1 00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:05,160 Speaker 1: Hey, that folks. It is Thursday, February twelfth, and we 2 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:08,039 Speaker 1: have a major update on the story out of the 3 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:11,760 Speaker 1: Olympics that every body was buzzing about. The olympian who 4 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 1: won a medal and then immediately in his post race 5 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:22,840 Speaker 1: interview confessed and apologized for being unfaithful to his ex girlfriend. Well, 6 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 1: he has now issued another apology to the same ex 7 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:30,639 Speaker 1: girlfriend and with that, welcome to this episode of Amy 8 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:33,199 Speaker 1: and TJ. I got this right. He's essentially apologizing for 9 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:34,080 Speaker 1: the first apology. 10 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:38,199 Speaker 2: Correct, and he's apologizing to his extual friend and to 11 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:39,280 Speaker 2: his teammates. 12 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 1: A lot of folks, almost his whole country. Is he not? 13 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:44,760 Speaker 2: Pretty much? Yes, he's on an apology tour after winning 14 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:46,360 Speaker 2: a medal. It doesn't make any sense. 15 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:50,520 Speaker 1: Okay, has this story now taken what kind of a turn? 16 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:51,920 Speaker 1: Let's start at the beginning. I think a lot of 17 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 1: people have seen this. Now, Norwegian athlete, he is a 18 00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:59,800 Speaker 1: ski by athlete, gets a bronze medal, post race in 19 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:04,800 Speaker 1: view apological confession just out of nowhere, tearfully says I'm sorry, 20 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:06,280 Speaker 1: I love you, I want you, blah blah blah. We'll 21 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:09,319 Speaker 1: get into exactly what he said. The story then what 22 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 1: did you think of it? Because it's taking a turn now, 23 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:15,240 Speaker 1: but right then, and what did you see people saying? 24 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:18,160 Speaker 1: Were they going, oh, or give them a shot or 25 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 1: give them credit? I guess what was the What was 26 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:21,960 Speaker 1: your feeling and everybody's feeling. 27 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 2: Then, initially it's a little shocking because you're expecting someone 28 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:28,680 Speaker 2: to be crying tears of joy after just meddling in 29 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:31,560 Speaker 2: the Olympics, something you've spent your entire life working towards. 30 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 2: So it's bizarre first of all. And then part of 31 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:39,399 Speaker 2: me was like, Oh, that's that's actually so interesting something 32 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 2: about human nature that even at one of the greatest 33 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 2: moments of your life, one of the greatest physical achievements 34 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:48,600 Speaker 2: anyone could possibly reach or attain, and you're thinking about 35 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 2: an ex girlfriend. And I actually thought that was a 36 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:52,680 Speaker 2: really a human moment. So I was like, Wow, that's 37 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 2: so relatable, and that's so interesting the power of love. 38 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:56,560 Speaker 1: That's a good point. 39 00:01:56,720 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 2: I really was kind of taken back by that. But 40 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 2: I have some really funny things that people wrote. One 41 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 2: of the sweeter spokes sports journalists, Yes said that was 42 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 2: the strangest metal interview I've ever seen. Put this in 43 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 2: the post race interview Hall of Fame, the most bizarre 44 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 2: moment of the Olympics just dropped. Yeah, so everybody was 45 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:19,119 Speaker 2: just kind of scratching their heads, like, why choose that 46 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:20,960 Speaker 2: moment to say that? 47 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:23,880 Speaker 1: Did you feel it was bizarre? Yeah, something you had signed. Okay, 48 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 1: now that he has come back out and issued another 49 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:31,519 Speaker 1: apology that we're going to get into and explain, how 50 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:33,639 Speaker 1: do you feel about the story now? Because he's essentially 51 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 1: apologizing for being a distraction and for putting his ex 52 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:41,080 Speaker 1: girlfriend out there and he didn't say her name, but 53 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 1: for putting this under that type of scrutiny, has your 54 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 1: tone or any feeling about the story change now? 55 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:49,520 Speaker 2: Yes? I think that was the right thing for him 56 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:51,919 Speaker 2: to do. I think he realized it after the fact. 57 00:02:51,919 --> 00:02:53,680 Speaker 2: I think it was indulgent of him, and maybe he 58 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:55,880 Speaker 2: was just being super honest. Maybe he was embarrassed that 59 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:57,280 Speaker 2: he was crying and he felt like, you know what, 60 00:02:57,760 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 2: I got to just go ahead and admit what's going on. 61 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 2: But he was doing it as a strategy to win 62 00:03:01,919 --> 00:03:04,359 Speaker 2: her back. I don't think that lands with any of it. 63 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:07,360 Speaker 1: Was he confessed to that, he admitted that, yes, I 64 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 1: got a wander back, and I'd feel bad if I 65 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 1: if there was a chance and I didn't shoot my. 66 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:14,519 Speaker 2: Shop, fine, but that feels controlling and manipulative. 67 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:17,400 Speaker 1: Woo there it is all right, folks. Let's tell you 68 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 1: what we're talking about here. This is sterla Holme Lagrett 69 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 1: is his name. He is a Norwegian skier, but he 70 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 1: does the biathlon. If you don't know what that is, 71 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:31,360 Speaker 1: you have to it seems odd. They ski and then 72 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 1: they stop and shoot a rifle. That is what is okay, 73 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 1: don't know when those skills come in tandem. 74 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 2: There must have been some ancient time when this was 75 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 2: a way to prove your strength and your ability to 76 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 2: take care of your people. 77 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 1: All right, so fine, it's a cool thing to kind 78 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 1: of watch. So he's a Norwegian biathlete. He placed third 79 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 1: in his race earlier this week. Now he's twenty eight 80 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 1: years old, placed dan pretty young, twenty eight years old. 81 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 1: He gets a bronze. He gets off. You've seen this before, folks. 82 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:06,560 Speaker 1: They get off their state as soon as the race 83 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 1: is over, and somebody, usually from their country will come 84 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:11,240 Speaker 1: over and from the press and get something quick. So 85 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:14,360 Speaker 1: sure thing, some now Reegian outlet talk to him, robes, 86 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:17,119 Speaker 1: tell the folks what he said that got this whole 87 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:19,479 Speaker 1: thing started in the first place, and keep in mind 88 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:21,479 Speaker 1: a lot of this, he said through tears. 89 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:24,120 Speaker 2: Yes he did. He had tears in his eyes streaming 90 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:26,119 Speaker 2: down his face. There is someone I wanted to share 91 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 2: this with who might not be watching today. Six months ago, 92 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:31,920 Speaker 2: I met the love of my life. 93 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 1: Come on, stop it. 94 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:36,400 Speaker 2: That's also where I kind of fell off a little. 95 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 2: I was like, six months. 96 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 1: Ago, stop robes. Come on. 97 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 2: Six months ago, he met the love of his life, 98 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:45,200 Speaker 2: the most beautiful, kindest person in the world. Three months ago, 99 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 2: I made the biggest mistake of my life and was unfaithful. 100 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 2: I told her a week ago, and it's been the 101 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 2: worst week of my life. I had a gold medal 102 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:55,960 Speaker 2: in life, and there's probably a lot of people out 103 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:58,400 Speaker 2: there who look at me differently now, but I only 104 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:01,800 Speaker 2: have eyes for her. Sports have taken a bit of 105 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:04,479 Speaker 2: a back seat these past couple of days. Yeah, I 106 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 2: wish I could share this with her. And that is 107 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 2: a strange thing to say when you are actually competing 108 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:12,120 Speaker 2: at the Olympics, which right on the same week that 109 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:14,240 Speaker 2: you say, sports took a bit of a back seat 110 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:17,000 Speaker 2: for me. This week when he was competing in the Olympics. 111 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:19,279 Speaker 2: But I mean, look, I could all I was looking 112 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:22,120 Speaker 2: at it. This as wow, this is the power of 113 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:26,040 Speaker 2: relationships in our life. Like it trumps everything. It trumps 114 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:28,720 Speaker 2: any sort of gold medal you might be winning, or 115 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:31,520 Speaker 2: any sort of achievement you might have. If your love 116 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:34,760 Speaker 2: life is out of whack, nothing feels good you. 117 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:37,520 Speaker 1: That's very good lesson you're teaching us here, Robes, because 118 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:39,960 Speaker 1: so many people are wanting to do it's this or that. 119 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 1: Take this side. He did the right thing, This is romantic. 120 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:45,680 Speaker 1: Others looking at it, you lost her, you screwed up, 121 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:47,479 Speaker 1: and blah blah blah, and wanted to dismiss the guy, 122 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 1: like there's a side splitting. But sometimes it's just a 123 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:52,560 Speaker 1: matter of taking a lesson in what you're seeing in 124 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:55,640 Speaker 1: front of us, Robes. That is so such a good point. 125 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:59,200 Speaker 1: We see all these stories of all these these athletes 126 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 1: and everything that went through. But every time family member 127 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 1: in the stands, there's somebody there they love. The first 128 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:08,080 Speaker 1: thing they talk about at their speech or their press 129 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:12,480 Speaker 1: conference is some family members somebody that draw of. He 130 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:16,839 Speaker 1: has a bronze medal at the Olympics, the highlight of 131 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:21,680 Speaker 1: his life, quite possibly, and it maybe doesn't feel as 132 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:24,720 Speaker 1: good as it should because there's nobody there to hug, 133 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 1: there's nobody there to kiss, there's nobody there to shared with. 134 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:29,560 Speaker 2: Sometimes you don't know what you got until it's gone. 135 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 1: That is a good, very good point. The draw of 136 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:35,719 Speaker 1: human nature. This is that human emotion. So you talked 137 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 1: about a little bit. What the world reaction was, he 138 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 1: said plenty. Also, I don't want to say he changed 139 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 1: his tune, but things started to change a little bit 140 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:46,039 Speaker 1: after the metal ceremony and at the press conference to 141 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:48,640 Speaker 1: where he was still this is where ropes. He made 142 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:50,559 Speaker 1: clear he was trying to get her back. 143 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:53,159 Speaker 2: Yes, yes, he said, I have nothing to lose. I 144 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:55,120 Speaker 2: had a chance at true love, and I screwed up 145 00:06:55,160 --> 00:06:59,039 Speaker 2: so badly. It's not necessarily forgivable. But if this gives 146 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:01,839 Speaker 2: me a tiny chance to tell her how much I 147 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 2: love her, I'd rather commit social suicide on live TV 148 00:07:06,279 --> 00:07:09,159 Speaker 2: just to get that little chance. I'm not ready to 149 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:11,440 Speaker 2: give up. I accept the consequences of what I've done. 150 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:14,080 Speaker 2: I regret it with all my heart. Maybe I'm dumb 151 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 2: as a rock. I'm a member of MENSA, but I 152 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:17,600 Speaker 2: still do stupid stuff. 153 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:20,840 Speaker 1: Oh that was funny, I thought that was funny. So 154 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:22,880 Speaker 1: today I don't know if he is a member of MENSAE. 155 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:24,679 Speaker 2: I actually was like, wait, does he have the proof 156 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:27,120 Speaker 2: of that? So today I made the choice to tell 157 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:29,360 Speaker 2: the world what I did. So maybe there is a 158 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 2: chance that she will see what she really means to 159 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 2: me and maybe not. But I don't want to think 160 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 2: I didn't try everything to get her back. 161 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:40,120 Speaker 1: I think roll and here is where and there is 162 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:44,000 Speaker 1: so much and right just about relationships that we all experience. 163 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 1: But there's something you have spoken on. I don't see 164 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:50,280 Speaker 1: as much or understand as much, this idea that it's 165 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:54,960 Speaker 1: manipulative where you can see something and someone else thought 166 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:57,560 Speaker 1: might think is romantic, where his heart is broken or sympathized. 167 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 1: You saw something else happening, and I think that's why 168 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:03,760 Speaker 1: he ended up issuing another apology based on I can't 169 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:05,840 Speaker 1: even articulate the way you put it, but you saw 170 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:08,640 Speaker 1: something in this that was wow wow, Like he was 171 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:10,480 Speaker 1: doing something to her in that moment. 172 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:13,119 Speaker 2: Yeah, he's trying to control the situation, and he's trying 173 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:17,880 Speaker 2: to basically by making this big grand gesture in front 174 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 2: of the world. He looks like a guy who's just 175 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:23,480 Speaker 2: you know, messed up. And is saying he's sorry and 176 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:28,560 Speaker 2: please love me. At his grandest, greatest moment, He's it. 177 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 2: I don't like big, grand gestures like that. I would 178 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 2: rather a small, intimate note where no one else heard it, 179 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:36,960 Speaker 2: no one else saw it. It was just intended for 180 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:40,720 Speaker 2: me because it wasn't about a show. It was about 181 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:44,000 Speaker 2: actually creating an intimate moment where you can be honest 182 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:45,840 Speaker 2: and real and let someone know how much you love them. 183 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:48,160 Speaker 2: But to do it with a microphone and a world 184 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:51,040 Speaker 2: watching it feels manipulative and controlling. 185 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:52,839 Speaker 1: And obviously we don't know the guy and not going 186 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:55,440 Speaker 1: to indict him for however, it was how his heart 187 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:57,200 Speaker 1: was breaking, what he was feeling, and it happened in 188 00:08:57,200 --> 00:09:00,160 Speaker 1: the moment, whatever it may be. But it's it's so 189 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:02,760 Speaker 1: interesting how we all watch these things and you immediately 190 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:05,560 Speaker 1: read or something stood out to you that I don't 191 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 1: think I necessarily would have thought about. But his apology 192 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:11,800 Speaker 1: now Robes, and it's taking on a different tone because 193 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:15,200 Speaker 1: he's getting I mean, he's getting ripped in some circles, 194 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 1: and in particular we're going to talk about the ex girlfriend, 195 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:23,560 Speaker 1: but Robes, his teammate won the damn gold medal. Why 196 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:25,120 Speaker 1: are we talking about your bullshit? 197 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 2: Yes? And you know what, I didn't even think about that. 198 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:32,520 Speaker 2: But when he now put out this new apology to 199 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:35,160 Speaker 2: not only his ex girlfriend we'll get into that, but 200 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:38,480 Speaker 2: also to his teammate, that hit for me. I thought, 201 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 2: you know what, that wasn't fair, because now the story 202 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:46,520 Speaker 2: is about the third place, the bronze medalist's ex girlfriend, 203 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:49,080 Speaker 2: and no one's talking about the gold medalist, because this 204 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:52,880 Speaker 2: story was so out of left field and captured the 205 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:56,360 Speaker 2: attention of everyone in that moment, and so his teammate 206 00:09:56,800 --> 00:10:00,560 Speaker 2: didn't get maybe all the glory he would have got otherwise. 207 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:02,600 Speaker 1: So still in the press converse late when they have 208 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:04,720 Speaker 1: them sitting up their own podium as a team thing, 209 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:07,880 Speaker 1: I mean, he even, I mean almost rudely. I guess 210 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:10,120 Speaker 1: he was making a joke. His teammate was answering, and 211 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:12,520 Speaker 1: he said, oh yeah, I didn't mean to take the attention, 212 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:16,480 Speaker 1: And even while his teammate was answering, he was interrupting, 213 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:19,199 Speaker 1: almost still with his own thing. Again, I want to 214 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:21,480 Speaker 1: leave room for this guy being heartbroken. We've all done 215 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:25,400 Speaker 1: some stupid stuff in love and heartbroken and whatever it 216 00:10:25,480 --> 00:10:28,400 Speaker 1: may be. But right now, the tone of a lot 217 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:31,840 Speaker 1: of this robes is about wow, you did your teammates 218 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:32,160 Speaker 1: like that? 219 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:34,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, and so he does have a new apology out. 220 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:38,240 Speaker 2: He said, I deeply regret that I brought up this 221 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:41,360 Speaker 2: personal story on what was supposed to be a day 222 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:46,120 Speaker 2: of celebration for Norwegian Norwegian biathlon. I am not quite 223 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:49,440 Speaker 2: myself these days, and I am not thinking clearly. My 224 00:10:49,559 --> 00:10:53,559 Speaker 2: apologies go to Johann Alloff as his teammate was Johan Oloff. 225 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:59,440 Speaker 2: What a great Norwegian name, Johan Oloff, who deserved all 226 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:01,760 Speaker 2: the attention after winning the goal. 227 00:11:01,880 --> 00:11:03,679 Speaker 1: Yeah, he needed to say that that came out. I 228 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:08,840 Speaker 1: think they're Olympic committee in Norway. But it's done now, right, 229 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:11,840 Speaker 1: It's already out there, It's already happened. I'm not sure. 230 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:13,360 Speaker 1: I know a lot of coverage. I didn't look at 231 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:15,840 Speaker 1: it as closely, but mainstream coverage of this. I know 232 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:17,559 Speaker 1: you read a lot of comments online and wasn't I 233 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:22,920 Speaker 1: but was it being read as something funny or cute 234 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:26,520 Speaker 1: or heartachey or some you know what this running me of? 235 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:29,400 Speaker 1: And you would have brought this up before me some 236 00:11:29,559 --> 00:11:33,240 Speaker 1: rom com set up, right, This is exactly what you'd 237 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:33,760 Speaker 1: see in ron. 238 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:36,199 Speaker 2: It's like a script out of a movie, right, except 239 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:39,800 Speaker 2: for the movie would end with the girlfriends running into 240 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:42,160 Speaker 2: his arms. She was there all along. She just didn't 241 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:44,079 Speaker 2: want him to know she was actually in this state, 242 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:46,440 Speaker 2: you know whatever. Yes, that would be the happy ending 243 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:47,360 Speaker 2: with the bow on top. 244 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:51,120 Speaker 1: However, folks, that is not it appears how this story 245 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:53,880 Speaker 1: is going to end. Yes, we have heard from the 246 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:57,440 Speaker 1: ex girlfriend. Sounds like she ain't trying to hear shit. 247 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:09,640 Speaker 2: Welcome back everyone to Amy and TJ. Where we are 248 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:11,800 Speaker 2: talking about I didn't even say what you So we 249 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:14,480 Speaker 2: put out episodes. We kind of order how we want 250 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:16,200 Speaker 2: to talk about things and what we want to talk about, 251 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:19,080 Speaker 2: and we give them titles. You called this naughty Norwegian. 252 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:23,080 Speaker 2: That just made me laugh. It was say you're like 253 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:26,400 Speaker 2: his name was too hard to say. But Sterla. Sterla 254 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:30,400 Speaker 2: has apologized and apologized again now for apologizing in the 255 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:34,800 Speaker 2: first place to his girlfriend on international television after he 256 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:37,600 Speaker 2: won the bronze, stealing the spotlight so to speak, from 257 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:40,920 Speaker 2: his teammate who won the gold, and trying to win 258 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:44,720 Speaker 2: back his girlfriend's affection. So he had to apologize again 259 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:47,040 Speaker 2: for the apology, first to his teammate, but he also 260 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:50,000 Speaker 2: to his ex girlfriend. Then said The apology also goes 261 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:52,920 Speaker 2: to my ex girlfriend who involuntarily ended up in the 262 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 2: media spotlight. I hope she is doing well. He may 263 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:58,600 Speaker 2: not have said her name, but it doesn't take long 264 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:02,040 Speaker 2: for intrepid journalist to put two and two together. And yes, 265 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:06,840 Speaker 2: the girlfriend was found by a tabloid and she did 266 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:10,720 Speaker 2: end up speaking up and speaking out about her ex 267 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:14,960 Speaker 2: boyfriend's very public display of please take me back. 268 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:17,880 Speaker 1: This seemed classy to me. It seemed classica, and her 269 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:20,200 Speaker 1: name was not put out there. But she said this 270 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:22,800 Speaker 1: to the outlet quote it is hard to forgive him, 271 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:25,360 Speaker 1: even after a declaration of love in front of the 272 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:29,040 Speaker 1: whole world. She should never have to make a comment 273 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:33,080 Speaker 1: about this, this Groves. This is when they mentioned I 274 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:36,160 Speaker 1: think I immediately thought of the ex girlfriend when he 275 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:40,199 Speaker 1: did it, I immediately thought oof, So on a stage 276 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:42,560 Speaker 1: like this and the social media these days, now she's 277 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:46,720 Speaker 1: going to be under spotlight. That's tough. I did not 278 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:51,360 Speaker 1: immediately think about his teammates, and when I certainly want 279 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:53,040 Speaker 1: is bad. When I put the two together, I'm like, 280 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 1: what a shame. And he's getting the attention and even 281 00:13:56,400 --> 00:14:00,320 Speaker 1: some positive attention. But those two groups, right, the ex 282 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:03,280 Speaker 1: girlfriend and her family and friends and the teammates really 283 00:14:03,280 --> 00:14:03,840 Speaker 1: got screwed. 284 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:07,080 Speaker 2: Yep, agreed, really got screwed and he didn't think it through. 285 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:09,160 Speaker 2: I don't think he was not intending to do harm, 286 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:11,120 Speaker 2: but it still caused harm, and so it's good that 287 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:13,760 Speaker 2: he apologized again. And the girlfriend went on to say this, 288 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:16,760 Speaker 2: which is what really brought it home. I did not 289 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:20,120 Speaker 2: choose to be put in this position, and it hurts 290 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:23,800 Speaker 2: to have to be in it. That's interesting, she said. 291 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:26,960 Speaker 2: We have had contact and he is aware of my 292 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:33,280 Speaker 2: opinions on this. I'm sure she let her opinions be 293 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 2: very well known about his public may I. 294 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:40,280 Speaker 1: Call I wondered if this was somewhere lost in translation 295 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:43,280 Speaker 1: between Norwegian and English. Maybe it wasn't at all, because 296 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:49,320 Speaker 1: that seems perfectly like political talk, like she nailed the language. 297 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:54,360 Speaker 1: It's classy. It's very he is aware of my opinions 298 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:56,920 Speaker 1: on that. Without giving too much detail. She was giving 299 00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:59,600 Speaker 1: him more grace than he seemed to have given her. Yes, 300 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,040 Speaker 1: I thought that was really that was my favorite line. 301 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:03,800 Speaker 2: You know what, And it's funny you and I spent 302 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:05,480 Speaker 2: some time in Sweden. I spent a little bit of 303 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:07,840 Speaker 2: time in Norway. That is so Norwegian of hert like, 304 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:11,400 Speaker 2: it's just it's funny. They have this dry, this dry 305 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:14,560 Speaker 2: way of delivering line, so they aren't rude, but they 306 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:17,600 Speaker 2: just but you know how she feels without her actually 307 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:20,920 Speaker 2: having to say how she feels. It's great. And then 308 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:22,560 Speaker 2: she went on to say to my family and friends 309 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:25,480 Speaker 2: who have embraced me and supported me during this time, 310 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 2: also to everyone else who has thought of me and 311 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:31,320 Speaker 2: sympathized without knowing who I am, that's pretty cool. Wow, 312 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:32,720 Speaker 2: I don't think he's getting her back. 313 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:36,560 Speaker 1: I like this late, and you know, what is anybody 314 00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:40,000 Speaker 1: rooting for that? Necessarily we don't know the background. When 315 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:41,640 Speaker 1: you brought this story to me, you were very excited 316 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:43,520 Speaker 1: about it, and you told me all this and we 317 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:45,840 Speaker 1: got to do the I sat down read it for 318 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:47,560 Speaker 1: a little while, and the first thing I said to 319 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:49,040 Speaker 1: you was six months. 320 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 2: I know, because I was thinking the love of his life. 321 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:55,560 Speaker 2: Look love at first, sich you can in one week, 322 00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:58,360 Speaker 2: you can when you know you know. But apparently he 323 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:02,680 Speaker 2: didn't know three months in. And it's interesting that he chose. 324 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:06,120 Speaker 2: I also thought this, Why did he tell her the 325 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:09,920 Speaker 2: week before he left for the Olympics that timing is everything? 326 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:15,080 Speaker 2: Maybe maybe wait until all of this stuff is done 327 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:18,440 Speaker 2: and over. I'm so curious why he chose to do that. 328 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:20,600 Speaker 1: Then there's never a wrong time to do the right thing. 329 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:21,360 Speaker 2: I know what. 330 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:25,280 Speaker 1: Okay, maybe he was delayed in telling her, maybe, but 331 00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:28,320 Speaker 1: you don't want robes Still I'm going back to what 332 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:30,600 Speaker 1: you said. Even if he needs to get it off 333 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:35,080 Speaker 1: his heart, I'll use that word. It's still it was 334 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:39,160 Speaker 1: for him. It still was something he needed to go 335 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:41,640 Speaker 1: to the Olympics, maybe to have his nails. 336 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:43,600 Speaker 2: That is such a good que I mean. 337 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:45,280 Speaker 1: He didn't do that for her. He had three months 338 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:48,920 Speaker 1: to do so why choose? Then? We can't we assume 339 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:51,960 Speaker 1: as well her bags were packed. Can't we assume as 340 00:16:51,960 --> 00:16:54,200 Speaker 1: well that she had been planning to go there to 341 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:56,920 Speaker 1: be with him at the Olympics. Can't we assume that? Why? 342 00:16:57,080 --> 00:16:59,440 Speaker 1: I don't know it's the other woman in an athlete. 343 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:03,120 Speaker 2: I'm just throwing h I don't know the other person. 344 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:06,760 Speaker 1: Saying to you that. Why in the week ahead? 345 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:08,840 Speaker 2: You know what, I had not thought about that. But 346 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:11,360 Speaker 2: therapists will tell you a lot of people will say 347 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:14,040 Speaker 2: when they go and admit that they did something, it's 348 00:17:14,119 --> 00:17:17,159 Speaker 2: for you. It's for you to remove guilt, that you 349 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:20,000 Speaker 2: can be free now you don't have to feel guilty 350 00:17:20,119 --> 00:17:22,159 Speaker 2: or bad. And that could have That could absolutely way 351 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:25,400 Speaker 2: an athlete done. Any sort of mental disruption like that 352 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:28,240 Speaker 2: could be the difference between winning and completely losing, and 353 00:17:28,320 --> 00:17:31,119 Speaker 2: especially when you're skiing, and yeah, you need to be 354 00:17:31,240 --> 00:17:34,520 Speaker 2: mentally sharp. And he probably my guess is thought, Oh, 355 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:37,679 Speaker 2: I'll tell her we'll have this heart to heart moment. 356 00:17:38,119 --> 00:17:41,880 Speaker 2: I will feel free of guilt. We'll be together, and 357 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 2: now I'll be able to race and everything will be good. 358 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:48,200 Speaker 2: And she broke up with him, and he wasn't expecting that. 359 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:52,600 Speaker 2: He wasn't anticipating that. That was the wrinkle in his plan. 360 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:56,199 Speaker 1: And obviously we don't know. We're not speculating about a 361 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:58,480 Speaker 1: crime here. So I don't feel as bad. But you're 362 00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:00,880 Speaker 1: looking for reasons you're looking for Look, we're always trying 363 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:05,000 Speaker 1: to understand human relationship. We're always trying to figure this out. 364 00:18:05,359 --> 00:18:07,280 Speaker 1: And to think a guy's about to have the greatest 365 00:18:07,359 --> 00:18:10,159 Speaker 1: or the biggest event in his life. He has the 366 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:12,639 Speaker 1: woman who is the woman that he wants to be 367 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:15,280 Speaker 1: with in his life, and now how do you make 368 00:18:15,359 --> 00:18:17,800 Speaker 1: those two things go together when you have this thing 369 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:20,280 Speaker 1: weighing you down. Maybe it was too much, and maybe 370 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:22,959 Speaker 1: that's why I always people are not meant to be 371 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:25,080 Speaker 1: dismissed because of the mistakes they make. Don't know what 372 00:18:25,119 --> 00:18:27,600 Speaker 1: these circumstances were and whatever. But he confess to it, 373 00:18:28,119 --> 00:18:30,960 Speaker 1: and fine, she's not dismissing him. She just doesn't want 374 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:32,639 Speaker 1: to be in a relationship with him. Doesn't mean he 375 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:34,880 Speaker 1: has to be dismissed from his team, from his country 376 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:38,600 Speaker 1: for anything else. I want to bronze for his country. 377 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:41,159 Speaker 1: But we can take a look at this robes. It 378 00:18:41,240 --> 00:18:45,760 Speaker 1: is so incredible to think that the only thing that 379 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:48,200 Speaker 1: mattered to this guy who's screwed up in that moment. 380 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:51,119 Speaker 1: Not to say he deserved to have her there, but 381 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:56,720 Speaker 1: it hurts him not like this. Still, yeah, I need something. 382 00:18:56,760 --> 00:18:58,879 Speaker 1: He had no one to go put around him, and 383 00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:02,840 Speaker 1: certainly that's punishment in addition to the other one. But man, 384 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:05,120 Speaker 1: it's he did. 385 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:07,760 Speaker 2: That girl wrong with yes, but yes, and he did 386 00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:10,360 Speaker 2: and he is paying the consequences for it. But this 387 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:12,679 Speaker 2: is to me a story that just reflects the power 388 00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:17,239 Speaker 2: of love. When it's gone, nothing else matters. It's kind 389 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:19,639 Speaker 2: of like your health. You know, you might take it 390 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:21,960 Speaker 2: for granted, but when it's gone. And maybe that's what 391 00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:26,080 Speaker 2: happened three months into his relationship. But when you see 392 00:19:26,119 --> 00:19:29,399 Speaker 2: what you've lost, that's when the perspective hits you like 393 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:31,320 Speaker 2: a ton of bricks. And no matter what you're going through, 394 00:19:31,359 --> 00:19:34,879 Speaker 2: the ups and the downs, if you have lost love, 395 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:36,840 Speaker 2: it's everything. 396 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:42,440 Speaker 1: What another in a long line of I guess robes. 397 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:44,879 Speaker 1: Just in the history of the Olympics, we get these 398 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:51,720 Speaker 1: odd sport adjacent stories. This is another one. I'm fascinated 399 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:53,560 Speaker 1: by it. Who knows if there's anything else to come 400 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:54,879 Speaker 1: out of this, but he says he wants to be 401 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:58,359 Speaker 1: back with her. She doesn't sound like there's a chance. 402 00:19:58,359 --> 00:20:01,120 Speaker 2: In hell, it doesn't seem like that's the case. But 403 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:04,440 Speaker 2: we will of course stay up on this story. If 404 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 2: there are any new developments, we'll be on top of 405 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:08,360 Speaker 2: it for you. And of course we've been having fun 406 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:10,600 Speaker 2: watching the Olympics. Hope you all have two but we 407 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:14,399 Speaker 2: will have plenty more stories where that came from, hopefully, 408 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:18,280 Speaker 2: because the Olympics usually never fails to deliver entertainment along 409 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:21,399 Speaker 2: with the sports and without everyone. Thank you for watching 410 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:23,560 Speaker 2: or for watching us listen to me, Thank you for 411 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:27,280 Speaker 2: listening to us. I'm Amy Roebuck alongside TJ. Holmes. We 412 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:28,040 Speaker 2: will talk to you soon.