I, Tonya (2017) - full transcript

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Ha ♪

♪ Let's go, baby ♪

♪ Let's go ♪

♪ Ow! ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Ha ♪

That's--that's very close,
by the way. I'm just saying.

Who's my little man?
Are you my little man?

That's my sixth husband
right there. The best of them.

Tonya's my fifth child
from husband number four.



She was always a handful.

And I guess we spoiled her,

which is a goddamn hat trick

when you haven't got
shit your entire life.

Still, drove her
to competitions, practices.

Sewed her all her costumes,
but to her,

her mother's a monster.

Generally people either
love Tonya

or are not big fans,

just like people either love
America or they're not big fans.

Tonya was totally American.

You know, originally, Jeff
and Tonya, uh, wanted

to take out Nancy Kerrigan.

Take her out.



And--and I was the one who
popped up and said,

"There are other ways
to disable people."

So you're welcome.

Well, I was a reporter
for "Hard Copy,"

a pretty crappy show that
the legitimate news outlets

looked down on and then became.

Ha ha!

Well, uh, I mean, at 27, I was

the most hated man in America,

maybe the world,

um, with a mustache I still
can't apologize enough for.

My name was a verb.

Like, if you bashed someone
in the kneecap, you, uh,

you Gillooly them.

That was--that was cool, though.

What's people's impression
of me? Um...

That I'm a real person.

You know, I--I never apologized

for growing up poor
or being a redneck,

which is what I am.

Um, you know, in a sport where
the friggin' judges want you

to be this old-timey version of
what a woman's supposed to be.

For being the first U.S. woman
to land a triple axel.

So fuck 'em.

♪ I've had
nothing but bad luck ♪

♪ Since the day I saw
the cat at my door ♪

♪ Sol came in to you,
sweet lady ♪

♪ Answering
your mystical call... ♪

Diane! LaVona Harding.

I spoke with you on the phone.

Yeah.

♪ Same cat with them
evil eyes... ♪

Give me a minute, OK?

Very good.

♪ She's just
a devil woman... ♪

Mrs. Harding.

LaVona. It's LaVona.

I am so sorry, but there's

no smoking on the ice.

Oh. Well, I'll smoke
it quietly, then.

This here is my daughter Tonya.

Mrs. Harding, I told
you on the phone--

I know what you told me, only
you never seen her skate.

I don't train beginners.

All she does is talk
about skating

all day and night.

Can't shut her up about it,

so it's easier for me
to put her on ice,

if you know what I mean.

And we figure with
the right training,

she can make the most
of her gift,

like Ice Capades maybe
one day or something.

How old are you, honey?

Mm, she's a soft 4.

Well, she is a very pretty girl,

but I'm sorry.

I don't take on
students this young.

Now, if you'll forgive me,

I have a class waiting.

♪ ...And I wonder
what I came there for... ♪

How did it feel?

Good? Good...

♪ She's just
a devil woman... ♪

Go on. Skate.

♪ Beware the devil woman ♪

♪ She's gonna get you ♪

♪ She's just a devil woman ♪

♪ With evil on her mind ♪

♪ Beware the devil woman ♪

♪ She's gonna get you from
behind ♪

♪ From behind ♪

♪ Stay away ♪

♪ Look out ♪

I mean, six months later,

I win my first competition.

I was 4, OK?

I mean, those bitches
didn't know what hit 'em.

♪ ...Of a lady
with long black hair ♪

♪ Trying to win you
with her feminine ways... ♪

Wrong.

Ordinary. Nothing
special there.

Are you even trying?

'Cause there's other places

I'd rather fuckin' be.

Concentrate. You
call that a clean skate,

for Christ's sake?

Do not swear in front of
the kids, please, LaVona.

I didn't swear, you cunt.

Hey, stop talking to her.

Yeah, that girl is your enemy.

You're not here to make friends.

Mm. Where do you
think you're going?

I have to go to the bathroom.

Don't tell me
what you have to do.

I paid for you to skate,

you're gonna stay on
the ice and skate.

Get over here.

You gotta get off
the ice sometime,

you hear me?

I'll be right here waiting.

Oh, shit.

Skate wet.

To hear her tell it,

I would operate on her
daily without anesthesia.

Please. One fuckin' time.

I hit her one time
with a hairbrush.

You're a terrible,
scum-sucking loser!

Mommy, please!
Stop it.

What?

A child sometimes
wants to be corrected.

Answer me when I talk to you.

When I felt this,
I gave her criticism.

Stop that.

The thing about Tonya was,

she skated better
when she was enraged.

If there was
no "You can't do it" type thing,

she wouldn't do it.

On the ice,
I was there to inspire her.

Off the ice...

she was a happy,
well-adjusted girl.

Dang!

Clean shot, Tonnie.

I know it.

I was aiming for her
eyes like you said.

Otherwise I could
have got her probably.

No sense shooting a bunny

if you shoot
half the meat off her.

When I'm older, I'm
gonna work in an office

and have a deadline.

I thought you wanted
to do Ice Capades.

I can do both.

Yesterday, Mom made me wear

my skating costume to school,

the red one with the tassels.

Everyone made fun of me.

Why'd she do that?

'Cause they were
taking school pictures.

She said we could use
the samples

for competitions.

I told mom that Margie Sussman

called us white trash.

Mom told me...

Spit in her milk.

I hope you didn't do that.

Not yet.

Do you love her?

I guess.

Do you?

Yeah.

Like you love me?

Nope.

Good, Tonnie,
but check out sooner.

What does she need
a fucking fur coat for?

I don't have a fucking fur coat.

Because it's not
just about skating.

The judges want
figure skaters to be--

Yeah.
Rich, prissy a-holes!

Well-rounded.

It's a question of fitting in.

She's 12, and she
lands fucking triples.

She doesn't fit in.
She stands out.

She stands out because she

looks like she chops
wood every morning.

She does chop wood
every morning.

LaVona, you want to
work with me a little?

23 students I train, so I
can coach Tonya full-time.

Yeah. And I waitress
full-time

to pay for your coaching.

Yes, but she's not my child.

No, she's mine.

And I'm not throwing
my money away

so she can fit in
with these little shits.

You can dress up
a pig however you want,

you know what I'm saying, Diane?

It's not just about fitting in.

It's about how she's growing up.

Lick my ass, Diane.

She can do a fucking triple.

Beautiful.

We didn't have a lot
of fun growing up.

I mean, we never went
to, you know, Disneyland

or on trips.

If I wanted something, I had
to come up with a way to get it.

What kind of coat is that?

♪ Honey,
you are my... ♪

Go on. Get out.

I thought you'd never leave.

I'm sorry.

It's not your fault, Tonnie.

Then take me with you!

Gotta work 12-hour night shifts.

I can't look after you.

You could if you want to.

We'll talk on the phone.

Everything's gonna work out.

You got to move now, honey.

Tonnie, please.

You're not
gonna leave me here...

Daddy.

Daddy?

Take me with you!

Take me with you.

You're in...my...way.

♪ When I die
and they lay me to rest... ♪

Who's that?

♪ Gonna go to the place
that's the best ♪

♪ When they lay me down
to die ♪

♪ Goin' up to
the spirit in the sky... ♪

Yeah. We met at an ice rink,
where I was practicing.

I was 15.

I was there eight hours
a day skating.

I don't know
what he was doing there.

Hey.

♪ ...Go to the place
that's the best ♪

I was young,
and I had no game whatsoever.

So...do you
like food?

Back then, my step-brother,
"Creepy" Chris,

was living with us.

I remember
Jeff and my's first date

because I had "Creepy" Chris...

arrested earlier that day.

Ow! Ow!

Jeff did, uh, consult me

regarding Tonya and asked me,

"What do you think?"

And I said, "Go for it, man."

But, you know,

not to be a bragger or anything,

but had I told Jeff,

"You can do better, man,"

no one would be talking

about the two of them today.

I mean,
I've never been a girly girl.

Jeff was my first date ever.

And my mom came.

Hi.
I got it.

You a gardener
or a flower, John?

It's Jeff.

In a relationship, there's
a flower and a gardener.

Um...

Don't answer that.

I don't know.
I mean, I just thought...

I'm a gardener who
wants to be a flower.

How fucked am I?

This one can't garden
to save her life.

You're gonna have to do

all the gardening there, fella.

Mom!
What?

You two fuck yet?

♪ Johnny was a schoolboy ♪

♪ When he heard
his first Beatles song ♪

♪ "Love Me Do,"
I think it was ♪

♪ And from there
it didn't take him long ♪

♪ Got himself a guitar ♪

♪ Used to play
every night... ♪

Hey.

Hey.

♪ And everything's
all right ♪

♪ Don't you know... ♪

My dad's only been laid off
for a couple months now,

so he stopped sending money,

but we had plenty
of money before.

I have a--you know, I
have a fur coat and stuff.

Yeah?

You know, otherwise--

My family's poor.

You need me to, um, tighten up

before you reconnect...

OK.

There you go.

That's OK.

So, um...

what are you gonna do
now that school's done?

Uh, well, I--

I do this job

for the Association
for Retarded Persons.

I mean, I'm not
a retarded person.

I'm their driver,

which is cool.

My...

my dad was Air Force.

And he died when I was young,

so my college is paid for.

Just--I don't know.

My parents had me quit school,

so I could concentrate
on skating.

It's like your superpower.

Fucking awesome what you can do.

So, um...

what? Do you,
like, like me?

You're so fuckin' pretty.

No, I'm not.

You are.

♪ A love-struck Romeo ♪

♪ Sang the streets
of serenade ♪

♪ Laying everybody low... ♪

He was really
sweet in the beginning.

He was a good kisser. He--

I mean, he loved me.
And I believed him.

You're not having
a conversation.

You're just
fucking yelling at me.

Hey. Hey!

Fuck.

But then...

He started hitting
me a few months in.

I'm sorry--ow!

Then he would say it
would never happen again.

But I figured...

My mom hits me.
She loves me.

And I thought it was my fault.

That's just what I knew.

Hey, watch it.

Don't touch me!
Get off!

♪ Juliet... ♪

He'd say he was sorry.

Then things would
be normal for a while.

I'm sorry.

♪ And you exploded
into my heart... ♪

He was the first
boy I ever loved.

The only catch was...

He'd beat the living
hell out of me.

Uh!

And I thought it was my fault.

Nancy gets hit one time...

Why! Why!

And the whole world shits.

For me, it's
an all-the-time occurrence.

I never hit her. That's not me.

I'm, uh, I'm actually
a pretty meek guy.

Um, she hit me, though.
Packed a wallop.

Fired a gun at me, too.

This is bullshit.
I never did this.

That comes later.

We're, uh, still happy now.

I can see that shiner
through your makeup,

you know.

Yeah, I fell on
the ice yesterday.

I don't know, Tonnie.

I would never be with
someone who fuckin' hit me.

You hit dad.

That's different.

Anyway, he said he was sorry.

Seriously, though.
You're a dumb piece of shit

who thinks she
deserves to get hit.

How'd I get that idea?

Maybe he should hit you.

Yeah. Maybe you'll learn
to keep your big mouth shut.

That sure helps me out.

I'm supportive of this
relationship, you hear me?

Got to go to practice.

Hey!

Kiss your mother good-bye.

Up next is Tonya Harding

skating to ZZ Top's
"Sleeping Bag."

♪ When it's
cold outside ♪

♪ And you want to sleep in ♪

♪ Go for a pallet ♪

♪ That's so nice and thin ♪

♪ Zip it on around ♪

♪ While it's on the ground ♪

♪ Spread it out ♪

♪ And lay it on down ♪

♪ Slip inside my sleeping bag ♪

♪ Slip inside my sleeping bag ♪

♪ You're afraid
of the dark, baby ♪

♪ No need to be shy ♪

♪ We'll talk about some lovin' ♪

♪ While we look at the sky ♪

♪ Don't be hesitating ♪

♪ It'll be all right ♪

♪ We'll tuck it in ♪

♪ Until it's clean
out of sight ♪

♪ Slip inside my sleeping bag ♪

♪ Slip inside my sleeping bag ♪

4.8, 4.9...

They hate me.

Emily Ann fell
and scored higher.

No, you're different.

I'm not dressing like
a retarded tooth fairy.

The judges expect
a conventional program.

I don't want to be conventional.

And your scores reflect that.

If I did the triple axel, they'd
have to give me my fucking scores.

You can't just do the triple.

Sometimes I can!

It wasn't my fault the judges--

Nothing's ever your fault.

I out-skated the other girls.

You skated like
a graceless bull dyke.

I was embarrassed for you.

Sorry.

Your father's not paying
alimony, you know?

Every penny I make--

every penny goes
to your skating,

and you weren't
even fucking trying.

I said, I was sorry.

Don't talk back to me.

Saying I'm sorry
is not talking back.

Oh, is that supposed
to be smart?

Stop it! I just said...

Fucking rolling your
fucking alien eyes at me

when I'm talking to you.

I didn't roll my eyes at you.

You think
I like working for you?

Fuck. You're
batshit crazy.

You selfish bitch!

Are you fucking crazy?

If you're fucking that mustache,

you're gonna start paying rent.

I am not paying for you
to act like a whore...

Fucking psycho.
and live off me for free.

I don't want to fucking
live with you anyway.

Awful.
You fucking whore.

Oh, please.

Show me a family that
doesn't have ups and downs.

Tonya needed to get
away from her mom.

So we got a place together.

There was no more talk
of college or Air Force.

And I didn't care.

I wanted to take care of her,

to protect her.

Come here.

OK.

Does it need more tulle?

I want it to look pretty.

Tulle's classy, you know?

You think any more

about getting
your high school GED?

I don't give a red-hot shit
about that anymore.

Well, I think you
should look into it.

What about a bow at the back?

I don't know. What if
I'm not smart enough?

♪ Gonna take a freight train... ♪

I ever tell you what I was
most afraid of growing up?

No.

Oh, my's.

Oh, my's?

Yeah. You know,

like in "The Wizard
of Oz," when they say,

"Lions and tigers and bears!

Oh, my."
"Oh, my."

My brother convinced me

that "Oh my's" were gonna come

in the middle of the night
and eat me alive.

You're so fucking dumb.

And I got a high school diploma.

♪ Can't you see... ♪

Well, you're--

you're gonna get a medal
for your sewing alone.

♪ ...what that woman,
she's been doing to me... ♪

Oh, my!
Aah!

Oh, my!
Jeff, no!

Jeff, fucking stop it.

♪ I'm gonna find me
a hole in the wall... ♪

Looking back,

that was probably
our happiest time.

I'd make peanut butter
and jelly sandwiches,

and she'd go
off to competitions.

We had exactly
the same interests.

I mean...

♪ Can't you see... ♪

We both liked trucks

and fixing cars up.

♪ Oh, can't you see ♪

♪ What that woman, Lord... ♪

So, I just thought
it would last forever.

♪ Can't you see... ♪

This is fucking wrong, Diane.

Tonya.

Hey, how do I get
a fair shot here?

'Cause I'm up at 5:00 every
morning working my ass off.

Does someone want
to just tell me to my face

you're never gonna give
me the scores I deserve?

This is how it's done.

Some of these girls
have paid their dues.

I don't give a shit!
I out-skated 'em today!

We also judge on presentation.

Well, you know what?

If you can come up with
$5,000 for a costume for me,

then I won't have to make one.

Till then, just
stay out of my face.

Maybe you're just not
as good as you think.

Maybe you should
pick another sport.

Suck my dick.

This is fuckin' rigged.

Do you really think
your scores will improve

now that you've told them to...

If you dressed appropriately,

maybe they'd score
you appropriately.

I dressed pretty.

God, you don't like
the way I dress

or talk or any of my music.

It's like you just want me to be

an entirely different person.

I want you to be
a better competitor.

Otherwise I'm wasting my time.

Well, then you're
wasting your time.

Because, you know what,

Dody Teachman wants
to be my coach anyways.

You're fucking fired, Diane!

That wasn't my fault...

unless puberty is my fault.

To be fair, Jeff did love her.

He really loved her.

Like, I remember a time when he

took her

to a Richard Marx concert.

That's when I knew

shit was serious.

You do dumb things
when you're young,

like marrying Jeff.

♪ Stars shining bright ♪

♪ Above you ♪

♪ Night breezes
seem to whisper ♪

♪ "I love you" ♪

♪ Birds singing... ♪

The wedding was nice.

It made sense at the time, OK?

I mean, I could have insurance,
good benefits all around.

I mean, he had a car.

Plus, I was doing
six hours a day of practice

and competitions

while I worked
at a hardware store.

And I ran a fork lift
and a drill press.

And I did welding.

But--but now...

now I could just skate
like all the other girls.

♪ Dream a little dream of me ♪

I don't know what to tell you.

Marrying the first idiot
who says you're pretty.

You fuck dumb.
You don't marry dumb.

Most people don't even understand

how insanely difficult
it is to attempt a triple axel,

but there's a reason
why nobody was trying it.

You skate backward and then
take off from a forward position

on your left leg
and then somehow...

Fuckin' hurl yourself blindly
3 1/2 rotations

like you're light as shit,
which I'm telling you,

Tonya never was.

land on the opposite foot

on the back outside edge
of a razor thin blade.

It's that extra half-rotation

when you already did 3
that made us call Tonya

the Charles Barkley
of figure skating.

It was bad ass.

I don't know if I can
do this, Dody.

I missed it
in the last training.

Of course you can.
You've got this.

Hey, Tonya...

you suck!

What is this, Rednecks On Ice?

The Lice Capades!

You know what-- Hey, hey.

If you wanted-- Ooh!

Ooh, here she comes.

White Castle queen...

No woman in the history
of U.S. figure skating

has landed a triple axel.

All of those women
who came before you,

not one of them did it.

Ignore him.
Hey. Hey.

You suck!

The Skating Association
doesn't think you can do it.

"Trashy" Tonya doesn't belong.

♪ U-g-l-y, you
ain't got no alibi... ♪

Your own mother
doesn't think so.

Now, show 'em!

Hey, Tonya, Tonya...

where'd you park
your double wide?

Don't listen to him.
Get out there. Focus.

You suck!

Go!
You suck!

You suck!

You suck!

Tonya Harding, 20 years old,

from Portland, Oregon.

Here now is Tonya Harding,

second half
of the original program.

Just 20 years old,
from Portland, Oregon.

Great power, great speed,
great athletic ability.

And the question is

whether 3 moves
into the program,

she will do a triple axel.

First a triple Lutz...

Nicely done.

And now we will find out

whether she will be the first
American to attempt

and complete a triple axel jump.

We will know that here,
whether she tries it or not.

Good girl!
Yes!

Isn't that great!

Oh, yes!

Yeah--

♪ Bad girl, bad girl ♪

♪ Everybody calls me ♪

♪ Little girl, bad girl ♪

♪ Bad girl, bad girl ♪

♪ Everybody blames me... ♪

Oh, my God.

I mean, it was totally
the most awesomest thing.

'Cause leading up it,
you're like, "I can't do it!

I can't. I can't."

And then, bam, I can!

And all those people who
said I couldn't make it...

well, fuck you. I did.

I proved everyone wrong.

♪ It feels
the first time ♪

♪ It feels like
the very first time ♪

♪ It feels
like the first time ♪

♪ It feels like
the very first time ♪

♪ I have waited a lifetime ♪

♪ Spent my time so foolishly ♪

♪ But now that I've found you ♪

♪ Together we'll make history ♪

♪ And I know it must
be the woman in you... ♪

I was loved.

♪ That brings out
the man in me... ♪

I can't describe how it felt.

There--I mean,
there were people standing up.

I mean, I was just--

for the first time, I knew--

I knew I was the best
figure skater in the world

at one point in time.

♪ That I never did before ♪

♪ Feels like
the first time... ♪

Sorry. No one ever really
asks me about this anymore.

♪ ...the door ♪

♪ Feels like
the very first time... ♪

I was blindsided.

As soon as she got back
from nationals,

she was
an entirely different person.

And that person didn't
want old Jeff no more.

Where the fuck are my DoveBars?

We can't afford 'em.

Eskimo Pie is just as good.

I'm America's
best figure skater.

I don't want a Eskimo Pie.

I wanted a--fuck. Jesus.

When was the last
time you showered?

I just want a fucking DoveBar!

After the triple,
everything changed.

The Jeff I fell
in love with was gone.

If I got up
in the morning, I got hit.

If I took a shit, I got hit.

He didn't need a reason anymore
is what I'm saying.

And I'd just had enough,
you know?

My--my whole entire life,
I'd been told

I wouldn't amount to anything.

Well, you know what?
Maybe I would.

So suddenly Kristi and Nancy

are coming in second and third.

And Tonya is coming
in second at world championships

and winning Skate America.

Fuck 'em! I'm skating
better than ever!

So the skating community
is, like, "Oh, my God.

What the fuck? I mean,
This is our skating champion?"

Heh heh!

♪ Never could believe
the things you do to me ♪

♪ I never could believe
the way you are... ♪

Tonya did the triple axel.

No one else could
or even had the balls to try.

Tonya Harding was not
the image--

Could I just interrupt

with a quick word
about Nancy Kerrigan?

It'll just take a sec.

Nancy and I were friends, OK?

We were roommates
sometimes on the road.

But the press wanted
Nancy to be a princess

and me to be a pile of crap

to sell papers.

I mean, what kind
of friggin' person

bashes in their friend's knee?

Who would do that to a friend?

This is bullshit.

I mean, you--you gave
her everything you have,

and this is how she treats you?

Tell her that.

Why are you being such a bitch?

You're acting completely
different, Tonya.

I am different!

Yes, but--

Everything's different, Jeff.

People actually smile at me now.

What'd she say?

People--people smile at her now.

"People smile
at..."? Ohh.

Right.
And how could you file

a restraining order on me?

Huh? They showed up at work

in front of everybody, Tonya.

Yes, I filed a restraining order

so I wouldn't have to look

at your fucking face.

What?
She hung up.

No, she didn't!

I'm calling her back.

Call her back, Jeff.

Mrs. Eckardt, uh,

do you mind dialing
that number back?

Local, Ma.

Okey-dokey!

This shit is unbelievable.

Tonya--

Fuck you.

What'd she say now?

Just one more time,
Mrs. Eckardt! Thanks.

Mom, just help us out.

I said, Fuck you!

Don't--

Did she--

We're going to
Sun Valley. Let's go.

♪ Yeah ♪

I like when
you're like this, Jeff.

You're not gonna let her
get the last word, man.

No way.

None of my women
get the last word.

Well, we're going to Sun Valley.

She'll be there
for a competition.

I'll get the last word,
'cause I'm the man.

We're the men!

♪ I, I don't think I want
to tell you ♪

♪ Where I've been last night ♪

♪ Uh, since last night... ♪

See, I've been
a co-operative specialist

in Switzerland and Europe.

Hostage retrieval is
my area of expertise.

I'm telling you, man,
we're in, and we're out.

Mind control may be necessary,

which I've been practicing
in Kenya, Korea...

When traveling internationally,

I'm as resourceful as a lizard.

My skills have been
honed by years

of infiltrating

underground organizations.

So we blend, and we disappear.

And under no circumstances

do we create or cause a scene.

Tonya!

No!

Fuck you!

I liked being married,

just not to him.

But he was calling
all the time, saying,

"I've been to therapy.
I love you. Take me back."

I...I wanted to be loved.

I hoped it would work.

So, I...

I went back.

The second
we were back together,

everything went to shit.

The closer the Olympics got,
the worse my skating got.

It was like a nightmare
or a frickin' curse.

But I still believed--

I knew I was gonna do it.

Ladies and gentlemen,

from the United States
of America...

Tonya Harding.

Tonya Harding.

I would be the first
and only woman to do

the triple axel in the Olympics.

My whole life was leading
up to this one moment.

Visualize the triple when
you're in the lay-back.

This is everything
you've been working for.

Yeah.

I fuckin' got it, Dody.

She was first in the
United States in 1991.

She was second in the world
in 1991,

third in nationals in Orlando,

but she arrived
late for these games

and missed the opening
ceremony entirely.

Here is Tonya Harding.

Now her opening move,

a lay-back spin, is unique

because you're dizzy
from the spins.

And her next jump,
the triple axel, is

the most difficult jump being
performed in the ladies' event.

This is so exciting!

No woman has attempted
and completed a triple axel

in Olympic competition.

Tonya Harding could make
history right here.

So, I'd broken off
my skate blade two days before

in practice,

and they put it
back on a little off.

So, all my landings were off.

All of them.

I mean, that wasn't my fault.

So, I come in fourth,
behind Nancy.

And, I mean, I was
really happy with that.

It was awesome.

It just wasn't fucking fair.

Tonya Harding
of the United States

wound up in fourth place,

followed by Surya Bonaly,
Chen Lu, and Yuka Sato.

Very athletic skater.

Her weakness is her artistry.

Tonya Harding's
Olympic competition is complete.

Um, this next part, I mean...

not true...

I never said that.

I never even said that.

You're full of shit!

Tonya...

Tonya, get in the house.

I'm not going inside with you.

Why would I go ins--ow!

Don't you fucking touch me...

Hey!
I swear to God!

Fuck! Fuck!

♪ It was early
morning yesterday... ♪

Damn it!

♪ I was up before the dawn ♪

Things got out of hand.

♪ And I really have
enjoyed my stay... ♪

I mean, we couldn't be

in the same house together.

I called the authorities
on him the whole summer.

I mean, I was filing
restraining orders.

You name it.

Finally, I divorced him.

♪ Goodbye, stranger ♪

♪ It's been nice ♪

♪ Hope you find your ♪

♪ Paradise ♪

♪ Tried to see your ♪

♪ Point of view ♪

♪ Hope your dreams will ♪

♪ All come true ♪

♪ Goodbye, Mary ♪

♪ Goodbye,
Jane ♪

♪ Will we ever ♪

♪ Meet again? ♪

♪ Feel no sorrow ♪

♪ Feel no shame ♪

♪ Come tomorrow ♪

♪ Feel no pain ♪

♪ I seek devotion ♪

♪ Goodbye, Mary ♪

♪ It's not for me ♪

♪ Goodbye, Jane ♪

♪ Just give me motion ♪

♪ Will we ever ♪

♪ To set me free ♪

♪ Meet again? ♪

♪ In the land and the ocean ♪

♪ Feel no sorrow ♪

♪ Far away ♪

Missing something?!

Jesus. Fuck!

Fuck.

I know you're back. Come on.
Open the door.

Jeff. Jeff--

I have your bag.

You can't be here.

Listen, I have your bag.
OK?

You can't be here.

Let me come in for a second.

You can't be
within 100 feet of me.

Can I not drop
something off for you?

If you don't fuck off,
I'm calling the cops, OK?

Listen, baby, baby--

Fuck. Jeff!

I'm gonna break your fucking
legs, you fucking cunt!

Fuck!

Jeff, get the fuck out
of my h--get the--

Hey!

I'm gonna fucking kill you.

You want me to do that?

Are you fucking kidding me?

Do you want me to kill you, huh?

You're gonna put
a fucking gun in my--

Do you want me to kill myself?

Stop it.
Which is it?

You f-- Stop it!

Jeff, I am fucking serious.

I am serious.
Give me the fucking gun.

I will fucking kill you.

This is not--this is
not a fucking joke.

You don't need
your fucking purse.

You don't need anybody.

You need me.

OK.
All right?

That's it.
OK.

OK. Just put down the gun.
OK.

Put down the fucking gun.

All I want to do is just--

Jeff, fucking stop it.

Give me the gun.

Give me the fucking gun.

Uh! Uh!

Oh! Jesus! Ah, fuck. Jesus.

Shit.

♪ I can think of
younger days... ♪

Jeff. Jeff?

It's OK. Here.

Is that girl OK?

Stand back. Stand--
stand back.

Are you kidding me?

Everything is fine.

A loaded gun?
What the fuck?

Sorry.

Get in the car.

♪ I could never see
tomorrow ♪

Yep. Everything's fine.

♪ But I was never told ♪

♪ About the sorrow ♪

♪ And how can you mend ♪

♪ A broken heart? ♪

♪ How can you stop the rain
from falling down... ♪

Shit! Oh, fuck.

Goddamn it!

Pull over.

♪ How can you stop ♪

♪ The sun from shining? ♪

♪ What makes the world
go round... ♪

Fuck.

Fuck! You fucking bitch.

Look what you made
me fucking do.

I'll fucking kill you
if you say anything.

Aah.

♪ ...This broken man? ♪

Fuck.

♪ How can a loser
ever win? ♪

♪ Please help me mend... ♪

Good evening.

♪ My broken heart ♪

♪ And let me live again ♪

I'm gonna need you

to get out of the car.

OK.

♪ I can still feel
the breeze... ♪

Do you know how
fast you were going?

44, 45, I think.

He didn't say
anything about the blood.

Took two guns out of
the trunk and alcohol

and then just leaves me
there with him.

You strike me as kind of like

a Kristi Yamaguchi kind of guy.

I don't know if you know
who that is...

Which is why I don't
trust the authorities

or anyone.

Jeff can talk his way
out of anything.

Never talk to him.

Well, my storyline is
disappearing right now.

What...the...fuck?

When you come in
fourth at the Olympics,

you don't get endorsement deals.

You get the 6 AM shift
at Spud City.

Who took my fucking smokes?

You look well.

I look like someone who
had a way out of this shit

and fucked it up.

I was being polite.

I know.

Are you OK?

Well...

my skating career's over
and I have no savings.

And I ended up a waitress

just like my mom.

But, on the plus side,
I'm unskilled. So...

Mm!

The Olympic Committee
announced today

that the next Olympics
are going to be

in two years instead of four.

No heavy metal.

And lose the blue nail polish.

I'm...

I'm too out of shape.

Pear is a shape.

The world is giving you
a second chance.

I know you don't believe
in them, but I do.

Thank you.

This is how Rocky trained when
he had to fight the Russian.

And it worked.

She actually did this.

♪ So this ain't the end ♪

♪ I saw you again ♪

♪ Today ♪

♪ I had to turn
my heart away ♪

And this.

♪ You smiled like the Sun ♪

♪ Kisses for everyone ♪

♪ And tales ♪

♪ It never fails ♪

And this.

♪ You lying so low
in the weeds ♪

♪ I bet you gonna
ambush me ♪

♪ You'd have me
down, down, down ♪

♪ Down on my knees, now ♪

♪ Wouldn't you, barracuda? ♪

♪ Oh oh oh, yeah... ♪

Just go get 'em.

Hey, excuse me.

Sir? Excuse me.

Sir, can I--

Can I just talk--

can I just--can I talk
to you for a second

just about my score?

Happy to.

I know that you guys
don't like me,

but I'm landing all
my jumps out there.

Tonya...

it's never been entirely
about the skating.

I'll deny I ever said it, honey,

but you're just not the image

that we want to portray.

You're representing our
country, for fuck's sake.

We need to see
a wholesome American family.

And you...

you just refuse to play along.

I don't have a wholesome
American family.

Why--why can't it just
be about the skating?

They want
a wholesome American family?

Fuck you.
Give me that.

Well, it's not gonna
be easy, but, yeah,

I can pull that out of my ass.

Shit.

I know you don't expect
me to wait on you.

Nope.

I don't expect a thing, Mom.

Well, aren't you
a little hothouse flower.

Don't know if you heard,

but I'm training
for the Olympics.

So, what do
you want? Money?

God, no.

I just--I just wanted
to see you.

You're a taker.

Every cent I made
went to your skating,

and you took it.

What do you want?

Jesus.

Well, this was
a stupid fucking idea.

Um...

was anything I did
ever good enough for you?

You were soft.

At 3?

I made you a fighter.

You never had a chance
without me.

You fucked with my head.

You made me think
that I could skate best

when my life was shit.

And now my life is shit.

You made that fucking
real for me.

I don't want that.

You would've picked it
in a heartbeat.

You should be thanking
me, not blaming me.

Did you...

I mean, when I was a kid,

did you ever love me
or anything?

You think Sonja Henie's
mother loved her?

Poor fuckin' you.

I didn't stay home making
Apple Brown Bettys.

No, I made you a champion,

knowing you'd hate me for it.

That's the sacrifice
a mother makes.

I wish I had a mother
like me instead of nice.

Nice gets you shit.

I didn't like my
mother either. So what?

I fucking gave you a gift.

You cursed me.

You're a monster.

Spilled milk, baby.

Jeff, are you down here?

Oh, Jeff.

I was pretty surprised
when Tonya called me.

But, she said...

"I don't think
I can make it..."

I don't think I can make it
to the Olympics without you.

I admit it.

A part of me still thought that
the sun rose and set with her.

I wanted her to look at me
the way that she used to.

I just wanted to hold on.

I figured it was
just for three weeks.

And the second I made the team,
I was gonna dump his ass.

But...

Before I could think
too much on that, that leads--

I mean, it's
what you all came for, folks--

the fucking incident!

The incident.

Mmm.

The incident. Hmm!

The fucking incident.

Everyone remembers
the incident differently,

and that's a fact.

Some people, honest to God,

remember Tonya whacking
Nancy herself.

Um...

I never talked about how it went
down, except to the FBI.

The press got everything wrong.

Excuse me.

I'm with the Clackamas County
Sheriff's Office.

I'm gonna need to talk with you.

Oh, goddamn it.
Jeff, what did you do?

I've received a death threat.

From Jeff?

Against you.

What the fuck?

What did they say, exactly?

Uh, it-ahem.

"If Harding skates today,

she'll get a--
a bullet in the back."

What the fuck?

How seriously
should we take this?

Right? I mean,
girl skaters at this level,

they're always messing
with each other;

with the costumes, with
each other's skate blades.

I never knew that.

Yeah. It's a thing.

Well, the point is,
this is a large venue,

and we can't protect.

♪ Ooh, baby, baby ♪

♪ Yeah, you got me,
got me close... ♪

In the end,
she's too freaked out to skate.

It screwed with her head
for a long, long time.

And it got me thinking,

which...isn't always
my strength.

What if I do the same thing
to Nancy Kerrigan,

only right before Nationals?

Yeah, sort of even
the playing field.

Right.

I wouldn't be the first guy
to cheat at figure skating.

A lot of the judges are corrupt.

It's not exactly
prim and proper.

Someone did it to Tonya,
lest we forget.

It's...my way
of saying "I love you."

Interesting. Go on.

No, that's it.

Figure I'm gonna mail
some letters

to screw with her head.

Whoa.

You effin' greenhorn.

You cannot mail letters
from here.

It'll be postmarked
from Portland.

No.

What we do, see, is--

We send somebody out there.

We fly them out there or
maybe to Massachusetts,

where she's from.
Yeah.

Takes the suspicion
off of us, see?

Right.

I know a guy.

Shouldn't even be
saying his name.

Derrick.

All in, you're probably
looking at a thousand bucks,

but you really ought to let me
handle everything.

♪ Gloria ♪

♪ You're always on the run now ♪

♪ Running after somebody ♪

♪ You got to get him somehow ♪

♪ I think you've got
to slow down ♪

♪ Before you start to blow it ♪

♪ I think you're headed
for a break-- ♪

Us being great spies and all,

we call up a friend,
who leaves a message

where Kerrigan trains...

Fuck's sake, Jeff.
Just call her back.

Shh.
...only our machine is so old,

we can't completely
understand it.

She just said...
Relax...

"Nancy Kerrigan
trains at..."

Nancy Kerrigan trains
at Tony Kent Arena.

"Nancy Kerrigan trains at Tuna
Can Arena." She just said that.

OK, well, who's gonna name
an arena Tuna Can?

Fishermen.

Everyone's fishermen
in Massachusetts.

Just fucking call
her back and ask.

Hi, Vera.
It's Tonya again.

Mm-hmm.

Our machine's a piece of crap.

Could you just tell me where

Nancy Kerrigan trains again?

Oh, sure.

Yeah, I have a stupid
bet with Jeff.

Mm-hmm.
Yeah, Tony Kent Arena.

Spell that for me, hon?

O-n-y.
Uh-huh.

And what time?
5:45.

Got it.
Thanks, Vera.

No problem.
Yeah.

Bye-bye.
See you later.

It's that fucking easy.

Tony Kent.

Thank you. Tony Kent.

Tony Kent Arena.
Not Tuna Can.

Tony Kent Arena.

It's the same fucking thing.
Dinner's ready.

It's bullshit.

I mean, the FBI found
this piece of paper

in some random Dumpster,

supposedly in my handwriting,

with Nancy's training schedule
or something on it.

It was the arena Nancy skated at

and her training times.

I mean, what do you need
training times for

if all you're doing is mailing
letters, right, you know?

I mean, look, Jeff Gillooly
can change his story

all he wants to make
himself feel better,

but he confessed to the FBI.

Guilty.

I told the FBI that Tonya was in
on planning it,

which she was,

but the plan was to mail
some letters.

Tonya didn't know
about the assault

'cause it was never supposed
to be an assault.

Just letters.

I gave Shawn a thousand bucks.

Nothing happens.

Gonna need to come up
with more money.

Do I have "Stupid"
written across my head?

All they had to do
was mail letters someplace.

I'm not giving them more money.

But these are two
of my top operatives.

Derrick needs expense money...

You know what?
Call Derrick,

and tell him we're calling
the whole thing off. No.

Sweetie, the death threat's off!

Whatever.
Whoa!

You cannot call this thing off.

This baby has moving parts.

Balls are already
being played with.

That's too bad.

All they had to do was mail
fucking letters, Shawn.

These are not the types of guys you
want to double-cross. Trust me.

That's your problem, and get
me my thousand bucks back.

They didn't do anything.

Your thousand bu-- Jeff.

Come on.

Are...Tonya,

you still want this
to happen, right?

I can still make this happen.

I really don't care, Shawn.

I clearly have
bigger shit to fry.

You eat shit?

What?

Fish to fry, not shit to fry.

Shit to fry is a meal

best served never.

Who cares, you big, fat fuck?

You can't make it happen anyway.

I'm on your side, Tonya.

You're not a secret agent.

You're not a hit man.

You're just a fat,
nobody gas bag

who still lives with his parents

and drives a '76 Mercury,

gets laughed at behind his
back, and has never been laid.

Just stay away from me!

January 6th.

Well, I had a session
later that night, so...

I was sleeping.
I was asleep.

Remember,

if your mind is blank, no
one can pick up your vibes.

Also, they can't identify you
if they don't see your eyes.

Go.

Mind's blank.

No one can see my eyes.

Ahem.

The john?

Hey. Hey.

Which one's Kerrigan?

What the fuck?

Go! Go, go, go, go, go, go!

I mean, we had no idea
that something like this

could be done by two
of the biggest boobs

in a story populated
solely by boobs.

Ha ha!

Yeah?
Jeff?

Yeah.
Holy shit!

Tonya.
They broke her knee!

They broke her fucking knee!
Whose knee?

What? What?
Are you fucking watching this?

Turn on the fucking TV!
It's everywhere!

What are you talking about?
Nancy Kerrigan!

Some guy just fucking
broke her fucking knee!

No, no, no...
Well, turn on the fucking TV.

It was supposed to be
letters, like--

It's not a fucking letter, Jeff!

They broke her fucking knee!

It was supposed to be letters,
like a death threat!

Jeff, I'm telling you,
forget the death threats.

Some guy broke her knee!

...primed to claim
one of two Olympic spots

on Saturday night.
Why?!

She was practicing for that
performance this afternoon.

She was just leaving the ice.

Reporter Danielle Scarborough
was waiting to interview her--

Aah!

Fucking Mustache.

♪ Beautiful girl,
lovely dress ♪

♪ High school smiles,
oh, yes ♪

♪ Beautiful girl,
lovely dress ♪

♪ Where she is now,
I can only guess ♪

Oh, Jeff.

Jeff, we-- we did it, man.

We're everywhere.

It is so friggin' awesome.

What the hell, Shawn?

What?

What the fuck did you do?

What did--I changed
the course of history,

if you've been watching.

Are you insane?

Nobody was supposed to get hurt.

It was supposed to be
psychological warfare, right?

What if the psychological
warfare didn't work?

What if it didn't scare her?
Then what?

You know, all of our hard work
would have been for nothing.

What hard work? It was
mailing fucking letters!

I had to handle it,
though, Jeff.

I had to handle this
and make sure it happened.

Look, I'm Tonya's bodyguard,

and now all the other
skaters, maybe more athletes,

are going to need a bodyguard, so
the money's gonna be flowing in

and we pocket the money...
Shawn, you're on CNN.

And I changed
the course of history.

...joins us
with the latest in sports.

Dad, make sure
it's a blank tape this time.

It was a simple plan, Shawn.

Why didn't you just stick to it?

I did stick to the plan.
This was not the plan.

This was always the plan!
You hear me?

A guy like me, you think
it's easy in my profession,

having to think four steps
ahead of everyone?

Or did you not realize
that I was the one who...

I was the one who called
the death threat on Tonya.

What?

"Two to the back"?

People don't take me
seriously, Jeff,

but I am in control
of the situations.

I proved that today.

This was not the--

Better think it--
Not in control!

Relax.

Everything is great.

Yes, my parents did tape over my
favorite episode of "Star Trek"

to record the CNN coverage, but I'm
keepin' it together.

You're a fucking idiot.

Oh, shit, shit.

We got to get those guys
outta Detroit, OK?

Shane and Derrick, they're just stuck
there. They don't have any money.

Four steps ahead.

Jeff? Jeff.

Jeff-- Unbelievable.

She told us today, she said,

"I know there's
a lot of people out there

who think I'm a has-been."

Well, with Lillehammer
just six weeks away,

now's her chance to show
the country

that she deserves a spot
on the Olympic team.

It'll be very interesting to see

whether she plays this
conservatively or not.

She can be
powerful, intimidating,

and vulnerable,
all at the same time.

Make it to Derrick
Smith and Shane Stant.

The height and the speed

is super different
from all the other women.

This is a big
improvement from two years ago.

...great height and control.

This is her final combination.

I'm not paying you
to stand around.

...she may
make it to the Olympics.

Oh, nicely done.
Hey.

I want to see her face.
LaVona, come on.

I want to see her fucking
face at the end!

...Tonya's pained past,
she's proved tonight

she is still a winner.

This is a great moment
for Tonya.

She's had everything go wrong,
she's let everything go wrong,

and now, all of a sudden, to
pull this off and become...

LaVona.

Our national champion
is terrific.

And it looks like she
has most definitely

earned herself a place
on the U.S. Olympic Team.

Shane Stant was clueless,
completely.

Before the attack, he waited
outside the arena in Massachusetts

where he thought
Nancy Kerrigan was training.

Now, he moved his car
every 15 minutes

to avoid suspicion.

♪ Leave 'em hangin'
on the li-ine... ♪

He did this for two days,

and that's when he found out that
Nancy was actually in Detroit.

♪ Gloria ♪
♪ Gloria ♪

♪ I think they got your number ♪

♪ Gloria ♪

♪ I think they got your alias ♪

♪ Gloria ♪

♪ That you've been
living under ♪

♪ Gloria ♪

♪ But you really
don't remember... ♪

Later, we found out they left a
trail as big as the Cumberland Gap--

phone records, bank records.

How'd you find me?

Next time you pull off
a hit, son,

don't put it on Visa.

Thanks very much.

Thanks. That's enough.

Thanks.
Thank you.

We got to go.
Thanks.

OK. Thanks.

Before this blows up, we got
to get our story straight.

Yeah, well, you do the talking.
You're my manager.

OK 'cause we have to be real
careful about what we say.

Well, we can't afford to make any mistakes.
I've waited so long for this.

Tonya, I want to
be a skater like you.

Really?

Oh, hey, I hope you mean it.
What's your name?

Annie.

Annie. Here you go.

See you later.

Hey, we play it cool.

After all, we both have alibis.

What? For--alibis?
For Wheaties?

Wheaties?
What are you talking about?

My endorsement. What
are you talking about?

The attack.

'Scuse us.

We're with the FBI.

It's just a formality.

We are talking to everyone.

Well, we don't know anything.

That must make life difficult.

Maybe you heard something,

saw something.

I mean, I was asleep, and
Jeff wasn't even here.

I wasn't even here.

Um, I was asleep, too,
in, um, Oregon, at home,

which is in Portland,
where I live,

in Oregon.

So what do you make
of all this, Jeff?

Well, it's a, um...

it's a scary prospect

what the world is coming to.

How long are you in Detroit?

We're actually heading to
the airport right now.

Why don't we give you a ride?

Oh. Yeah.
Thanks very much. Yeah.

But first, who's Derrick?

I don't know any Derricks.

I know lots of Derricks.

We're gonna miss our plane.

Tonya, how do you feel
about going to the Olympics?

I'm really happy, but it
won't be a true crown

until I get my chance at
Nancy at the Olympics.

I'm telling you,
I'm gonna whip her butt.

Did the FBI speak to you?

I mean, they talked
to everybody, but, uh,

they're doing
a thorough investigation

to try and find
the man who did it.

Whew!

Thanks, guys, thanks.

Holy shit. I'm going
to the Olympics, Jeff.

They were taking my picture.

I mean, fuck the Skating
Association. Fuck 'em.

This is a cluster-fuck.

Shit.

It's not funny!
We got to fix this.

Fix what?

We talked to the FBI.
Everything's fine.

She's right, man.
We outsmarted 'em.

My guys are paid
and deep in cover--

Fuck!

Jesus.
What is your problem?

You want to tell me
what happened, Shawn?!

Who did you talk to?!

Nobody.
Yeah?!

Well, if you don't tell me
now, then--then--then--

then we're all gonna be fucked!

I didn't talk to anybody.

Somebody knows something when
they shouldn't know anything.

I never said anything--

Then how come they know
the name Derrick, Shawn?!

I don't know. How can
you even ask me that?

I could withstand torture, and
I would still never talk.

They could never break me!

That whole Nancy Kerrigan thing?

That was my crew. We were paid
65 grand to take her out.

Then my team obtains press credentials
by beating up a reporter.

That's what gets us
inside the rink.

Bam!

My hit man whacks Kerrigan three
times with a retractable baton.

And then he shouts
at her. He says...

Shawn Eckhardt?

No.

Who is it, Shawnie?

I brought you boys
some nice tea.

Thank you.
Thank you.

M-maybe some
shortbread, too, Mom?

What can you tell us
about Tonya Harding?

Mmm...

I don't know
a Tony Harding. Heh!

Aren't you her bodyguard?

Well...you didn't
let me finish.

Well. I--I don't--
I don't know her well.

How about Nancy Kerrigan?

Who?

You haven't heard
of Nancy Kerrigan?

Oh. Yeah.

I thought you said
Nancy...Herring.

Shawn--

Jeff did it.

Jeff Gillooly did it.

The fuck is going on?

Nothing.

Don't answer it!

Fuck!

Jeff Gillooly speaking.

You got to pay me my money,
and I got to get out of town.

Who is it?

They know something.

Wait. Heh!
What are you, um--

Just meet me, or else I'm
gonna be forced to--

Shawn, calm down. Where
do you want to meet?

The Golden Buddha,

uh, at our regular table.

Just meet me at the
stroke of midnight.

I'm not meeting you at
the fucking stroke of midnight.

Th-th-that's the plan, man!

And bring the fucking money.

Great, great.
Tell your mom I said hi.

What's going on, Shawn?

Nothing. Just...
why don't you sit down?

You want to go
to that bar on, uh--

No, no, no.
We're--we're fine here.

Sit down.

What's up, man? You OK?

You're, uh...sweating
an awful lot, even for you.

No, I am not...

OK. You know
I'm not OK.

They know something.

Who?

They...you know.

I don't.

The FBI...OK?

The FBI. They know
something is up.

What's up?

Just...

Whoa. Oh...

Oh, oh.
Jeff, yeah.

Jeff.
Shawn.

Are you trying to tell me
you had something to do

with the Nancy Kerrigan
thing, hmm?

Whoa.
What the fuck, Jeff?

Of course I had something--

Jeff?
Don't...

say another word,

or I'll be forced to go
to the authorities.

Oh, Jeff--

I hope you hear me
loud and clear, you fat fuck.

But you made your bed.

Now die in it.

Diane's husband is a lawyer,

so in the morning,
we meet up at their house.

It was nice. I mean, they had
a living room and stuff.

Hello there.
Hey. Hey.

Come on in.

Then why don't we just
turn his ugly, fat ass in?

'Cause-- Big, dumb,
fucking tub of guts.

It's only his word against ours.

You and I got to stick together.

Yeah, but, Jeff, I'm
gonna lose everything.

I worked my whole life for this,

and I'm gonna lose it
because of fucking Shawn?

If it ever came down to that,

I would tell them you didn't
have anything to do with it.

But right now, we got to
get our story straight,

and since they can't pin
anything on us,

we didn't know anything.

Yeah, but we didn't
know anything.

Right.

Oh.

Look...

they've arrested Shawn,

and he's saying that it
was all your idea, Jeff.

We didn't know anything.

I mean, it was supposed
to be letters--

Ow.
It's...

it's gonna be a real
shit show for us soon.

Um...we got to go home.

Don't grab me.
Get the fuck off me.

Get in the car.

What part of "keeping
your mouth shut"

was unclear, you stupid
fucking cunt?

There is more to this than
you're telling me, isn't there?

Shut up, Tonya, I'm telling you.

Jeff?

Did you do it?

Goddamn it. Shit!

Fuck! Jeff! Fuck!

What the fuck?!

I mean, this is my--
this is my fucking life!

This is--skating is
my whole fucking life!

What did you do?

What did--what did you do?
What did you actually--

Shut up!

And then bam!

Nails me right
in the frickin' face.

That's when I knew.

And he's never admitted to me.

I wouldn't care anymore anyways,

but he's never admitted to me
that he actually did it.

But I knew, in that moment,

I knew he'd planned it
and he had it done.

♪ Waiting for the break of day ♪

Tonya Harding.
23 years old.

♪ Searching for something
to say ♪

♪ Dancing lights
against the sky ♪

Fuck! Damn it!

♪ Giving up, I close my eyes ♪

♪ Sitting cross-legged... ♪

I can't believe it.
You gave me up!

No, I didn't.

Yeah, well, the FBI showed
me your--transcript!

Well, that's
just cheating! I...

Open the door.
Fucking liars.

Tonya, I told you,

they couldn't-- they
couldn't prove anything.

All I ever wanted

was to protect you, Tonya.

Baby, you're--you're
all I ever wanted.

Honey.

I fucking lost you
now, didn't I?

Look, Jeff, I...

I mean, what did you
want me to say?

I told them that you did this

because you did
fucking did this!

Tonya, what am I supposed to do?

Tonya.

Honey?

I don't know. I...

I really think that you
should just kill yourself.

Now, there is
this feeling out there

that the one who was power mad,

the one who was
megalomaniacal was you.

Incorrect. Um...

I am a professional bodyguard

and an international
counterterrorism expert.

I...I--I work
around the world

for espionage agencies.

But, Shawn, you don't.

But I do.

But, Shawn,

we checked, and you don't.

But I do.

But you don't.

But I do. I--I--

I've actually been
quoted as an expert,

uh, in "Terrorism
Trends and Profiles."

Where?

Um, in...

I believe it was
a travel magazine

a couple of years ago,

during the Gulf War.

♪ Listen to the wind blow ♪

♪ Watch the sun rise ♪

♪ Run in the shadows ♪

♪ Damn your love,
damn your lies ♪

♪ And if you don't love me now ♪

♪ You will never love me again ♪

♪ I can still hear you saying ♪

♪ You would never break
the chain... ♪

Here, in Portland, Oregon, another day
of practice for skater Tonya Harding.

She's still working out
every day, right here behind me,

fully expecting she'll compete later
this month at the Olympics in Norway.

Police and the FBI continue looking into
last week's attack on skater Nancy Kerrigan.

Even as the U.S. Figure Skating
Association convenes a hearing panel

to consider whether there are
grounds to remove Tonya Harding

from the American Olympic team.

Harding's former husband said
Tuesday that she knew about

the attack on Nancy Kerrigan
from the beginning.

♪ Listen to the wind blow ♪

♪ Down comes the night ♪

♪ Run in the shadows ♪

♪ Damn your love,
damn your lies ♪

♪ Break the silence... ♪

The papers all
said I pled guilty, which I did.

But not to planning the attack,

which, it turns out,
didn't really matter because

once I knew about it
and didn't report it

and tried to cover it
all up, I was guilty.

Tonya's mom put out a red
velvet rope in front of her house.

Get your fat ass
where it belongs.

Told us if we wanted
to take her picture,

we all had to stand behind it.

And we did!

I made bail.

I was charged with racketeering

and fined $100,000...

which I never paid,

and...I never talked
to Shawn again.

I thought being famous

was gonna be fun.

I was...loved...

for a minute.

Then I was hated.

Then I was just a punch line.

It was like being abused
all over again,

only this time it was by you.

All of you.

You're all my attackers, too.

With just four weeks
to go to Lillehammer,

she returned to training
this week in Oregon

under intense media scrutiny and pressure
to withdraw from the Olympic team.

Kerrigan also was back
on the ice this week,

striving to make it
to Lillehammer.

But in interviews
with "Hard Copy,"

former Olympians
and skating insiders have said

the events of recent weeks could
turn into major stumbling blocks

for both competitors
as they pursue Olympic gold--

Go away!

Could you please just
leave me alone for now?

I'm not--

So what's new?

Tonya! Tonya!

Like your hair pulled back like that.
You look young.

I'm 23, Mom.

Yeah, well...

Seem to be holding up good.

Fuck 'em, you know?

I know.

I never did like that Jeff.
Mom.

I'm not here to tell you
I told you so. I'm not.

Why are you here?
What do you want?

I want you to know...

I don't know. I--
I'm on your side.

There's a big crowd out there.

A lot of people support you.

You done good.

I'm proud of you.

All right. I'm going.

Mom?

Thanks.

I know.
Ahem.

Hey, hon...

did you know about the attack?

Well, you can tell me.

What? What are you
looking for?

What are you--
stop it! I...

It's just a...

Oh, no.

I still meant everything I said.
You hear me?

Get the fuck out! Get the fuck
out of my house! Get out!

I still meant everything I said.

Fuck off!
Ow!

Fuck that.

Will you comment?

No comment. No fucking comment.
Hey! Hey!

Out of my way! Hey!

Tonya!

OK, I used
to have her tires flattened

and her truck towed sometimes, so
we can get a picture, you know?

Look, this was the first time there
was a 24-hour news cycle to fill.

We all needed that story.

This is bullshit.

I shouldn't have to apologize
for something I didn't do.

Tonya, there's talk
about not letting you

skate at the Olympics at all.

You need to give them this.

We're hanging on
by a thread here.

I earned my place
on the team fair and square.

Taking out the competition
with a retractable baton

doesn't strike everyone
that way.

I didn't know about it!

And that's exactly
what you'll say.

I can't fucking focus
when I'm trying to skate.

I keep falling
in front of everyone,

while Nancy gets
her own private rink

and someone catches her
before she falls.

Honey, you'll apologize,
and this will all be over.

OK. Do whatever it takes.

I apologized for ever knowing

or being associated with Jeff,

which it looks like I'll
never stop doing, ever.

I had no prior knowledge

of the planned assault
on Nancy Kerrigan.

I am responsible, however,

for frailing to--

for failing...

And when the Olympic Committee

threatened to take me
off the team,

I filed a $10 million
lawsuit against them.

I mean, it was getting ugly.

But do you think that CBS,
who was showing the games,

was gonna let this ginormous
ratings fucker not happen?

I mean, the whole
entire world was waiting

for this showdown
between me and Nancy,

so...I made the team...

you know, and I was ready
to show you all.

And this is one
of the nights that everybody's

been talking about
around the world,

one of the most controversial
and talked-about sports events

in memory: the women's
figure skating competition.

World Champion Oksana Baiul
in second place

going into tonight's competition,

Nancy Kerrigan in first place
after the technical program,

and Katarina Witt,
a two-time gold medalist,

who will be the last to skate.

Right here.
Have a seat.

I was asked to comment
on everything for "Hard Copy,"

and they paid a lot,
which was cool.

...of America,
Tonya Harding.

And now the public address

is announcing
Tonya Harding's name.

It is her turn to be
on the ice right now.

Tonya Harding, after the
warm-up, had a problem with her laces.

If she's not out here, I
think they're gonna disqualify her.

I'm not sure. I've never
seen anything like this before.

Is it gonna hold?

Just give it...

Did you pull it tight enough?

I'm gonna try.

How does that feel?
It's OK, honey.

It's OK.
We're just gonna--

OK, OK.

It's OK,
honey. It's OK.

Breathe, breathe.

How long do we have?

We have, uh, one minute.

A minute?

Oh, my God.
Just tie it.

Do you want to try it?

Doesn't matter.
Just...I'll just go.

OK.

Gonna break my ankles.

You check out those
edges in the beginning.

You jump high, check out
hard, and go for it, OK?

My lace--my lace broke...

It broke.

I really tried
to get out here on time.

Please.

In a situation
like this, the referee,

the judging panel will
give her every opportunity

to put out her best performance.

I would think,
though--no announcement has been made.

They've obviously given her
a set amount of time.

Things like this
just don't happen!

Again, it's so important
that the skate is tied properly.

It's important that it's
comfortable on your foot.

Well, I think they're allowing
Tonya to fix her skate.

Again, this is every skater's
recurring nightmare.

This is something you wake up
screaming about every morning.

Can I just say one quick thing
about Nancy Kerrigan?

So, my lace breaks,

which I guess is my fault,
but really kinda isn't,

and I go out and do the same
stuff as everybody else.

I didn't get the marks 'cause I
didn't ever have a shot

with the judges to begin with.

I mean, it was a big story,

but I don't need a big story.

I'm the big story
on my own when I skate.

I did my best, and I got eighth.

But Nancy,

she goes out and gives
a beautiful skate.

I never said different.

She wins a friggin'
silver medal,

and when they put
that medal around her neck,

she looked like she
stepped in poo.

She does.

I mean, come on!

How am I the poor sport
in all of this?!

An Olympic silver!

She looks like she
stepped in poo.

Defendant, please rise.

They postponed
my trial till after the Olympics.

Tonya Harding,

you are hereby sentenced
to three years' probation;

$100,000 fine, plus $10,000

to the D.A.'s office
for special costs;

another $50,000 to set up a fund
for the Special Olympics;

500 hours community service;

a psychological evaluation;

and your immediate resignation

from the U.S. Figure Skating
Association,

banning you for life

from all Figure Skating
Association competitions

and events.

So ordered.

No, I...

all I did was... the
hindering of prosecution.

What, they--

It's already ruled.
You're never...

never gonna let me skate again?

I can't ever sk-- I mean...

I'd rather do the
jail time, please.

The-- Honey.

They--they only got 18 months.

They got--they got 18 months.
I-- I'll do that!

You can't...

Your Honor,

I don't have an education.

All I know is skating.

That's all I know, and I--

I am no one if I can't--
if I can't sk--

It's OK.
You. I'm--

I'm not--I mean, I'm
not some monster.

Ms. Harding.
I'm just--

I'm just trying to--I'm
trying to do the best with

what I know how to--
Ms. Harding.

And you're giving me a--it's
like you're giving me

a life sentence if you do that.
You can't do that.

Ms. Harding, that's enough.
You can't, please,

because...just--

just send me to jail, and
then I can still skate.

I've given you--
Just send me to jail,

and then I can still skate!
I've given you my decision.

Thank you, Your Honor.

Don't lose your temper.

This is the best we can get.

Top Ten Questions
Connie Chung Asked Tonya Harding Earlier.

Here we go.
Number Ten:

Would you walk through the metal
detector for me one more time, please?

Number Nine: Do you think you
could kick my ass?

Number Eight: Can you help me and Maury have
a baby? Well, I think that's uncalled for.

Number Seven: How much do you think your pals
would charge to whack Dan Rather's knees?

Number Five:
Do you know Amy Fisher?

Number Four:

When you hit Nancy in the knee, did
it sort of sound like, "Chunngg"?

"Chung"?

Got a 2-year sentence,

and did 8 months to the day.

All that craziness, you know,

everything I'll ever
be known for was...

only a few months

from start to finish.

I got up one morning
before I went to jail,

and the press was leaving...

like I dreamed it.

Simpson told police he was
in Chicago at the time of the killings.

He arrived at the home 12 hours
after the bodies were discovered.

Police escorted him
to the rear of the building,

and a short time later,
Simpson was seen in handcuffs.

After a conference with Simpson's
attorney, Howard Weitz--

I never see Tonya anymore,
and this is fine.

I could care less.

I lead a full life,

very happy.

Tonya...

would never have thought
of calling in the death threat.

And...I was

too caught up in all
the terrible things

that she was saying about me...

rather than the fact that...I...

completely ruined her career.

Absolutely ruined it.

Once I was banned

from Figure Skating for life,

I didn't have a lot of options.

♪ ...bright above... ♪

Did what I had to do to just
stay in the public eye

and pay the bills.

♪ ...breezes seem to... ♪

I was the second
most-known person,

behind Bill Clinton,
in the world.

♪ ...in the sycamore... ♪

That meant something.

People still wanted to see me...

So I became a lady boxer.

I mean, why not?

Violence was always
what I knew anyway.

♪ Just hold me tight
and tell me you'll miss me ♪

♪ While I'm alone and blue
as can be... ♪

America, you know?

♪ Dream a little dream of me ♪

They want someone to love...

♪ Stars fading... ♪

But they want someone to hate.

♪ But I linger on, dear ♪

♪ Still craving your kiss... ♪

And they want it easy,
but what's easy?

♪ I'm longin' to linger... ♪

And the haters
always say, "Tonya,

tell the truth."

There's no such thing as truth.

I mean, it's bullshit.

♪ ...till sunbeams find you ♪

♪ Sweet dreams that leave... ♪

Everyone has their own truth,

and life just does whatever
the fuck it wants.

♪ ...dreams, whatever they be ♪

♪ Dream a little dream of me ♪

♪ Dream a little dream ♪

♪ Of me ♪

♪ Dream a little dream ♪

♪ Of me ♪

That's the story of my life.

And that's the fucking truth.

♪ I am the passenger ♪

♪ And I ride and I ride ♪

♪ I ride through
the city's backsides ♪

♪ I see the stars come
out of the sky ♪

♪ Yeah, the bright
and hollow sky ♪

♪ You know, it looks
so good tonight ♪

♪ I am the passenger ♪

♪ I stay under glass ♪

♪ I look through
my window so bright ♪

♪ I see the stars
come out tonight ♪

♪ I see the bright
and hollow sky ♪

♪ Over the city's
ripped backsides ♪

♪ And everything
looks good tonight ♪

♪ Singin' la la la la,
la-la-la-la ♪

♪ La la la la,
la-la-la-la ♪

♪ La la la la,
la-la-la-la-la-la-la ♪

♪ Get into the car ♪

♪ We'll be the passenger ♪

♪ We'll ride through
the city tonight ♪

♪ We'll see the city's
ripped backsides ♪

♪ We'll see the bright
and hollow sky ♪

♪ We'll see the stars
that shine so bright ♪

♪ Stars made for us tonight ♪

♪ Oh, the passenger ♪

♪ How, how he rides ♪

♪ Oh, the passenger ♪

♪ He rides and he rides ♪

♪ He looks through his window ♪

♪ What does he see? ♪

♪ He sees the sun
and hollow sky ♪

♪ He sees the stars
come out tonight ♪

♪ He sees the city's
ripped backsides ♪

♪ He sees a winding ocean drive
and everything... ♪

'Cause there's no
"you can't do it" type thing.

She won't do it.

Incorrect.

Um,

my training and education,
um, has been

in the areas of counterespionage
and counterterrorism.

Can't talk about the specifics.
Sure.

And, uh, you know, we're just
as anxious to talk to you guys

as you are to ask, and we'll
be willing in a few days.

Yeah, hopefully.

I'm really happy that, um,

it won't be a true crown
until I get my chance at Nancy.

That'll be Olympics, and let me
tell you, I'm gonna whip her butt.

♪ Oh, the passenger ♪

♪ He rides and he rides ♪

♪ He sees things
from under glass ♪

♪ He looks through
his window and sighs ♪

♪ He sees the things you
never... ♪

♪ He sees the bright
and hollow sky ♪

♪ He sees the city
asleep at night ♪

♪ He sees the stars
are out tonight ♪

♪ And all of it is
yours and mine ♪

♪ And all of it
is yours and mine ♪

♪ So let's ride and ride
and ride and ride ♪

♪ Singin' la la la la,
la-la-la-la ♪

♪ La la la la, la-la-la-la... ♪

Yeah.