During a recent interview with Bernard Goldberg of HBO's Real Sports, former Olympic ice skater Tonya Harding expressed her displeasure over Barack Obama's mention of her name.
In 2007 the then Democratic presidential candidate told a crowd of supporters in Vinton, Iowa: "Folks said there's no way Obama has a chance unless he goes and kneecaps the person ahead of us, does a Tonya Harding."
Obama was referring to Harding's alleged conspiracy to harm competitor Nancy Kerrigan during the 1994 US figure skating championships.
When Goldberg asked Harding of her reaction to Obama's quote, she said: "Obviously he didn't have enough people looking at him."
Harding went on to say "What the hell is important in this world today?" The former skater then sarcastically thanked Obama for mentioning her by saying "all publicity is good publicity" and "you'll still pay money to come see me".
