Last week we caught a glimpse of the beauty that is Adam Rippon and a pair of skates â just a pair of skates.
The Olympian and all-around dreamboat followed in the footsteps of many a gorgeous athlete before him when he took it all off for ESPN Magazineâs annual Body Issue.
Related:Â Hunky baseball player Javier Baez bares all for ESPNâs âBody Issueâ
And while the issue doesnât hit newsstands until June 29, Adam has kindly shared eight shots to his Instagram feed.
How about we take this to the next level?
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He told the magazine he could never have done the shoot even just a few years back:
âI couldnât have done this [shoot] while I was in the closet. I think that, with my experience of coming out, I felt so liberated in so many ways.â
Related:Â Just Try And Pay Attention To Sports Talk While Pitcher Poses For ESPN âBody Issueâ
Kangol
He’s a doll. Did you see Saquon Barkley, Karl-Anthony Towns or Yasiel Puig, though? đ
Josh447
Yup. He’s a PR natural.
happy50132003
So sick of Rippon & all his tricks to get in the news or on TV or on here. Why can’t he just go lead his life & take his ego with him.
scotty
jelly much?
GetOffMyInternets
ESPN chooses their athletes, this isnât him thirsting for attention. Gus Kenworthy has done the same.
inbama
Why did you name yourself “happy?”
Bryguyf69
Er, ESPN and Dancing with the Stars, among others, approached him. And usually because of popular demand. So do your research before saying something stupid. Furthermore, is it so hard for you to just change channels or ignore a post? Apparently so because you not only read this blog but even took the time to post — despite the very descriptive title which says that it’s about Rippon. So are you illiterate or just a HYPOCRITE?
Or perhaps a megalomaniac who believes that his personal taste should dictate the media?
Roy Moss
Rippon is okay if you appreciate men that act like 12 year old girls that are Kim Kardashian wannabes. He’s such a freaking stereotype.
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
GO AWAY
spunkypeter
It is sad when gay men (I’m assuming you’re a man) are as homophobic and mean-spirited as the far right is.
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
You really are pathetic. You got nothing better than troll Gay sites?
ElPillo
RuPaulâs Kameron William has as nice a body and butcher when out of drag.
judysdad
Not a fan. He can skate, I’ll give him that. But I prefer men who look and act like men.
spunkypeter
I didn’t know there was a specific way men should act. Seriously, can we stop being as hateful as the far right?
Bryguyf69
Oh really? There are those — including entire nations like Uganda — who think that acting like men include having sex with women. And most certainly, not having sex with men. So are you willing to submit to those criteria? If not, why should anyone care about your standards of manhood?! HYPOCRITE.
tyreeuq
ass and thighs…seriously edible!
lykeitiz
So glad I clicked all the way through and saw them all. Yum indeed!!
Casinoguy
There’s three full meals in those pants!
GetOffMyInternets
Stereotypes and deciding factors on his manhood aside, Iâm sure the same people who will agree with these comments are also the same people who have accused him for YEARS of padding his underwear to her that butt…and he sure showed up those naysaying couch potatoes.
GetOffMyInternets
*to his butt đ
gradoc
Can we stop the fem-shaming? Like Rippon may not be your cup of tea but I think he is being his authentic self and an out gay man posing in the body issue of ESPN is something to be proud of and would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. Just my two cents from Wellington, New Zealand.
lykeitiz
Well said!
gayjim1969
It’s sad when gay men perpetuate the stereotype that only masculine men are “real” men; we should be more evolved than that.
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
Disgusted the vitriol spewed towards Adam on this thread by some of the pig trolls here. If you can’t accept, encourage, and applaud an OPENLY GAY Olympian. Take your vile hate and infect any of the million right wing nutbag sites. You’ll feel right at home
Roy Moss
Ok Nancy, do you feel better now?
Birdbrain1963
I’m tired of waiting for a real man. Bring it on Adam!
Lacuevaman
I’d MUCH prefer to wait!
lykeitiz
Adam is a true beauty and a great representative of our community.
Casinoguy
BRAVO!