhart who would later be found guilty of hiring a hitman to attack Kerrigan. Eckhart would later be found to be the person who attacked Kerrigan in Detroit.

[@robbieclark7828]

I don’t think I’ve ever wanted to reach into a movie and strangle a character more than Shawn.

[@migueljones9990]

Lol true

[@robbieclark7828]

stirange I’m talking about my experience watching I, Tonya, the film adaptation of the true story.

[@MusiqTruth]

YES! THIS! Ugh I wanted to slap him one good time!

[@MatthiasAI]

stirange, you're something special. xD hahaha~

[@jymymiller]

He is apart of the Russian secret services he will have you killed

[@sealteamryx6758]

Dude is HARDCORE! he's a super spy, counter terrorism expert, government assassin, tonyas bodyguard, knee-capper, president of a small African country, and Scottish royalty. What a bad ass

[@Marco_mourisca]

😀..no mate..he is Just a retarded..

[@Commentsareforlosers]

When I saw the movie for the first time I thought damn it’s great but Shawn looks a little exaggerated. Until I saw the interview with him in the credits and he ACTUALLY said he was an expert in espionage etc. Boy I was wrong!

[@hollyjolly2066]

LOL

[@aprilleerose]

First rule in espionage is that you don’t tell people you’re an expert in it lol

[@joelwillems4081]

@@aprilleerose Nah, his cover story was platinum-grade. Imagine being a lazy, fat guy living in your mom's basement while in reality, you are James Bond and Brian Mills in one person. That's half the reason he's so big. The other half is he wears fluffy sweaters over two bullet-proof vests because he's wanted by cartels.

[@peebay3515]

@@aprilleerose You also don't eat yourself to morbid obesity either.

[@Mr_Nobody640]

Too good to be real, right?

[@oliverjason]

shawn probably was expecting people to think he was a hero for suggesting that they not kill Nancy and that they just attack her lol.

[@melaniewood3506]

Yeah. You're welcome.

[@kameryn2918]

I thought they made up the whole espionage delusions for the movie. I had no idea that he was actually like this. It’s kinda sad 😭

[@Leigh3420]

I know he had a very long false resume

[@emilie8356]

It’s more enraging than sad

[@haydenpeach3667]

Jeff said he drove a bus for “retarded persons”. Anyone else wonder how Jeff & Sean met? Lol.

[@christianorsos]

Honestly Jeff was an official idiot too. Not as bad as Shawn but a legit idiot in all the sense of the word.

[@t.shakeena2797]

🤣😂

[@saigie3908]

@@christianorsos Wasn’t he an abuser too 😅 Jeff I’m speaking about

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

@@saigie3908 Yeah, according to the movie. Although she seems like she'd mess him up. Lol

[@madelynef1]

Lol

[@AA-qb7ni]

Damn, the movie casted everyone perfectly. And ngl the bodyguard made me laugh throughout the film.

[@emilie8356]

I related to much to tonya whenever she insulted him

[@ClevelandIsMyAniki]

7:51 "y'know that he... y'know sort of... y'know..." this is golden word composition

[@kelsey1406]

So this man is part of the reason people think Tonya is involved? And they believed him?

[@emilie8356]

Tonya is too short fused to be friends with someone that dumb and too smart to even think about contracting him for a single job. That’s the ultimate proof tbh and I say it as an also short fused person. Just being put on trial for supposedly committing a crime with that delusional liar must’ve been infuriating and outrageous for her

[@annabv55]

I don't know how much of the movie that actually happened in real life but if it was the exact same story with the attack, the Shawn interview is just hilarious. He's lying about everything.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

At least it's amusing.

[@joelwillems4081]

He's keeping his cover. After his prison sentence, where he made a lot of contacts, he changed his name and faked his own death at 40. He's now protecting Elvis. He consults for the people protecting D.B. Cooper, Big Foot and Bruce Lee. Shawn is just that good.

[@MistressGlowWorm]

Sean, Shane, & Jeff have the IQ of a rock. Tonya knew what a landing leg was and probably suggested it. If this guy was counterterrorism, I was a Navy Seal 🥴

[@Scott-ls1ff]

What a 90’s incel was capable of 😂

[@MICHAEL_MAY_8]

Dude ...this guy makes Steven Seagal look like the Head of Mensa! 😂

[@Comewithmeifuwant2live]

What difference did choosing which leg make? She would need her jumping leg just as much as her landing leg 🤣

[@jessiec2220]

One probably would be worse than the other. I think the jumping one would be worse imo because if it hurts you probably can’t jump as far or high. With the landing leg you might be able to land on it despite the pain

[@theonejokeking3191]

Ma’am, that man is very clearly not the mastermind of ANY operation.

[@astoerbrauck]

I like Tonya, no matter what, she was never given a fair chance. And she was so much better than Nancy. If all that wouldn't have happened, Nancy wouldn't have a chance next to Tonya.

[@brianhall1129]

Oh come on man this guy is pathetic he couldn't guard a bucket of chicken

[@Jesse-cx4si]

“Bodyguard.” 😂 😆

[@meg2231]

I love that so much of the interviews in the movie are just literal word for word dialogue from the real recorded interviews. anyways, I don't believe for a second that this guy didn't do 90% of this on his own. this was a chance for him to live out his imaginary exploits. all he does is lie, and scarier still...has no idea how obvious his lies are when he speaks

[@mslisbeth110]

Where can I find the interviewe with Hardings mom and bird?

[@Its-never-a-mannequin]

I'm curious what happened to this clown lol. He couldn't mastermind moving out of his parents basement let alone work covert missions lol.

[@jerryp7721]

He died. 2006 I believe

[@peppers1758]

I want to relive the 90s

[@ambassador8524]

“F@t, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.” -Mr. Hoover Delta House President

[@SomethingSomethingg]

🤣🤣🤣

[@nightshadehelis9821]

I remember when Tonya went on live TV and apologized to Nancy. Nancy wouldn't make eye contact and then proceeded to walk off set. Later she claimed Tonya never apologized. She has every right to be bitter, but if kills me how shitty Tonya was treated.

[@canadianbeef1958]

She didn't walk off set, and she did make eye contact with her. They talked for at least 20 mins with the interviewer.

[@makeupchick9544]

The amount of people defending the abusive trash box that is Tonya(AFTER LITERALLY ORCHESTRATING THE ATTACK), is astonishing. You think Nancy should have kissed both her cheeks after what she put her through? Get TF out.

[@nightshadehelis9821]

@@makeupchick9544 do you have proof that she orchestrated it?

[@makeupchick9544]

@@nightshadehelis9821 - You mean other than the fact that she plead guilty in the involvement of the attack to derail the investigation or when she ADMITTING TO KNOWING ABOUT IT BEFORE DURING AN INTERVIEW YEARS LATER? FFS PEOPLE DO YOUR FUKKING RESEARCH.

[@TGCRVT]

I think in I Tonya they included clips of interviews with Eckhardt and Lavona Harding just in case you thought they exaggerated how stupid and how evil they are respectively.

[@queen_of_domination]

Tonya Harding was a great skater. She was actually better than Nancy Kerrigan IMHO. I was never a Nancy Kerrigan fan, as I hated the way they tooted her around like a little princess, in spite of the fact that she was sleeping around with married men (including her current husband, as he was still legally married when they first started effing). However, I think Shawn was an F up, orchestrating most of without the knowledge of Jeff and Tonya. I don’t think that Jeff orchestrated the leg injury though, or any of the heavier stuff. I think that Shawn was the pure mastermind behind that nonsense, showing his true pussified nature at the end. 😂😂😂😂

[@metooo-zo6dd]

I know right? I always felt sorry for Tonya

[@shanesmith-vn1ri]

Oh please. Nancy could have been the absolute best and you creatures would still ENVY her because of her wealth. Y'all love glorying trash because it's RELATABLE

[@bushidoshogun932]

I, Tonya brought me here

[@that1blondegirl63]

When Tonya called him out when she was on the ice was hilarious. This man is a nobody so being a "security guard" made him feel cool and and powerful lol

[@clarradactyl7791]

sure shawn, keep telling yourself that.

[@TheDatabaseDude]

Perhaps this guy was the inspiration for John Travolta's character in Pulp Fiction.

[@Juanhernandez-zx7kt]

This guy is the personification of 4chan, and not the best parts.

[@michelleabad295]

Didn't believe Tanya then, don't believe Tanya now. Majority of people back then knew she had a hand in it. If the movie changed anything it changed why we believed she did it ir what drive her to it. The sad thing is Tanya was the better skater. She would have won the U.S. championship anyway and the results in the Olympics would have been the same. Tanya stood a better chance of beating Oksana then Nancy did.

[@tatyanamelnikoff9578]

michelle--exactly. harding could've taken the gold. but that old green-eyed monster, screwed it all.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

I don't think she knew. I mean if she could do the triple, what threat was NK?

[@makeupchick9544]

​@@tatyanamelnikoff9578 - Nah. Tonya has ZERO artistry. It still would have been a race between Oksana and Nancy. Period.

[@thailakhampo]

Tonya. Not Tanya

[@mikeg8375]

No way. Tanya was totally out of shape at this point in her career. Without the triple axel she wasnt beating Oksana and had no business on the podium

[@melaniewood3506]

He had hitmen. LMAO

[@ambassador8524]

That guy LOVES a snow cone.

[@brianfernandes2382]

What a sad person he is. A deluded fantasist

[@oopsibrokethecow]

Wow, I thought this interview was exaggerated in I, Tonya but.... he actually said all this.

[@benjamen7118]

Unfortunately She had the worst lawyer ever

[@daybraeburn6172]

Gold medal in MOUTH BREATHING!!!

[@MrThobias711]

Why is he giving interviews while he's out on bail-pretrial???

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

Ego and stupidity?

[@pangea8541]

now here's a guy who would take ivermectin because facebook told him to

[@samsammy9453]

Favorite movie character of all time lol

[@carmenDS1234]

HOW CAN ANYONE APPLAUD A PERSON SO EATEN UP WITH JEALOUSY SHE TRIED TO DESTROY HER FELLOW GYMNASISTS???? GET REAL PEOPLE!!!

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

There's 0 evidence she had any bad feeling to NK at all. This "security guard" is an idiot, tho, and the ex isn't much better. I could see them managing a misinterpretation. I mean, TH could do that move. So, what competition was NK?

[@shanesmith-vn1ri]

Because they envy Nancy because she's beautiful and rich. They can relate to trash-Tonya

[@AlphaPoe]

Tonya threw away an amazing career most folks never get. Stupid to get involved with this crew knowing the plan, nor at least stopping it before it was carried out.

[@heloisaalmeida1243]

how can I find the parrot interview (Lavona)? someone?

[@eddies6669]

I hated the characer in Tonya, like for real I wanted to just .... ! and I thought it was just to much, then I see this guy !! and oh crap!

[@Maestro_presto]

Its better than a script

[@pinheadjohnson8777]

shawn was a pathological liar, this convinces me she didn't positively know about the attack.

[@where-is-my-mind.]

I'm not gonna say any thing bad about him because he passed away and can't defend himself. But fuckin hell Shawn...

[@mazystarr]

The frank dux of figure skating

[@luisvelazquez942]

The bodyguard open his mouth for the world

[@ELLA_i6]

Shawn is delusional and a big lier !!

[@lisafoos8976]

I am not trying to be mean, but Shawn is kinda slow. He can barely get any meaningful words out of his mouth. Just lies. He is in need of something to help better his life. Read a book, maybe. I am trying not to be mean, but he is SO ridiculous. HE is on a power trip.

[@katherinedaily2604]

Why did they cast someone with a much deeper voice and moustache ?

[@Joe_Parmesan]

Because he portrayed this guy very well. Not sure why they kept his moustache for this scene in the movie though

[@carmenDS1234]

THEY ARE ALL RUNNING SCARED AND BLAMING HIM....THINK ABOUT IT!

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

No...I could see him having a thing for TH, and not being smart enough to think for himself

[@focused-onlife5089]

That introduction was sooo FAKE!!!!

[@suada78]

I mean the journalist, the other persone..? A poor boy in the middle.

[@suada78]

How many money this "man whit the stupid moustache" take? For be a snippet...t.k. is guilty, we know, but the environment?? Why the environment is not ever guilty?? Ma daiii

[@hollyjolly2066]

The young LEN JENOFF

[@gussetblaster6786]

Tremendous amounts of fail!

[@adamgraham9270]

what a maroon

[@nadadealer4435]

Maroon 5 is a decent band

[@user-uk6qt1qn8o]

What Tanya did was unforgivable. She ended a fellow skater’s career. She does not deserve forgiveness. She deserves to be known for the rest of her life for this awful think she did. Skaters at the Olympic level, have poor so much time and effort, and money into their sport, at the expense of having a life and having relationships. Imagine all that gone because some girl doesn’t want to lose. That’s a trashy thing to do.

[@suada78]

What do call that?: Mmh : tem leading the answer.....

[@rileyfly2031]

tonya looks like amy adams so much, amy adams should af casted instead margot robbie

[@noraessam1070]

❤️

[@VeganJustToAnnoyYou]

Jabba the Hut

[@kevinraymcgaugh7164]

Why would they Arrest her Bodyguard it’s his job to protect Tonya

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

Because he's a doofus and he was in on the assault. I don't even think TH knew.

[@Veronica-bc6pp]

Slowwww

[@petemiller9404]

Only a fool would believe Harding did not know anything. Kind of like Hillary, determined, willing to do anything.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

She had the triple axel. She didn't need to do anything, but I could see this guy with a thing for TH, plus the ex, deciding that on their own.

[@karmaround]

I guess I'm a fool

[@xanderdemos670]

cOuNtEr eSpEEoNaGe 🤣😂🤣

[@JAM-yj4tb]

Here after "I, Tonya" movie ⛸. This guy was a piece of work 😆

[@dricoirving3236]

lmao!!! wtf i thought his character was exaggerated in the movie ahahahahaha they did a great job casting

[@nightrider3067]

Drico Irving I know right

[@lilbits4795]

Hahahaha me too!! I thought naw, nobody could be THAT much of a douche...you learn something new everyday lol..

[@redmoon9650]

That’s exactly what I was thinking, I’m glad I’m seeing the real interviews now because the movie got them to a T

[@djmohglojojo]

Bruuh, same... Crazy how ACCURATE the casting was for every character. Including THIS piece of shit

[@KADoodlez]

Paul Hauser is a great actor he was also in clint Eastwood movie Richard jewel

[@MB-xh4gf]

This just confirmed that the performances in I, Tonya were absolutely spot on

[@bottlecaptain9205]

M B I know right?

[@pheliont]

Just finished watching the movie and I didn't believe the Shawn character was real, then I saw this... Wow >

[@elainesnow326]

Blue pretty stupid guy I’d say

[@MatthiasAI]

I was thinking the same, how the fuck are these ppl real.... then all this footage on youtube abt the interviews from the 90s... HOLY FUCK was I wrong!! Hahaha xD I cant imagine how much better off Tonya Harding would have been if she just chose someone else in her teens, Geeze~

[@karabadasski2521]

@@pheliont I thought the same thing. I figured his character was exaggerated for the movie. Nope he is a big loser in real life!

[@Cristian-vm1bg]

'i immediately came to the conclusion that it might've meant some sort of something that it p'ossibly may or may not have been. ' wow.

[@fxvl9582]

Cristian So THAT'S where Trump gets from....

[@muffinmayen77]

Lol omg, that’s the phrase i go. Wtf did he just said? He doesn’t make any sense at all.

[@scream1996]

LMAOO

[@apomales95]

Lol they did an awesome job picking the guy to play him, he did it to a Tee

[@Contractnik]

Yeah, he should actually be nominated. He was terrific.

[@jamesbarber1103]

bori_sanponce he was hilarious

[@ipaintstuff]

The entire cast was excellent

[@piimpindat214]

The sting ray

[@Slick420Pgh]

He made the movie

[@skepticalpickle5258]

That bodyguard couldn't guard a cookie.

[@colonelburton8451]

That's not fair. You KNOW that cookies are his greatest weakness.

[@dkupke]

You ever try guarding a cookie, man? Its not easy! Those bastards Santa and Cookie Monster don’t give up!

[@iamedyson]

THAT MADE ME LAUGH

[@naturalbrunette07]

Lol

[@michaelkangyungjaifreitag2423]

Of course not because he’d eat it first!

[@captassassin5680]

He was a counterterrorist agent. His code name was Neckbeard.

[@brittneypeoples223]

CaptAssassin 😂💁🏾‍♀️ well

[@jarvindriftwood]

He probably terrorized a lot of counters at McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King, KFC, Carl's Jr, so on and so forth.

[@jamalfarah708]

😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@amandab.barber1478]

Haha naw it’s should be “no neck”

[@humanmold]

A.K.A. Asshat.

[@shadowspond3488]

He was quoted as a counter terrorism expert in a travel magazine during the gulf war hahahaha

[@JulietteZephyr]

World's Dumbest Criminals: Figure Skating Edition

[@awesomedowney9637]

Juliette Zephyr that's where I first saw Tonya , I thought she was a comedian

[@MistressGlowWorm]

The irony.

[@colinwoods9601]

4...steps...ahead...

[@skepticalpickle5258]

Colin Woods should have made it 5

[@Howard_T_Duck]

And I change the course of history..

[@dricoirving3236]

lmao ahahahahahhahahaa

[@obedbalderas8237]

ahahahahahahah

[@road2redemption770]

100 steps back lol

[@hannahrose4266]

And he SAVED Nancy Kerrigan guys. It was his idea to spare her life. There's no end to the awesomeness of this dude.* *denotes sarcasm

[@hollyjolly2066]

Hahaa....yeah, right. According to one man, Shawn himself offered him $65,000 to kill Nancy Kerrigan!

[@pantarei8382]

So american to write that it's sarcasms .. purely because half the population IS JUST LIKE THE BODYGUARD

[@Wulfman317]

Sean Eckhardt: International man of mystery

[@pleasedroses3811]

He’s a living premise for a 2000s comedy movie!

[@road2redemption770]

The things that this man was saying in the movie I stop the movie and came here just to see did he really say this stuff on TV SMH its worst than the movie! I can't believe this man really did say this smh!

[@RogueBoyScout]

I just did the same....

[@coshcosh3753]

Hahaa me too i paused it to clear my doubts

[@SpitMeOut]

Me too🤣🤣🤣

[@Yespls888]

Me too! Lol I'm about an hour in and had to see this

[@SBvdB]

LOL that's why I'm here right now

[@anatomycat98]

It's amazing that guys this stupid were able to even pull off the attack.

[@thestruggleisreal9626]

A story that consisted solely of boobs...

[@sunoshun3147]

@@thestruggleisreal9626 surrounded by boobs 🤣

[@luthienrocks]

Dianne Sawyer rocking the princess Diana look

[@LDLeDay]

Lol right

[@jonnycarson4513]

The guy who plays him in the movie is brilliant ! Top Shelf.

[@Bipolarvideos]

Dam he really threw his so called best friend under the bus!!

[@thetruth1733]

I remember this when I was 9 years old and I am now 32 just watched the film with Margot Robbie - amazing unbelievable story

[@shaneblankenship8193]

just got back from watching i Tonya: it is FUNNY AS HELL, this guy was a total dork. and what a bad lair ...........

[@kummakummakummakummakummac8606]

I laughed so hard when the FBI was interviewing him and all of a sudden"Jeff Gilooly planned it" or whatever he said.

[@shaneblankenship8193]

lol he cracked before they even asked him anything serious, i love the ending when they redid this interview, and he was so adamant that he was a secret Agent, and well traveled, and she was like "no, no your not, and he goes yeah well , i am,,,,,,,,,,no, yeah NO YOUR NOT, well but i am. " haha

[@captassassin5680]

The first documented proof of a neckbeard.

[@ins7mnia864]

sadly the FBI BELIEVED him smh...

[@dlindal27]

He's a dipshit

[@lindahammond7759]

debi canttellyou il

[@malsrimutukumarana2212]

what a shame. the sad thing is she had enough talent to compete on a level ground without having to do what she did. you dont get that good without working super hard for it and all that hard work thrown down the drain by stupidity. this is why as much as talent one also needs a fair amount of inteligence and the right people giving wise advice to succeed .

[@bigsistahtips]

malsri mutukumarana it also happened because the system let her down so many times. There where moments she was better than anyone and they didn’t care about that, just because they thought she was white trash. I hope American society changed, because, otherwise, people are doomed out there.

[@dr.pennington1664]

I agree. The system was rigged and she had no one in her personal life who was a stable, loving fixture. So sad.

[@sarahbirenbaim5455]

she didnt do anything

[@tatyanamelnikoff9578]

it was full-out jealousy.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

@@tatyanamelnikoff9578 I disagree. If she could do the triple axel, NK was no threat to her.

[@Overton_Windows]

Man, I hope you got some royalties for piecing this together nice and neat for whoever made I, Tonya. I’ll never forget when this all went down. Along with seeing her skate at what I always thought was the loyd center (I was young) but might have been Clackamas all this time. Big malls with skating rinks all look the same to me. Especially at that age. Great job putting this together.

[@nothankyoutube]

He now lives on 4chan

[@anna_luizz]

At wich point does he say he‘s a secret agent?

[@suzanneburroughs4277]

really wish these videos had links in the description to the next part. Cant find some parts

[@Cristian-vm1bg]

also i might be biased coz of the movie but man this guy really seems like a complete 100% liar.

[@gangrenegengar1254]

Yeah it seemed like every question she asked he would answer with some sort of "yes" and then make up a bunch of bullshit on the spot

[@xRageAgainstMachines]

I wonder if guilt killed Shawn Eckert. It says natural causes but he was only 40

[@eido4220]

Jezamiah maybe the fat around his neck finally strangled him in his sleep

[@d1agram4]

He looks like he could have died naturally. Wait, how do you die unnaturally? An alien or goblin eat you?

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

@@d1agram4 Let's see, I've heard some very nasty ones. Should I go down the list? Bacardi factory, Day Davis, I think hid name was. Sent INTO a machine, 1st day on the job. Crushed to death by a pallet of booze probably weighing thousands of pounds. It's on YT. You can't see anything, but it's bizarre. Woman in China eaten by escalator. Also not gory, but bizarre. Elevator accidents, same thing...it's extremely rare, 15-30 on them a year worldwide. Stairs kill people all the time, tho. 1,600.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

@@d1agram4 he was 40-some? Yeah. Heart attack from obesity. Not a natural death at all. Any more than a drug OD or alcoholism

[@dasmegacool]

The movie was so good!!!

[@kapuraftw]

it almost seems like a compliment when im thinking hes just a terrible liar instead of the biggest shmuck ive ever given 8 minutes to listen to.

[@emersonvalle8880]

Why is nobody talking about the fact that the skating figure association look down on her for being poor

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

Because it's a known fact

[@elijahgonzales2754]

5:22 your welcome

[@datwoopthing6167]

Elijah Gonzales thank you !!!!! 😂👌🏽💯

[@danb1805]

What is it