WEB EXTRA: 1-on-1 with Oksana Baiul-Farina

[@taniaanderson7995]

Praying for you Oksana and the people of the Ukraine 🙏🇺🇦🙏

[@oldtimer4888]

The whole world fell in love with Oksana Baiul while watching her perform her Olympic figure skating routines. "Look at her," my wife and I said to each other in adoration. God bless Oksana.

[@abidinginchrist3139]

I thought about Oksana when I heard about the invasion. I’m praying for all the Ukrainian people.

[@jaymepeddycoart3471]

Oksana is such an inspiration. WE stand with Ukraine. Praying for the brave people of Ukraine Who are pushing back on Russian tanks invading their cities.💙✝

[@СветланаХохлова-з5р]

Жители Украины не дают отпор Российским танкам, их украинские ВСУ - нацисты - фашисты ими прикрываются, прячутся за их спины! Они трУсы! Россия освободит от этих уродов и Донбасс, и всю Украину!

[@lumpyspacecadet]

Thanks for letting us adopt you all those years ago, Oksana! We know your heart will always be in Ukraine. No one ever truly forgets where they came from. God bless Ukraine!

[@Terika-]

I have always always loved Oksana as I have followed her skating since her younger days. My heart was breaking during this interview as you can see the pain in her. WE ARE ALL WITH YOU OKSANA, AND YOUR PEOPLE AND WE PRAY FOR OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN UKRAINE. GLORY TO UKRAINE. ☮️🙏☮️🙏

[@monicalenahan5829]

Praying for Ukraine. I just love Oksana and her spirit. Keep fighting

[@ladyacephoto]

So emotional. I've been thinking about her since this whole horrific thing started and I knew I would see her talking about it. Love you Oksana, always did.

[@tiffyjade690]

Oksana has been an American since she won Gold Medal but her heart is in Ukraine. It's shocking and evil what's happening to the civilians in Ukraine at present times and Oksana's is heart brokered to see her home country suffer like this.

[@rheawolfthal321]

I live in Beersheva, Israel. My maternal grandparents were from Odessa so it’s a part of my heritage. I feel personally touched by what is happening in Ukraine. Part of me wants to go there and volunteer in some way, but I don’t want to worry my family back in the US. I stand with Ukraine 🇺🇦

[@garycooper9207]

I read Oksana has Jewish roots too. I think her Grandma was Jewish

[@toddsubjent7142]

Bless you my dear!! YOU represent humanity, your true selfless strength comes from your heart filled with your homelands pride, independence and dignity! I watched you live during the Olympics with your 16 year olds amazing talent, strength & determination - YOU have that strength and determination now touching all with every word you spoke and image you described!! Americans and all people world wide must support & pray for this madness and evil to end now! Prayers from the heart for all innocents effected by this unjustified horror!! Keep speaking as you are true inspiration for goodness to overcome evil! He, yes the man responsible who the world knows without stating his vile, narcissistic name here, is totally guilty of war crimes, & will ultimately be defeated & accountable for all his horrors!!

[@marybarrett47]

Thank you for speaking up. I've wondered where you were. My heart is bleeding.

[@beachkatz9639]

Oksana keep fighting for your country, it’s a beautiful independent democracy, Putin does not want the citizens of Russia to know how that feels because it threatens his very existence. There is no room for Dictators in our civilized world 🌎, God Bless Ukraine and it’s people. 🇺🇦🙏🏻💙💛🇺🇸

[@СветланаХохлова-з5р]

Диктатор - Америка! Она создаёт угрозу всему человечеству, изготавливая биологическое оружие в секретных лабораториях многих стран, включая Украину ! "Роете яму для других, попадёте в неё сами! "

[@flywings111]

Please educate and inform yourself before you make such a comment. Ukraine is not an independent democracy, their government does what US tells them to do and they have nazi methods. With the knowledge of the government Ukrainian army killed 15 000 Russians in the past 8 years who live in the Donbas region. They also oppress other minorities.I am Hungarian, and we know that since years the Hungarian minority in Ukraine has been constantly oppressed too, they are beaten, their cultural centres are ruined by neo nazis, and they aren't allowed to use their language. Some months ago Ukrainians wanted to deport them back to Hungary. Sorry but this is not democracy! People in Ukraine are very poor and they are starving, which is the government's fault. US stirring the shit in Ukraine so that it will weaken not only Russia but Europe as well. US wants to fight against China alone, they don't need strong opponents lika Russia or Europe. It is very clear. Please read not only mainstream US media but other, more reliable sources too. Or you can travel to Ukraine too see with your own eyes what is happening there. It is easy to form opinion from your comfy sofa in the US.

[@christinemeleg4535]

A brave woman who stands up for her home and family in Ukraine! Slava Ukraine! s

[@marlenemonette1259]

Oksana thankyou. For being you and genuine. I'm praying for Ukraine and the people of Ukraine. Remember America loves you and I love you too. Even though you don't know me I'm speaking from my heart and soul like you . Is there anything else I can do. To help. Please let us know if Ukraine is getting the help that America is sending ? I can say to Ukraine is WIN. I hope all is well with you and your family. I have so much respect for you as a person and as one of the best figure skating icons. Ps keep in touch and let us know what is going on. If I can further help I'm here. God keep you well. Love this interview you had. GoodBye for now my friend sincerely Marlene M

[@rebeccalucero3666]

Thank you, Oksana lovely lady❣️

[@jasbak5701]

God bless to her and her family. United States has to become strong again.

[@oksanabuchananiregressiveh8097]

When I came to the U.S. immigrated from Kyiv, Ukraine 21 years ago every time people would hear my name was Oksana they would always say:” like Oksana Baiul! “ I have a brother in Ukraine… it is very sad and hard to believe how terrible it is there in Ukraine . Thank you so much for this interview! Thank you so much for the truth that the world needs to hear about this horrible war and poor people caught in this. Glory to Ukraine! I am proud Ukraine has beautiful souls like Oksana Baiul to talk about this war for the people of Ukraine 🇺🇦. Glory to Ukraine!🇺🇦💛💙

[@tazlina77]

Are you proud that Ukraine murdered 15 000 Russians and about 200 000 Polish people including kids and babies a few decades ago? Your country never allowed to exhume multiple pit graves, families have no closure to this day, and Ukraine never apologized and you are proud celebrating those murderers as your national heros? Seems like karma got you.

[@HowdyDoody-i9z]

She's so beautiful on the inside and out, and the very best I've ever seen on skates. No one can hold a candle to her.

[@angelaloof852]

We are standing with you Oksana!

[@yvonnelaboy9511]

Oksana...Love is with you. Your country W...A...S. Soooooooo beautiful. Hoping the people will come to their senses and STOP this horrible mess. It is sooooo unfair. What is land? Think about the beautiful peaceful people. Isn't it realized that the armies are fighting their own people. Cousins...friends...uncles....sisters..brothers... They just live in different parts of Russia. What is the price of the innocent people dying and your beautiful cities bombed for the possession of GODs land. We are put here to take care of His land...not to desecrate it. ✌ Oksana to your people and your country. 💘 you.😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 .

[@dgsevenyseven]

👏thank you.

[@Jaymindrew1990]

🙏🇺🇦💙💛

[@pamelasosin8228]

I will Pray! God be with the innocent civilians in Ukraine!

[@agustindejesus7398]

Back when she won the gold medal they said Russia won. The young girl Oksana she was looking so happy, looking beautiful. I liked her a lot and never knew she was from Ukraine until now....to me she was the Russian girl. Then she came to live in America. There were rumors that she was arrested for drunken driving and that she was going wild while in Florida. Now she is a grown up woman....i still like her. Bravo Oksana, never forget where you came from.

[@RaymondHng]

I don't know what mistake you were watching, but television broadcasters prominently displayed the Ukrainian flag next to her name when she was competing in the 1994 Olympics and they played the Ukrainian anthem as they raised the Ukrainian banner after she won the gold medal in figure skating. Television announcers kept repeating her story of being orphaned in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine in 1991 when her single mother died. There was no mistake she is from Ukraine. In January 1997 (three years after winning the gold medal), Baiul was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol after crashing her car into a tree in Bloomfield, Connecticut. The charges were dropped after she met the terms of probation and completed an alcohol education program. Her drinking problem worsened, however. In May 1997 she entered an alcohol rehabilitation program for two and a half months. In a 2004 interview, she said she had been sober for six years, saying "This is more important than Olympic gold." That past incident of drinking in one moment in her lifetime should not define her.

[@agustindejesus7398]

@@RaymondHngRay, iam sorry, but it was my believe that Ukraine was part of Rusia back then. We know her cause she won gold, otherwise she would has never have the chance of moving to the US, so gold is very important. I did not say that her drinking problem defined her.

[@RaymondHng]

How magnanimous of her skating competitor from the 1994 Olympics, Nancy Kerrigan, to reach out to Oksana Baiul in support.

[@garyhaley6377]

Best Skater Ever !!!! I hope this will all end soon.

[@08prema]

GOD bless Ukraine

[@llberry2550]

Im also originally from Dnipo, from the same city in Ukraine as Oksana... I have lived in the UK for more than 20 years. Almost 2 years have passed since the russian invasion of Ukraine, and I still cannot stop crying... BRAVE UKRAINIAN NATION VICTORY To YOU over the russian nazis

[@aemiliacarolphonetube9749]

Poor girl, she went through so much at such a young age, she was probably drinking to cope with all she went through all her life at that point.

[@OctPSfever]

Not sure...She had a great future ahead of her after the Olympic gold and new life in US. Then she blew it off. Her performance on ice was not great. Most time she didnt want to spin or jump on ice. Her attitude towards life led to down the hill, drinking, aged so quickly, beaten up in life.

[@spikemcge3857]

She's my favorite skater and it's not close.

[@nickderekyelli]

God bless you, and I did what you requested - sent prayers to our Lord & Savior, Jesus Christ. He will help and give them strength to overcome

[@YaYaPaBla]

Oksana lives in Louisiana, Shreveport/Bossier.

[@scottgoldman2485]

And Viktor Petrenko hasn't said a word as of January, 2023.

[@mht4908]

Not only did he not say anything, he participated in an ice show hosted by Tatiana Napka (a Ukranian that's married to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov), now he's fired as vice president of the Ukranian figure skating federation

[@nataliemeenakshithegreat7780]

Poor Oksana

[@archieswayze5989]

Каміла не є олімпійською чемпіонкою періоду. Я не обговорюю, як наркотик опинився в її організмі. Вона могла випити заражену воду зі склянки, призначеної для родича (і це могло бути кілька разів) Але в результаті її тест на допінг отримав позитивний результат; Трапляються погані речі, Косторна зламала руку перед Олімпіадою; Якщо ваш тест позитивний, гра закінчена, неважливо, чи був нещасний випадок; Вона не олімпійська чемпіонка; Якщо вона хоче стати олімпійською чемпіонкою, їй доведеться починати все спочатку. Крім того, якщо препарат помилково потрапив у її організм, це не означає, що вона не отримала допомоги від препарату, якщо він потрапив у її організм, препарат вплинув на її продуктивність. Якщо речовина вважається незаконною, відбувається автоматична дискваліфікація зі змагань. Неважливо, що це випадково потрапило в її тіло. ☦️✝️☯️⛸️🥃🍸🍺🍻🍹🥂🧉🍷🍶

[@flywings111]

Since I live in one of the neighbour countries of Ukraine and we took 450 000 refugees so far I regularly donate small amounts. I help people who suffer but I DON'T support the Ukrainian government, which act as USA pleases and who are responsible for this war. Ukrainians should leave in peace with Russians but they made a huge mistake that they let America influence their country in the past years. Zelensky was a nobody, an actor 4 years ago and he suddenly became a president out of nothing, without any experience in politics, let alone world politics? Big mistake. But Yatsenuk wasn't better either. The Ukrainians killed 15000 Russians in the Donbass since 2014 and sadly they were manipulated by US to think they would have any chance to join EU or NATO. Russia was provoked by the plans of Ukraine to join the NATO, which was a big mistake. Don't blame this whole situation on Putin! He wanted a good relationship with Ukraine and waited 8 years for them to change but Ukraine only did what USA told them to do. The civilians are paying a big prize for the constant mistakes of their government. Sorry but they can't govern and they caused today's situation. Oksana Baiul has a good heart but she has been living far away from Ukraine for nearly 30 years and she may not know what is really going on in her home country or in Europe in general. There were 51 millions of people in Ukraine in 1991, before the war in 2022 there were only 41 - people have been fleeing from Ukraine because it's a poor, corrupted country with big problems. They had a chance to establish a free and prospering country in the 1990s but they couldn't live with this opportunity. Oksana was one of them who went to US very quickly after she won in the Olympics, obviously because the situation was so bad in Ukraine and many left the country. People will have to live now in this situation in Ukraine. Praying for a peace between the nations, Russians, Ukrainians and other minorities (Hungarian, Polish, Ruthens, Romanians etc).

[@tazlina77]

Exactly.

[@tazlina77]

I am originally from Poland and agree with you. I am disgusted by people’s ignorance in this topic and tons of propaganda. Ukrainian had been flooding Poland for many years now and overtaking. Why other countries have to pay for mistakes of Ukraine? It took Poland a long time and lots of effort to get on feet after economical and mental devastations of wwII and decades of communism and now this. This going to ruin not only Ukraine, but also Poland and other European countries. And USA is only looking for weak Europe. Biden is provoking people in Europe to fight Putin because America wants weak Russia and Europe. Yet again, another war provoked and controlled by USA on somebody else’s fields.

[@ТатьянаПетрова-й5х]

Пить надо меньше, надо меньше пить. А лучше закусывать.

[@kevinvanmeter2264]

Mrs. Farina is a private person and it is tough to go on camera about this matter. Thank You Joe Biden for all this turmoil you have caused.

[@drumset2147]

Shut up Kevin

[@earthwisdomhelps]

You are correct.

[@richardplantan4375]

@@SoulFestival64 Your right Putin did it but your wrong if you think the weakness and incompetence of Biden did not influence Putin to do what he did. Inotherwords if Trump was president this never would of happened.

[@SoulFestival64]

@@richardplantan4375 Yeah , right , Trump never did anything wrong - He was kissing his ass from the first time he met him - Whata puss / and a racist (TRUMP)... Alternative facts for you Dicky!

[@christinemeleg4535]

@@richardplantan4375 Why should anyone trust that draft dodging betrayer like t rump? He lied to the American people and kissed up to Putin, furthermore t rump betrayed the greatest Republican Senator John McCain. If you trust crap like t rump you know where you can go.

[@llberry2550]

No, Oksanochka, we ar NOT brothers and Sisters ANYMORE! WE WILL NEVER FORGIVE AND FORGET the cruelty, torture, genocide of russians towards the Ukrainian PEOPLE, CHILREN, ANIMALS, COUNTRY !

[@РозаЖунусова-р5о]

Что с ее внешностью, выглядит лет на 60

[@cynthiajones4332]

if you die today will you go to heaven? Have you ever lied, stolen, hated, used God's name as a curse word (O-M-G)? According to God's law, you're guilty, your headed for hell, ignorance will not be an excuse... But wait, God loves you, he made a way out for you, God's son Jesus died paying for your sin. God so loved the world that he gave his only son that whoever believes in him will not die but have everlasting life. John 3:16 Please think about your eternal life, believe and repent, Love Y'all

[@LudaHarper]

She promised to launch a special program to help Ukranians with finding jobs. Till present day she did nothing ......

[@OctPSfever]

She always has excuses or bla bla bla just talking about it. Her proven track records

[@LudaHarper]

@@OctPSfever , I agree. Even her campaign in Las Vegas was a bull. Just to satisfy her own ego nothing else....I don't like when people lie....I don't like her....

[@LudaHarper]

Two years ago she denounced her Ukranian citizenship for no apparent reason sort of zelensky did not invite her for independence day celebration.... Now she got another chance to get noticed ?!...shame on her for using ear cotiayion for her advantages

[@jeffwawa117]

Omg she has aged like a bag of milk and juice

[@Nata34Moscow]

Is she drunk?

[@oldtimer4888]

No; she is very sad, and you should remove your post. Such a shameful question.

[@TheNiwotmom]

Her country is under attack by Putin for NO reason! Your question is completely out of line!

[@californiahiker9616]

She is very distressed. I hope you can understand that.

[@michellelucas7985]

You must be to ask such an insensitive question perhaps to be funny. This woman is pouring her heart out for her country. Have some empathy.

[@rajs7876]

She can barely hold back the tears for her homeland and those being attacked. This is such a nasty comment.