Perhaps the most disappointing aspect of the revisit of the 1994 attack on figure skater Nancy Kerrigan is that Tonya Harding seems to have learned nothing.
In an article Thursday on q.usatoday.com, Harding, one of the American figure-skating favorites heading into the 1994 Winter Olympics who's then-husband Jeff Gillooly planned the attack on Kerrigan prior to Games in Lillehammer, was portrayed as still in denial as to her involvement in the attack and bitter about the consequences that have befallen her in the last 20 years.
According to a tweet from ESPN Films 30 for 30, Harding said, "Nancy's a princess, you know. That's how everybody's seeing her. She's a princess and I'm a pile of crap."
Harding pleaded guilty to conspiring to hinder prosecution of the group of men involved in the attack on Kerrigan and was forced to resign from the U.S. Figure Skating Association and received a lifetime ban from the sport.
According to q.usatoday.com, Harding broke into tears when talking about the ban to 30 for 30.
"Truthfully I don't remember much about anything after the Olympics 'cause I, I lost everything," ESPN Films 30 for 30 tweeted Harding as saying.
Oregonlive.com recently reposted a story about Harding's guilty plea in court. Her lawyer at the time, Robert C. Weaver, was quoted as saying, "She denies any advance knowledge or complicity in the attack on Nancy Kerrigan. Her mistake was getting involved with these guys and trying to protect Jeff Gillooly. She's admitted to it, and she's going to take her medicine, and she's going to move on with her life."
Only, she hasn't. 30 for 30 also tweeted about Harding's continued bitterness:
"Skating was put on the map, supposedly from me... Everybody made a life and a livelihood, um, except me," 30 for 30 quoted Harding as saying.
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