>> THE YEAR WAS 1992, THE WINTER
OLYMPICS, NANCY KERRIGAN,
BEAUTIFUL, MAKING MASSACHUSETTS
PROUD, A SILVER IN 1994, DESPITE
A PUBLIC AND FAILED ATTEMPT TO
TRY TO TAKE HER OUT OF THE
OLYMPICS.
AND NOW THE SAME GIRL, SAME
GRACE, ON "DANCING WITH THE
STARS."
>> WE JUST SAW YOU ON "DANCING
WITH THE STARS".
INCREDIBLE.
>> TOUCH.
>> I HAD A LOT OF FUN DOING IT
FOR SURE.
IT WAS A TON OF WORK.
MORE THAN I EXPECTED.
BUT IT WAS SO MUCH FUN.
LOVED IT.
>> WHAT MADE YOU SAY, OK, I WILL
DO "DANCING WITH THE STARS"?
>> OH, I'VE BEEN WATCHING SINCE
THE BEGINNING SO I'VE ALWAYS,
YOU KNOW, WANTED TO DO IT.
I HAVE HAD FRIENDS THAT HAVE
DONE IT.
THEY HAVE HAD UNBELIEVABLE
EXPERIENCES.
>> AND YOU DID NOT REALIZE HOW
DIFFICULT IT WOULD BE BUT WE
KNOW IT'S NOT EASY.
THIS IS A WORKOUT AND YOU ARE AN
OLYMPIC ATHLETE.
>> YEAH.
WELL THAT WAS OVER 20 YEARS AGO.
SO FIRST OF ALL.
>> WITH ALL THE MEDALS.
>> BUT I WAS COMPETING -- YOU
ARE REALLY COMPETING AGAINST
YOURSELF BUT COMPETING AGAINST,
OH, CURRENT OLYMPIANS AND
CURRENT ATHLETES AND, YOU KNOW,
A BIG DIFFERENC
IT IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE
FUN.
I HAD NO IDEA THE PLATFORM IT
WOULD GIVE ME TO TALK ABOUT
OTHER THINGS.
>> THOSE OTHER THINGS WERE
PAINFUL TO SHARE, BUT HEALING,
AS WELL.
>> I HAD SIX MISCARRIAGES.
>> SIX?
>> SIX.
>> IT MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE A
FAILURE.
>> WHEN YOU LOOK BACK AND YOU
SEE, WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT
YOUR MISCARRIAGES, AND THAT WAS
OBVIOUSLY SUCH A TOUGH TIME FOR
YOU.
IN DOING THAT AND IN SHARING
THAT YOU, YOU REALLY HELPED A
LOT OF PEOPLE.
I KNOW YOU SAID IT'S HARD TO
OPEN UP AND YOU TEND TO BE
GUARDED BUT THAT WAS AN
IMPORTANT MOMENT I THINK FOR A
LOT OF PEOPLE.
>> WELL IT WAS SO SURPRISING TO
ME BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO TALK
ABOUT MOST MEMORABLE SO I WAS
TALKING ABOUT HAVING KIDS AND
HAVING A FAMILY AND THAT'S
SOMETHING I DO, NOT NECESSARILY
WHO I AM.
SO IT'S PART OF WHAT I DO, AND
WHO I AM.
BUT SO IT WAS INTERESTING TO
OPEN UP ABOUT THAT AND TALK
ABOUT IT LATER WITH INTERVIEWS%
AND EVEN FOR THE SHOW I WOULD DO
THESE CALL-INS ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY AND RADIOS AND STUFF AND
PEOPLE WERE TELLING ME MY
HUSBAND ASKED ME IS THAT HOW YOU
FELT?
AND YES, AND IT STARTED
CONVERSATIONS THAT COUPLES HAD
NOT HAD WITH EACH OTHER THAT
THEY NEVER KNEW TO HAVE.
YOU DID NOT SHARE SO TALK ABOUT
GETTING GUARDED, LIKE YOU FEEL
GUILTY AND ALL THESE THINGS YOU
DON'T SHARE WITH YOUR PARTNER
GOING THROUGH THE SAME THING,
BASICALLY.
>> YOU ARE A MOM AND YOU SAID I
HAVE GOT TO DRIVE THE KIDS HERE
AND THERE AND THAT'S YOUR LIFE
AND YOU LOVE THAT.
>> A LOT OF DRIVING.
>> A LOT OF DRIVING.
>> AND IN BETWEEN ALL OF THAT
DRIVING NANCY AND HER HUSBAND
JERRY ARE WORKING ON A POWERFUL
DOCUMENTARY CALLED, "WHY DON'T
YOU LOSE FIVE POUNDS."
>> FOR THIS DOCUMENTARY IT'S
CLOSE TO YOU, SO AFTER YOUR
ATTACK THINGS CHANGE AND HAD
MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY AND I
KNOW THAT'S AN UNDERSTATEMENT.
>> I DON'T MEAN TO LAUGH BUT
THINGS CHANGED.
IT WAS DRAMATIC AND LIKE A MOVIE
>> AND IT WAS LIFE ALTERING AS
WELL, PHYSICALLY.
>> YES.
>> TAKE MOO THROUGH PART OF
THAT.
>> PEOPLE WERE FOLLOWING ME TO
THE M McCALLUM CENTER.
I JUMPED ON IT BECAUSE IT'S
SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE DON'T TALK
ABOUT AND SOMETHING THAT'S
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
IT CAN BE LIFE AND DEATH, AND SO
YEAH.
I MEAN, I NEVER DIAGNOSED, NEVER
SAW ANYTHING ABOUT AN EATING
DISORDER.
>> BUT SOMETHING HAPPENED TO YOU
AFTER THAT ATTACK AND IT CHANGED
THE WAY THAT YOU --
>> OH, YEAH, I LOST A LOT OF
WEIGHT BEFORE THE OLYMPICS.
>> YOU ARE DOING THIS STUFF AND
BUSY AND PEOPLE ARE FOLLOWING ME
AND ALL THESE CARS AND REPORTERS
AND SO YOU DON'T STOP TO GRAB A
BITE AND THEN YOU GET HOME AND
YOU GET BUSY DOING SOMETHING
ELSE AND I DID LOSE A LOT OF
WEIGHT.
ENOUGH THAT MY MOM WOULD LOOK AT
ME IN THE TV WHEN I WAS OVER AT
THE OLYMPICS LIKE YOU LOOK TOO
SKINNY.
PROBLEM IS, IS ESPECIALLY, YOU
KNOW, YOUNGER PEOPLE ARE LIKE,
MAYBE IF I LOSE TEN I WILL GET
FASTER AND THEN THERE IS THIS
PROGRESSION.
THAT CAN BE LIFE AND DEATH, AND
I HAVE KNOWN PEOPLE IN SKATING,
I REMEMBER ONE GIRL AND SHE DIED
AND I REMEMBER SOMEONE WITH A
HYSTERECTOMY, AND LIKE SO THERE
IS REALLY, YOU KNOW, LIFE
CHANGING COMPLICATIONS THAT
EATING DISORDERS CAN CAUSE, SO I
THINK THAT SPEAKING AND
COMMUNICATING IS SO HEALTHY.
>> THIS GIRL WHO GREW UP IN
STONEHAM AND LIVED A PUBLIC AND
SOMETIMES DIFFICULT LIFE IS NOW
LOOKING BACK WITH PERSPECTIVE
AND LOOKING FORWARD WITH A VERY
BEST ATTITUDE TOWARDS LIFE.
>> IF I ASK YOU TO LOOK BACK ON
IT, WHAT'S YOUR TAKE-AWAY, YOUR
MAIN THING?
IT'S NOT THE DRAMA THAT IS
SURROUNDED.
>> NO.
I THINK THE BIGGEST THING TO
TAKE AWAY FROM ME AND I GUESS
MAYBE FOR ANYONE WHO HAD WATCHED
AT THAT TIME, IT'S AMAZING HOW
STRONG WE ARE AS PEOPLE AND
HUMANS THAT WHAT WE CAN
ACCOMPLISH WHEN YOU ARE PUSHED,
BUT IT'S REMARKABLE WHAT RESERVE
WE ALL HAVE.
I MEAN, LOOK, WHEN PEOPLE GO
THROUGH CANCER OR SOMETHING, YOU
THINK HOW WOULD I DEAL WITH ALL
OF THAT?
BUT PEOPLE DO IT ALL THE TIME,
AND YOU CAN BECAUSE WE'RE
STRONGER THAN WE THINK.
I GUESS THAT THAT'S FOR A REASON
BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S
COMING AROUND THE CORNER, RIGHT.
WHY DON'T YOU LOSE FIVE POUNDS
IS IN PRODUCTION RIGHT NOW.
NANCY ALSO HAS TWO BOOKS OUT
ABOUT HER LIFE AND SKATING AND
SHE IS STILL OUT THERE ON THE
ICE STARRING IN SHOWS.
NEXT SHE'S TAKING UP SOFTBALL
AND THE CAPE COD LEAGUE
CELEBRITY GAMES JULY 21, AND
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