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Tonya Maxene Harding was born November 12, 1970, in Portland, Oregon, to LaVona Golden (b. 1940) and Albert Harding (1933–2009). [2] During Harding's youth, her father held various odd jobs (managed apartments, drove a truck, and worked at a bait & tackle store), yet was often underemployed due to poor health. [ 3 ]
Jeff Gillooly was Tonya Harding's ex-husband. [1] At the time of the attack, the couple were together and still referred to each other as husband and wife. Shawn Eckardt, a friend of Gillooly's who was also Harding's bodyguard before the attack, had originally been hired by the figure skater after she received an anonymous death threat. [12]
Screenwriter Steven Rogers was inspired to write I, Tonya after watching a documentary on figure skating which mentioned Tonya Harding. [10] Rogers arranged separate interviews with Harding and her ex-husband Jeff Gillooly; each remembered the events of the 1994 scandal very differently. Rogers decided, "Well, that's my way in - to put everyone ...
Tonya Harding is a fan of President Donald Trump. A fan who wasn’t able to vote for him in the 2016 presidential election because she’s a felon. ... Harding’s ex-husband Jeff Gillooly ...
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In December 2017, a fictional movie about Tonya Harding and the attack on Kerrigan, entitled I, Tonya, was released; Caitlin Carver played Kerrigan. [69] In January 2018, Kerrigan joined Inside Edition as their Super Bowl correspondent. [70] She also appeared in an episode of Fresh Off the Boat as herself. [71]
Nancy Kerrigan, Tonya Harding devastated over figure skaters in fatal D.C. plane crash. Jon Hoefling, USA TODAY. Updated January 31, 2025 at 12:20 PM.