Michelle Kwan Becomes a Single Mother

Michelle Kwan has announced she has given birth to a baby girl named Kalista Belle Kwan

She says in a statement

" I wish anyone trying to conceive in any which way (ivf, iui, surrogacy, adoption and naturally) all the success and love. You’re not alone on this path and I’m pulling for you."

Whaaaat! Virgin birth.

I always wondered why she divorced that Pell guy. No one said anything. But if she's happy, I'm happy for her. I enjoyed watching her compete.

I’ll always root for Michelle Kwan. Watching her skate to Fields of Gold still makes me tear up.

Good for her, I guess.

The women who do this are ca-RAZY. I know a bunch of them, and they are… difficult people. That’s all I’ll say.

[quote]"As people closest to me know, I’m always full of surprises and tend to keep my personal life private," she wrote. "I’ve wanted to share this happy news for many months but… each step of the way, I knew that there was still more time needed until I could hold her in my arms."

That's refreshing. I didn't even know she was married, R1. First being named ambassador to Belize and now this, like you said, R1, if she's happy then I'm happy for her.

There's a time lapse video of her pregnancy at the link: "Here’s a quick montage of the last 9 months to catch you all up."

Did she use a sperm donor?

The frauen on the figure skating websites must be pressed!

Cute baby, looks biracial

I respect the fact that she went this route instead of becoming a frau married to some closetcase in the figure skating world.

If she had any sort of ambition she would try to be multiple mothers.

R10, or at least have triplets, of which one she could have named Axel.

I see she’s on my downward path. Unwed mother? The trailer is next.

R7 Very cute but poor baby girl got her mum’s nose.

“I’m pulling for you.” What an annoying and empty phrase. I guess it means, “I’m proud of myself” in this case?

r12, is that a serious question? I guess you're completely out of the loop. She's worked for the Obama administration and is now the US ambassador to Belize...she's a Democrat. Her bestie is Jonathan Van Ness.

[quote]Cute baby, looks biracial

I’m sure it is. Most Asians want a half-white baby.

R16 It's Jonathan's baby?!

R9 Lol, is that a jab at her sister, the aptly named Karen?

(The same ostrich-like sister who acted like a total cunt the one time I met her at a skating show?)

Kwan is only single in the technical sense of being unmarried. She has a partner who she mentioned on Instagtam last August.

Old article on Kwan's divorce. It looks like he chose to end the marriage and filed without telling her, it's not clear why.

People having children grosses me out. Sorry, I hate kids, and the world is too overpopulated. Get an animal or adopt a kid or something. Pumping out offspring these days is creepy.

Her boyfriend at r20's link is hot.

R24 Not hot! I question her tastes in (white) men.

R3 is right. Crazy. And then what happens when the kid gets old enough to look for the father?

R20 Asian-Americans really do not want to date or marry each other, do they?

Does this mean that her bf is gay?

Her sister Karen's hubby, figure skater Peter Oppegard was busted at some airport with gay pron magazines. IIRC either coming or going to the 92 games in Albertville, France.

R27 They still do. Just the more westernized ones opt to marry out. It also works the other way: other races will only date/marry Asian-Americans who are more successful and westernized.

R16, it was a serious question only because I slightly remembered some female skater who was a Repug but couldn't remember which one.

Her baby's last name is Kwan, which is cool. It looks like Michelle is taking financial responsibility of this baby, whether or not the father stays in the picture. I think that's smart and Michelle is 41, so it was now or never.

[quote] Is the Pope happy now?

No, the Pope is not happy about Michelle becoming a mom to a human vs. a dog mom or cat mom. She's supposed to be married to a man and not on birth control. This baby also better not have been conceived via IVF. Conception is God's job, not the job of man.

R28 He looks like a cookie sniffer to me, just like her first husband.

The sister divorced Oppegard a couple of years ago. The plot thickens.

R32 It is odd that she only got pregnant at 41, so she obviously wanted a kid, but she didn't have a kid with first husband during their marriage 2013-17.

^^^And he dumped her via Twitter...that was cold. He must have taken dumping lessons from Matt Damon.

Any gay rumors about her out there beyond the gayish husband thing?

I don’t think she’s all sweet and light as she markets herself. She’s coldly ambitious and for a long time, her Instagram was pretty much bikini shots disguised as yoga and wellness posts. I could see right through it. Look girl, more power to you, but I thought you were above shameless self-promotion and ass-and-coochie shots. She could have easily married a nerdy, Asian doctor or something, but she tried punching above her weight with the Pell guy (of the Pell Grant Pells). But her bio clock was ticking loudly and heaven forbid she doesn’t check that off her list. Best of luck, dearie!

She really wanted that OGM. It would have been a great way to end her eligible career. Instead, it ended in ignominy. But I still love her and always will.

I’m more the Nancy Kwan type.

R36 All over-achievers have a cold and calculated side (no matter how they try to hide it)! Getting into politics like she has even at the periphery (for now) shows she has a thing for power and control as well.

[quote] [R20] Asian-Americans really do not want to date or marry each other, do they?

The majority do marry each other. If you go to Silicon Valley, SF, UCLA, Berkeley, Houston, you’ll see.

R40 A straight rice queen. LOL

Friends in high school? But he looks old enough to be her dad.

The way certain white people age..

R40, damn, for a moment there I thought he was announcing marriage to Yuna Kim, and thought, 'this guy has a type.'

He looks like hell. I think Kwan dodged a bullet there.

Why do all these ugly rich white geeks go for Asian women?

So wait -she now has a solid history of supporting Dems - what was with her early Republican bullshit?

I'm glad she switched teams - maybe she was just young and stupid.

She actually dumped him. Can you blame her. He just was the one who filed to save face

R47, so it was her that was a Repug!

The White House on Wednesday announced President Biden's intent to nominate Michelle Kwan, the two-time Olympic medalist, to serve as U.S. ambassador to Belize. [Article from December, 2021.]

R40 Oh, that must have lit a fire under Michelle’s ass. He married in Feb and she gets pregnant in March.

[quote] Is the Pope happy now?

Yes, bitch.

She lists childbirth last even though that's the harder, more painful and more dangerous than the previous methods listed. Quelle surprise..

R47 Her parents are Asian immigrants who were small business owners. Of course they were Republican back in the day.

Didn't Michelle have a Tiger Dad? I don't think I've ever seen her mother.

R55 In retrospect, it's pretty obvious Michelle is the Tiger, and her dad is just the Tiger's dad!

[quote]She’s coldly ambitious and for a long time, her Instagram was pretty much bikini shots disguised as yoga and wellness posts. I could see right through it. Look girl, more power to you, but I thought you were above shameless self-promotion and ass-and-coochie shots.

The slut! Shame, shame upon her!

Hey... now let's look at hot guys on Chaturbate and OnlyFans! They're living the dream!

Fucking bitch! Jeff should have taken her out too.

R58 It's time to take your meds, grandma Tanya!

[quote] She’s coldly ambitious

She competed at the highest level (ice skating). Yes, she's ambitious. Coldly? That was the ice.

Never heard a man described as "coldly ambitious". Men are just ambitious, and it's said as a compliment. Always. Guess they don't have to be all cuddly and warm while they go after ultimate success in their chosen fields. Must be nice.

R57 R61 Ok fraus. As for comparing her to Onlyfans twinks, all I’m saying is that for someone so accomplished both in athletics and academics, she started getting desperate on the ‘gram after her divorce. I thought she’d be above that try-hard self-promotion. With all the designer shit she showed off, you’d think she’d get her wonky teeth fixed first.

Second, I never bought into her hype. Yeah, she was a great skater but not my cup of tea. I preferred the elegance of Chen Lu, the dynamism of Surya Bonaly and the unpredictability of Maria Butyrskaya amongst her contemporaries.

R61 Men are described as cold and ruthless all the damn time (uh, Bezos, Musk in business, Djokovic in sports, etc). Spoken like a true frau.

Michael Jordan is coldly ambitious. Shamelessly so. To the point of alienating people in his circle. ABC did a fluff piece on Michelle shooting baskets with him during the 2004 Nats. They had this chemistry. Not sexual, but like they understood one another.

Maybe she would have been insufferable with an OGM, who knows? I thought she should have won in Nagano, but that Terror Lipinski skated with more energy and technical prowess. In Salt Lake City, she sabotaged herself.

Is she a homosexualist? All her men have gay voice and smell cookies.

So many women in figure skating are fag hags, R64. Her bestie is Jonathan Van Ness.

[quote] Terror Lipinski

Terror Lipinski, I love it! She had all of the grace of a jumping pixie bean.

Okay r66? Nothing pretty about Terror's skating. Like Elvis Stojko.

My theory is that women who grow up figure skating are around gay men so much they don't recognize the closet cases.

I remember that one guy, Michael Weiss. He was a US National Champ three or four times, maybe. He came up behind Todd Eldredge. They really tried to promote him as 'The Great Straight Hope' back in the 90s. Christine Brennan devoted a chapter to him in both her skating books. I know folks who were familiar with his circle and he did get it on with a couple of guys before his dad made him marry a woman twelve years his senior and popped out a couple of kids. His dad and his coach would always plant his spawn and wife in front of the camera at every competition. Some of you here must remember him. Some quite fondly because he was built really buff for an ice skater until he realized that it made his skating suffer. He wasn't a bad skater, just a bit too cocky and promoting his heterosexuality in front of everyone all the time got so tiresome. But by most accounts, he himself is not a bad guy, but his dad is a piece of work. He was a gymnast himself who posed for PLAYGIRL back in the day.

[quote]Her parents are Asian immigrants who were small business owners. Of course they were Republican back in the day.

Ironic considering Republicans are the ones who hate immigration.

R72 No, they hate illegal immigration and those immigrants who’ll be utiizing social safety nets. They love immigration when the immigrants are likely to succeed and become wealthy, thereby adding to their base. Cubans, Asians, Indians, Muslims before 9/11, one-third of Latinos…prime Republican recruiting groups. Pro small business, pro death penalty, pro life, anti-big government, anti socialist/communist (all on paper anyways). Sorry to burst your bubble, but that appeals to the vast majority of immigrants, even the border phopping ones. But let’s save this argument for another thread.

R70, the funny thing is, Eldredge is straight and a Republican, so there was really no need to pit Weiss against him. He just didn't throw his sexuality in people's faces.

I hate that human reproduction has become just another service….

What are they saying at Female Straight Universe?

R70 Eldredge and Weiss are much more alike than one would think.

Did Todd marry an older woman too?

Excuse me r59 that's Ms. TONYA Harding to you

R79, is that Jeff Gilooly? If so, I'm disturbed to admit that his ass is not half-bad looking from that angle.

R78, I don't think so, his wife looks younger than him. His first wife, of the embarrassing wedding in pink saga, was his tour guide at sea world and definitely younger.

From Eldredge's social media he also appears to be an anti-vaxxer.

Todd is so weird looking.

PS not surprised that he is a conservative nut job.

r67 I loved Elvis. You must be a Todd Eldredge fan.

No, I can’t stand Eldredge, r85. But while I admired Elvis’ technical prowess, I was not a fan of his artistry.

I always thought it was admirable how Eldredge's Massachusetts fishtown kept fundraising to keep a little homosexual boy of marginal talent on skates. How quaint!

Todd couldn’t master the quad.

I remember watching Michelle's dad screaming at her and throwing her skates on the ground in the rink parking lot. She learned from a pro.

[quote] I remember watching Michelle's dad screaming at her and throwing her skates on the ground in the rink parking lot

Don't you just hate when that happens?

Ann Patrice McDonough had a mother like that. Ran her away from the sport.

AP McDonough had great dresses. Beautiful dresses. Made by her mother.

It's amazing how many skaters have nutty parents. Michelle Kwan's dad was crazy too. It probably takes a certain level of dedication from parents to get their kids to the top of the sport.

Well, Michael Weiss’ dad was definitely crazy.

Terror’s parents were too. They knew that Richard Callaghan was a pedophile but didn’t really care because he was into boys and not girls.

Who has had Michael Weiss' hole?

R97, his wife, when he was of questionably legal age.

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