Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon pulls out of NBC gig

News broke earlier Sunday that Rippon, one of the first openly gay U.S. athletes to compete at the Olympics, was being hired to work on TV, digital and social media for NBC for the remainder of the Games in Pyeongchang.

NBC tweeted out the news Sunday morning, welcoming the 28-year-old bronze medalist to its team.

But Rippon said hours later that although he was "so flattered" by NBC's offer, he decided against the move because it would mean leaving his U.S. teammates and the Olympic Village.
"It's so important to me, you know, I worked so hard to be on this Olympic team, and my teammates and my friends were there for me during my events, and that meant so much to me, that I really feel like I need to be there for them during their events," he said on NBCSN.
NBC's article online about Rippon becoming one of its correspondents now redirects readers to his Olympic profile page.
Rippon later suggested he only learned about the network's plans to hire him from social media.
"I actually found everything out about the offer via twitter HAHA," he tweeted. "2018 is wild girl."

Source: cnn