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" I don't really have a specific Olympic crush. There were a couple of guys during the Olympics in Sochi that were super fit. And during the summer games, any of the sports where people have their shirts off if they're diving or swimming or whatever, it's like eye candy. "

Gus Kenworthy

Swimming

People

Candy

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Gus Kenworthy

Myself

People

" I spent 24 years in the closet wanting to talk so desperately about who I was and what I am but too afraid to. "

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Gus Kenworthy

Magazine

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Gus Kenworthy

Myself

Loved

" Getting to be authentic is so liberating. "

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