by allison on August 24, 2009
AUGUST 2009
An interview with Debi Thomas, World Champion, National Champion and 1988 Olympic Bronze Medalist. 1 hour, 24 minutes, 47 seconds long.
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Terry Head called me and told me to listen your Ice Capades interview. I did not realise that I had blabbered on for so long. I was sad to hear some of Debi’s interview with you. It is obvious that she has had to deal with the Olympic long for most of her life. Her reasons, excuses etc. just went on and on. For instance she remarked that the things I said to her were not what she wanted to hear and yet I said the same things to her when she won worlds. She is the one who chose to return to Boulder as “I want to be with Brian.” Brian was not at the opening but went there with her on the final week. She mentions to you that at the same time she had “a Hungarian Ice Dancer boyfriend”. I did not know that. A love triangle at the Olympics? Would that be added stress. What a great question. Also, you you did not ask her about the “secret wedding” the day before she left for Worlds or the team meeting when she was told she could leave and that Joan Campbell was fully trained and could be on the next flight to Budapest. (Debi had just met with the press and told them that she didn’t want to be there and that her coach and agent had forced her to come to World’s.) She later agreed to stay but later missed the Long practice due to going out drinking with some Stanford friends. Anyway, it was fun meeting with you and doing your interview. Terry Head and I just returned from the Holiday on Ice Reunion in Nice and was it ever NICE. Best Wishes Alex
Hi Mr McGowan! Thanks for listening, to both podcasts. I actually try to make a point of not asking personal questions and just keeping it to the skating, so that’s why i didn’t pursue any more questions on that front. She offered a lot of information about what was going on at the time in her personal life, but I didn’t want to pry. I’m sorry to hear that your version of events differs so much from hers. I wasn’t sure if you wanted me to post your comments above live onto the website, so please let me know if you want these comments made public or not. [edited to add: he allowed this]
I loved speaking with you, and would love to do a full interview with you sometime if you’re interested! And I’m glad you had a terrific time at the HOI Reunion. Thanks so much for being so generous with your time at the Ice Capades Reunion. I really appreciate it!