From Korea’s Figure Skating "IT GIRL" To SUSPENDED From Attending Next Olympics 

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you should really cover the 2022 Russian figure skating drama, and the 2018 one too IT WAS CRAZYYYY like a literal mess with Olympians breaking down, doping, besties to rivals like genuinely crazy would love to hear your commentary on it

Okay, so how many cases of SA and other horrific abuses have you covered where the person ended up with like 8 months in prison and right back to normal life? Meanwhile, her career is over. We really need to find a balance - appropriate sentencing for crimes. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk.

The Feradation is 100% at fault. Why was this made public?!!!. What a nothing burger of a case , this should have been handled internally.

This all feels very hypocritical considering the way men are treated by south korean institutions when they've done similar (or FAR worse) things.

The costumes! I frickin LOVE how whenever Yuzuru Hanyu unzipped his jacked to unveil his costume and the crowd would go insane screaming and clapping. He literally has the most gorgeous, elegant, flattering costumes that matched his elegance and grace on the ice.

I WAS JUST GOING TO START FOLDING LAUNDRY HOW DID YOU KNOW I NEEDED YOU STEPHANIE❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

He’s probably just saying he was uncomfortable because his agency is telling him to. He won’t get punished as much if she’s thrown under the bus.

Let me tell you , im iranian and one of our female Olympian won bronze medal in teakwondo then she demanded to be accepted in top medical school without taking entrance exam 😂😂😂so moms were like you wanna be doctor you gatta take teakwondo classes from now on( her request wasnt accepted btw)

The minor's parents didn't want their son to get punished but were completely fine assassinating the character and career of a teenager. From their text messages, he asked Haein to do a hickey mark and that was it. His attorney literally stated that what the minor said in the initial investigation was misleading and that he never claimed to feel uncomfortable. Why in the world are they not reinvestigating this? The age gap between him and Haein is weird but they were both minors when they started dating. They're both immature teenagers, and the KSU essentially ending Haein's whole career over juvenile behavior is outrageous.

As a skater, I was so excited for this ep! Also: Backflip is no longer banned & when Stephanie mentioned the Triple Axel and how difficult it is, now a Quad Axel has been done by Ilia Malinin (4.5 rotations in the air, which is just crazy)

I think the way this was publicised so quickly and obviously by the federation is so messy, its ended with so much extra traumatisation for everyone involed like whatever the "truth" is in this and whatever punishment was given it did not need to be publicised straight off like that in a way where everyone could be identified

As an iceskater, thank you for doing a ice skating subject! You should cover the 2022 olympics and the 2018 olympics figure skating dramas, the tea is hoooot

You need to cover Russian ice skating drama because girl the tea is chef kiss

KSU just wrecked two of their top skaters, and they don't even care to properly investigate. The statement from the minor's attorney totally changes the viewpoint of the case, but Haein's entire skating career ending over something that might've just been immature teenage behavior doesn't matter at all to them. Also, why the heck did KSU punish You Young? Haein stated that Young never took any picture and the minor never received any photo from her either. If they want to suspend her for drinking alcohol then I get it but for an entire year? A one year suspension only for drinking is overly harsh and excessive. KSU completely dropped the ball on this.

The sad part is knowing Sk If the boy was the agressor, he won't be discipled this much. Again i feel bad for the boy but this is her whole life.

i CANNOT get over how cute the intro is!!

bruh the video of the woman doing the back flip literally made all my hair stand on end, sooooo cool! she's a badass

This is the point where I thank Yuri on Ice for my limited but at least comprehensive information about figure skating. And they said Anime didn't teach me anything 🤣

I think there's nuisance needed. This country is the same one that literally let someone walk after 4-5 year sentence after disembowelment of a child through SA. This girl gave a hickey to her ex who she almost got back together with. She was a child herself a month ago, he kissed her after the hickey. I'm firmly saying this, age gap is ew but his statement sounds more like something written by his a agency and parents to get out of this without issue. I'll say it. I think the age gap is yukhy, I hate it but legally they were both minors a month before this. Exes as well.

I feel like people are treating her more harshly than men who have committed more heinous SA…

The minor skater's attorney explicitly said that the minor's statement was misleading: 1) minor said that he didn't think Haein committed any crime, 2) he never felt offended by Haein's supposed actions, 3) he didn't want Haein to be punished. Whether this would change the outcome of the case is unclear, but the fact that the KSU aren't even doing a retrial when all of this has surfaced is incredibly irresponsible and even more dubious with the same institution that denied Haein's appeal being criticized for corruption in the badminton world. This isn't even mentioning how they penalized Young for allegedly taking an inappropriate photo of Haein when Haein said she didn't do any of that and even made a petition 🙄

Yeah, unfortunately if it was a guy this wouldn’t even be an issue. And not just in Korea. Just in the most recent Olympics a dutch convicted child rapist was allowed to complete again.

There is such a weird threshold when labeling someone a sexual harasser. She is not on the same category as ppl like harvey weinstein. She crossed her ex boyfriend’s boundaries, the same ppl who is calling her a “predator” are the same ppl who loves those forced kissed scenes in kdrama where male leads pushes the female lead to a wall and force kiss them. Im imagining this was the same situation. I dont even know why this is even such a big issue. Its not something to ruin this girls career over.

The context of things makes it terrible. The Burning Sun crime had too short a punishment for the convicted. And here we have a fumbled communication strategy for a 19 year old giving a hickey; this could have been settled within parties involved without publicity just like other sensitive cases involving minors. Not everything needs to be on TV and online especially active investigations or cases that involve minors.

The age gap is weird AF even when they're both minors 17 and 14 is icky AF. Not knowing what a hickey is shows a clear sign he isn't mature enough to be dating. Also it's basically a freshman and senior which is creepy

‼️This is coming from NO PROFESSIONAL and is JUST AN OPINION‼️ From the conversation (text messages), it seems like Haein is emotionally and socially underage. Prolly coz she's only ever been focused on figure skating? Again, this is just me empathizing.

That's unfortunate... Interesting that her ban lasts until he is a legal adult, so presumably he can't even speak for himself until then. That feels like sabotage on the part of "Skater C's" parents.

She should just compete for the other country since she has been banned in korea, explore the opportunities around the world 😂😂😂😂

Figure skating is a special subculture, where in pair skating and ice dancing a big age gap is considered normal. Guys at 23, for example, can be considered juniors. Also, the video correctly explained how much time skaters spend on the ice since childhood, so a skater can have much more in common with a colleague who is several years younger than with a classmate. Therefore, it is not so easy to judge this situation using the criteria of ordinary life.

Well, they BOTH broke some rules so they BOTH should be punished, but 3 year suspension and practically ending the girl’s career seems like an overkill

Stephanie : dududedudu 🎶THERE IS A CURSE IN KOREA 😭😂 ( I’ve never been so early it feels illegal 🥲)

Figure skater here - YOU ARE SO ON POINT WITH EVERYTHING 23:01 SO FAR about training, spinning, ice temps, etc. NICE job!

stephanie we NEED u to talk about russian figure skating, eteri tutberidze, and what happened in women’s figure skating winter 2022 olympics bc it was crazyyyy drama and the way those girls are mistreated is insane ! we need a video about it

A 17 year old with a 14 year old is weird as hell.

Girl I cannot stop watching your videos I even have my husband HOOKEDDDD

you know the carrot snacking got intense when your hands look more orange 😂 i love it 😅

15 vs 19 and 17 vs 14..? is this korean age ? because if not idk if i’d go as far as to call her a pedo but that is a weird age gap.. me and my sister are 3 years apart and i could never see anyone her age as partner material.

I ended up doing my own research about the Korean team and i came upon a group picture and i was shocked because “c” is a literal child, a fetus actually while “A” looks way more like his older sister . Honestly, if were his parents i would be very upset . Imo there was a huge power imbalance between them cause honestly 18-19 (though a teenager ) is still way MORE mentally mature than a literal 15- 16 year old. The punishments were fair if “c” was being coerced and felt uncomfortable but it’s also true that if it was the other way round esp in Korea, this wouldn’t be the outcome.

I am a figure skater and I am impressed by how accurate your description of the sport is, great work! Loved the video

Why is a 17 year old dating a 14 yo in the first place?? Eww i don't care that they're minors sorry.

3.5 years of a gap is gross at that age, that is the difference between my little sister and me. i have always seen my little sister as a baby, even now when im 20 and she is 17 (i am trying to get better at not treating her as if she is younger than she is, but i struggle with that bc she seems so young in my eyes). do i think that this figure skater deserves to have her entire career ruined? no, probably not. but is there any universe in which she shouldve ever been involved with the younger guy at this age? NO! It is one thing if they dated at 21 and 24 (for example), but any gap where one is 18 or younger is far too significant for me to ever see her as anything other than a creep.

Thats a tricky one. I still feel like none of their careers/lives/futures should be ruined over this.

@Stephanie... Surya Varuna Claudine Bonaly (born 15 December 1973) is a French retired competitive figure skater. She is a three-time World silver medalist (1993-1995), a five-time European champion (1991-1995), the 1991 World Junior Champion, and a nine-time French national champion (1989-1997). ++++Despite earning the gold, she was never awarded gold on the world stage. Their was definitely racism when she was judged. Occasionally, announcers would comment on her "black body build" as if it wrong.. making her too athletic. She did amazing jumps and spins, at a highly technical skill level.

Thank you for talking about Surya Bonaly! The judges were never fair to her, so she did the backflip anyway. What a boss!

The dedication iceskaters have to the sport is actually inspirational. Its crazy how much goes into the practice, the outfits, the everything

I was talking to my husband about this the other day on how idk how I would feel if they had been dating prior and it wasn't an issue they would imagine if they didn't break up it would still be an issue. I don't think she deserves the abuser label. You've covered cases where people have done actual acts of violence and when I first read the press release I thought it was much worse which already started a narrative of her being an evil person and not a slightly older child that made a mistake.

In America, their relationship is considered legal due to Romeo and Juliet law, which means if you begin to date someone while both of you were minors, if one becomes an adult and the other is still a minor the relationship is still considered completely lawful as you were both minors when it started

dude how do ppl see this as okay tho shes 19 dating a 15 going 16 yr old its just not right 😭 no matter if they were minors when dating thats weird. i feel like the hypocrisy is obvious in this case but she shouldn't have been in a relationship with someone that age. if she was in a relationship with someone older this wouldnt have been so big. i dont feel bad for her career but also trying to villanize a minor is crazy

Just about to sleep but saw the notification and am immediately here...love your videos Stephanie ❤❤

3.5 year age gap before 20 is actually gross

I really don’t agree with the 3 year suspension. It feels like everything has been blown way out of proportion. She’s literally worked her entire life for this one moment at the Olympics and she’s still a teen. Being an “adult” in the eyes of the law doesn’t mean everyone who is legally an adult knows what being an adult is. This would be looked at so differently if she were one day away from being 19 instead of one day after turning 19. Who decides that one teenager is an adult while another teenager isn’t? Also, it’s so true and so sad how if the roles were reversed the guy would get away with it.

I feel like they threw her under the bus

I’m a figure skater myself and was so shocked by the drama, I’m so glad you’re covering this case!

There is absolutely no world where a 19 year old should be dating a 15 year old. Even if she had only turned the legal age a month ago it doesn't change the fact that a 19 and 15 year old are in complete different stages of life both mentally and physically. Its like a freshman dating a senior or a first year in college... Its just really strange and borderline predatory 😭

as a figure skater, and a huge figure skating fan, this whole situation is so messy and devistating and thank you for covering it. i met and got pictures with skater a and b last year during international competitions, and reading about this a couple months ago hurt for sure. its nice to see someone with your platform talk about this, because i honestly thought no one would cover it

Stephanie IF YOU NEED CONTENT i beg you get into figure skating dramas, you'll have 100 hours of material - Zagitovs vs. Medvedeva drama alone will give you 2 part episode. And there's so much more - Yuna Kim vs Sotnikova Olympic Scandal, Valieva doping scandal, undying Tonya vs. Kerrigan story. We figure skating fans BEG YOU ❤❤

So the reason why the backflip is banned isn't because it's dangerous, it was because you couldn't land it on one foot. That was why Surya Bonaly went all out and did the backflip on one foot. Her way of saying she was the best, even if they judges wouln't admit it.

this story is crazy and why arent people more focused on the ages??? its weird that a 19 yo is dating a 15 yo period. the age of consent in korea is 16 and he is 15. a "consensual" relationship doesnt apply here BECAUSE HE ISNT OF AGE!!! also dont forget the power imbalance since she is a known skater and loved by many its very possible he was scared to speak up. being that young is a big factor too, he didnt know what a hickey is so even if he felt uncomfortable its very possible he didnt know that this is wrong. so many points that people that try to say "be more lenient towards her" need to take into consideration. shes an adult thats dating a minor it doesnt matter that they were dating prior to this. its still wrong.

As someone studying in fashion and that has been obsessed with figure skating, my dream is to make figure skating + theatre costumes!!!

Imagine the convicted child r-worder from the Netherlands got to compete in the Olympics this year and this girl who dated a guy she also was seeing when she was a minor is suspended from the competition. Make it make sense. I don’t believe this is a situation when one forced the other into a relationship. At 18 she still has a teenage 🧠, a teenage mindset. A year here and there is not changing much in your wisdom. I don’t know. For whatever reason this doesn’t tickle my creeped-out radar.

Listen... 3.5 years age gap as minors is crazy. That's like a freshman dating a senior or college age girl.

Nah y’all are gross if my child was 15 dating a 19 year old I’d flip that’s disgusting. 16 and 20? 17 and 21? It’s not right it’s sick. They never should’ve dated in the first place kudos to the parents for splitting them up. She way older than him she’s acting like a child it’s disgusting.

HOW is she pumping all this content out? This team are my heroes!

I feel like Athlete C really set her up. He really did her dirty. But again she shouldn’t have been with this guy in the first place giving the age gap.

Did anybody see the random among us character pop up on 25:17?

When i was 17 there was no way i could even give a 13-14 yo any attention, ewwwww, like they were still kids

former figure skater here - started skating at the age of 3 and stopped when covid hit when i was like in my first year of uni lol some things to note: 1 - Koreans were really hyped last olympics bc cha junhwan placed 5th which practically means hes gonna podium at least this upcoming year since a lot of the top dogs are retiring 3- A big reason why skaters start so young (esp girls) is bc of puberty. your entire centre of gravity changes and you basically have to relearn all your jumps and spins once you go through puberty (bc you got these bags of fat on ur chest now and wider hips) A girl I skated with went from consistently getting gold to literally not even podiuming bc she lost all her jumps and spins 3 - fun fact a lot of figure skaters (myself included) have gotten concussions from falling /that/ hard on ur butt. my tailbone has been brusied at least 4 times at this point and hurts every time it's about to rain or my period is around the corner lol 4 - this is a CONSTANT misconception but a triple axel is 3 and a half rotations. A single axel is 1 and a half, a double is two and a half and a triple is three and a half. 5 - also a big part of figure skating is genetics and body build. yuzuru hanyu (the GOAT) has perfect body proportions for a figure skater which is why he 1) is the GOAT and 2) can almost doa quad axel which has been previously said to be impossible by physicists. narrow shoulders, narrow hips and overall slender build = you go fast in spins both in the air and on ice. (another fun fact: he's actually considered to be a bit too tall to be a single skater at 177cm in height bc at that point they throw boys into ice dance) I often sometimes look at people and think "they have the perfect build for figure skating - case in point Jimin from BTS lol) 6 - another fun fact: a lot of skaters will refuse to wear white dresses bc they want to stand out on the ice. myself included.

That age gap is weird af for me. The hickey is also weird af but that's something Boy C and his family should decide on, not the federation. Especially since this situation stems from the messy stumblings of what are 2 teenagers (19 is still a teen!) still learning to navigate relationships and their sexuality on what amounts to an important school trip. The 3 year ban is excessive, especially in the context of Seungri masterminding Burning Sun and only getting 18 months in jail for human trafficking dozens of women into being SA'ed. This is a "running laps and calling your parents" situation not a "feed you to the national media and international netizens" situation

The national delusion in this was insane

When I was in high school a senior dating a freshman or sophomore wasn’t as creepy to me as it is now at 30. A 17-18 year old dating a 15-16 year old didn’t seem like that big of a deal at the time. But at that age 2 to 3 years is pretty significant developmentally. It’s easy for an 18 year old to manipulate a 15 year old into doing things they maybe wouldn’t do otherwise.

All the talk about the sportmanship and artistry of figure skating reminded me of Yuzuru Hanyu. He's like the male version of Kim Yuna in terms of popularity and lore. He's retired from competing but still performs on ice. I hope steph can cover his story in the future. Great video as always!

Oh - and the Black skater you're talking about? You totally SHOULD tell her story: Surya Bonaly of France. She absolutely refused to get on the medal podium in 1994 when she was awarded silver because she was certain she deserved gold, then even TOOK HER MEDAL OFF too - which is SUCH a flex, but not everyone in the skating world appreciated it. That was the year she'd done a backflip like she was flipping the bird at the judges, knowing full well they weren't going to score her like she deserved because she was "too athletic" instead of graceful (she was SUCH a powerful jumper). Her (adoptive) mom was her coach, too (I remember hearing hints that her mom was controlling or abusive - but that was in the 90s and I also heard horrible things about Tonya Harding around the same time that turned out not to be true because skating is very very very elitist and classist and racist, so both Tonya (from a trailer park) and Suriya (Black) were Not Welcome).

“It just looks like a woman’s world. So dangerous.” Dark comedy is not typically my thing but I chuckled before realizing, damn, it really does suck to be a woman.

Yuzuru Hanyu never taken ballet classes but he is full package ( both technically and artistically strong !) 😂 Figure skating are actually ballet on ice😜

naa but kim yuna was rigged out of her gold medal in 2014 olympics and its so sad knowing her last olympic appearance was her being a victim of pure corruption - honestly it sad to see that was the end of her olympic career 😓😓😓

Already listened to the episode over at Spotify but really needed the Energy of Stephanie and Stubby😊

SURYA BONALY!! Say her name because that girl never got the recognition she deserved just because she was not caucasian!!!!

Honestly idc if they were both minors when dating she has no business dating someone that much younger than her idc if she was a legal child at the time 🙄 she should be punished for that and the whole dating being used to excuse the hickey situation means nothing because harassers are often in a relationship if someone’s uncomfortable stop simple as. She needs to have that suspension so she can have a wake up call I’m sorry

I feel like Kid C wasn’t uncomfortable. He just threw skater A under the bus to save himself

Stephanie “I would also take a BBQ chicken sponsorship” 😂😂 Yes, if you get a sponsorship I would tryout BBQ chicken.🍗 never had one but they better ship to USA.😂

The intro fits their vibe so perfectly! Also Stephanie looks so cuteee!

Athletes A and C are so sus. Athlete C seems to be in a legit relationship with A and has been subjected to so much external pressures to save his career.

In my opinion, South korea is way too dramatic, and they should investigate completely before publishing these kind of articles. Also, if someone tries to call me an assaulter or something, I'll snap as well.

The accusation for the girl is really overstated. The whole circumstances are more like A said C said. I don’t know about federation’s rules, so I won’t talk about the punishment. However, consider the facts … a kiss mark on 15 yrs old boy from 19 yrs old girl, it seems to me that some grownups are exaggerating.

Why do the craziest skandals always happen in firgure skating 😭

GIRLLLLLLLLL!!! i just got back from celebrating my friend’s birthday and you came in clutch with me needing to clear my room up. a lifesaver!!

I love these gossipy juice stories over the violent disturbing videos. Please do more of these! ❤

Tbh i dont think we have enough inforamtion to judge what happend. Its all so messy and we dont even know if the text messages are real or not. I hope C is doing ok and everything gets sorted out.

I don't think people understand how good Yuna Kim was. She was absolutely robbed in 2014, will never forget her balletic and elegant movements on ice.

17 and 14 is A DIABOLICAL maturity gap That's a middle schooler dating a senior 💀 I don't care how in love they think there in . Fuck there relationship.

He was only uncomfortable with it because he didn't want to get caught not because he was getting a hicking

as a figure skater I got so excited seeing you talk abt figure skating🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻 please cover more of it especially the 2022 drama

So, for a hickey and a questionable accusation the authority can ruin a female athlete's whole life but a serial rapist and abuser gets just 3 years prison time which can be shortened by good behaviour? How hypocritical a society can be, disgusting

the most ridiculous thing about this in SOUTH KOREA, and in this situation a girl giving hickey to a boy was considered seccshual harrosmenr and heavyily critized while if the roles are reverse many SK male will just get away with it, the gender discrimination in this country is fvckng unreal, how the fvck is a minor hickey of two lovers minor and just turned adult getting so much attention while so many full grown adult man whos commited so much crime in that country still walking around unprosecuted, meanwhile the adults are trying to end lives of two innocent young kids...

You got me there Stephanie... I was so in to the story while eating.. then you said the worse curse in the world... I thought what was it.. I was so deep into the story then suddenly it became an ad advertisment lol😂

I just warmed my food and refreshed so glad I did my comfort queen has uploaded :D

I was crocheting something and very desperate for a new video I was shuffling through your old videos, thank you 🥹🤍

11:23 😂😅🤣😂 that was a good one ! 😂 I love seeing the different ways you do your sponsor/partnerships 😂❤

Stephanie finally getting into the figure skating DRAMA!!! PLEASE cover the stories about the toxicity that Russian figure skating brought to our world. There's so much to uncover: - The rise & fall of the most anticipated Russian gold candidate, Yulia Lipnitskaya, at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. - Sotnikova (whom nobody thought would win a medal) taking gold from Yuna Kim due to alleged corruption. - Rise of a toxic Russian coach, Eteri Tutberize, and her inhumane coaching practice leading to the drama at 2018 Pyeongchang. - Doping scandal of a minor Russian skater at 2022 Beijing Olympics This is just my opinion but I suspect many other Russian skaters doped too because Russia is the only country that have dozens (or even more) young female skaters that can do quadruple jumps at competitions. You haave to cover this!