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Mary Lou Retton in hospital fighting for her life

Olympic gymnast suffering from rare pneumonia. Near death.

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by Anonymousreply 499July 29, 2024 10:25 PM

How is she uninsured?

by Anonymousreply 1October 10, 2023 8:54 PM

Reh-un.

by Anonymousreply 2October 10, 2023 8:54 PM

Covid?

by Anonymousreply 3October 10, 2023 8:56 PM

Yikes, that's sad

by Anonymousreply 4October 10, 2023 8:56 PM

Exactly. A famous Olympian and she can't afford medical insurance?

by Anonymousreply 5October 10, 2023 8:57 PM

Not my fave gymnast, but I hope she vaults a double-twisting tsukahara out of that hospital bed.

by Anonymousreply 6October 10, 2023 8:59 PM

Good medical insurance for her age would cost her $700-1000/ month. If she has low income she can qualify for credits on the aca and her payments could be much lower but did she go find an insurance agent to help her figure it out? no!

by Anonymousreply 7October 10, 2023 9:00 PM

She can now join her 700 Club bestie bigot Pat Robertson in the great beyond.

by Anonymousreply 8October 10, 2023 9:00 PM

She's had numerous commercial endorsements, cameos, interviews over the years. I'd assume she'd have to have some money/assets.

by Anonymousreply 9October 10, 2023 9:02 PM

Best in the country in the world, my ass.

by Anonymousreply 10October 10, 2023 9:02 PM

I know she’s conservative—I wonder if she’s anti-vax as well. It very well could be Covid.

by Anonymousreply 11October 10, 2023 9:03 PM

R7 -She's in West Virginia., so just forget about decent Insurance Coverage/ ACA options. Let alone good doctors. 😟

by Anonymousreply 12October 10, 2023 9:07 PM

r12 She'll speak in tongues & get bitten by a rattlesnake.

by Anonymousreply 13October 10, 2023 9:09 PM

She got divorced from her long-term husband not that long ago. Did he clean her $ out?

by Anonymousreply 14October 10, 2023 9:09 PM

[quote]How is she uninsured?

West Virginia accepted federal Medicaid expansion, so she should have been able to afford it on any kind of income.

(non-Americans: our health care system is so fucked up that some states accept federal funds to help the poor and middle class get health insurance. Other states don't. It's a terrible, terrible system, and private health insurance costs a fortune.)

by Anonymousreply 15October 10, 2023 9:10 PM

I remember her from her Recvo commercials.

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by Anonymousreply 16October 10, 2023 9:12 PM

This is a sad state of affairs to be in for a former US Olympic gymnast.

by Anonymousreply 17October 10, 2023 9:21 PM

Get up Mary Lou!

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by Anonymousreply 18October 10, 2023 9:27 PM

Speaking of insurance, she just signed up to be the new spokesperson for Colonial Penn. I hope she took the opportunity to buy some final expense insurance from them at a low cost per unit. (I know it doesn’t pay out if you die right away.)

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by Anonymousreply 19October 10, 2023 9:33 PM

I don't know about her politics but she was called out for repeatedly minimizing the USGA/Larry Nassar sex scandal.

Also, obviously, not too bright.

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by Anonymousreply 20October 10, 2023 9:40 PM

Wow, I had no idea she and her husband had gotten divorced. I haven’t really thought about her over the years, but I do remember seeing an article in People mag where she and her husband looked to be living a comfortable life with their kids. In Texas if I’m not mistaken. Just horrible that she has no insurance.

by Anonymousreply 21October 10, 2023 9:43 PM

“rare form of pneumonia” = Covid.

by Anonymousreply 22October 10, 2023 9:46 PM

She not insured, said her daughter.

by Anonymousreply 23October 10, 2023 9:46 PM

we love you mary lou please get up

by Anonymousreply 24October 10, 2023 9:46 PM

She not vaxxed either.

by Anonymousreply 25October 10, 2023 9:51 PM

You'd think the damn Karolyis could send a few bucks her way if her med/financial situation is this dire. She stood by them until the very end.

by Anonymousreply 26October 10, 2023 9:51 PM

R20 She fawned over Pat Robertson on multiple episodes of the 700 Club

while he did his most vile anti LGBT hit pieces on us in his "news segments" segments.

by Anonymousreply 27October 10, 2023 9:51 PM

R9 Maybe she invested too much in the MyPillow guy or in multiple Trump products.

by Anonymousreply 28October 10, 2023 9:53 PM

Russia and the Eastern-bloc countries boycotted the 1984 Olympics. Had their athletes participated, Retton would’ve never won. They would’ve mopped the floor up with her.

by Anonymousreply 29October 10, 2023 9:54 PM

R29, yeah, that's why she's not the favorite of many hard-core gymn fans vs. casual viewers. The American media put her at the level of Nadia despite it being a boycotted Olympics. Although I guess she couldn't really be blamed for going along with it and milking that cash cow.

by Anonymousreply 30October 10, 2023 9:57 PM

She’s dying, pig. R30

by Anonymousreply 31October 10, 2023 10:01 PM

I dislike her. She’s an arrogant egomaniac and her TV commercials were smarmy and annoying. She must’ve made big money with the product endorsements. What happened to it? Also, why didn’t she put money aside and arranged for health insurance?

She worshipped Ronald Reagan. I suppose that Republican idiot will enter Medicaid. How ironic! I wouldn’t give that cunt a dime. She can fuck off.

by Anonymousreply 32October 10, 2023 10:05 PM

R32 misanthrope

by Anonymousreply 33October 10, 2023 10:06 PM

Only with Republicans, R33.

by Anonymousreply 34October 10, 2023 10:15 PM

[quote]Russia and the Eastern-bloc countries boycotted the 1984 Olympics. Had their athletes participated, Retton would’ve never won.

Like all sporting events, it's played by the people who show up and it depends on how good they are at that exact moment. Hypotheticals about who else in the world could have won are stupid. There are plenty of people who were supposed to win a gold medal who didn't.

by Anonymousreply 35October 10, 2023 10:20 PM

[quote] misanthrope

No no no he’s a progressive “on the right side of history.”

by Anonymousreply 36October 10, 2023 10:23 PM

Retton was an excellent gymnast, easily the best the U.S. every produced up to that point. As it was she defeated Kati Szabo and the rest of the Romanians who were number 2 in the World at the Olympics. The top Soviets at the time: Mostepanova and Yurchenko were inconsistent so it's no sure bet they would have beaten her. She was Biles level good on vault and floor. Her bars were okay for the time, only her beam sucked eggs. She probably wouldn't have won the AA but would have certainly taken gold on V (she should have won it in L.A. but the judges wanted to make it up to Szabo for losing the AA) and would have probably medalled in the AA and Floor. Watching her double layout on FX even now is impressive and this is when there were barely springs in the floor mat unlike now where it's basically a trampoline.

by Anonymousreply 37October 10, 2023 10:25 PM

Has Dorothy Hamill's wedge commented?

by Anonymousreply 38October 10, 2023 10:27 PM

R37= Mary Lou Retton from her hospital bed.

by Anonymousreply 39October 10, 2023 10:29 PM

R37, since you’re so in love with Mary Lou Retton, you can pay her hospital bill. (Due to the nursing shortage, empty her bedpan, too.)

by Anonymousreply 40October 10, 2023 10:32 PM

My voodoo doll finally worked!

by Anonymousreply 41October 10, 2023 10:34 PM

It’s all about “pulling herself up from her bootstraps”, isn’t it? She can sell her gold medals and stop asking for charity. It’s her “Republican” principles.

by Anonymousreply 42October 10, 2023 10:46 PM

I remember the corny Baywatch episode she appeared in that involved Special Olympics kids competing at competitions held on the beach.

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by Anonymousreply 43October 10, 2023 10:52 PM

It must be noted that up to the 84 Olympics, for two years, Retton was undefeated. She beat Shushunova, Gnauck and Yurchenko. Those were comps with no team or compulsories, but her victory at the Olympics didn't just spring out of nowhere. Ironically, in a non-boycotted year, I think the winner would have been Dianne Durham who beat Retton regularly and who had more of a balanced style.

That said, her behavior about the Nassar scandal and going to Feinsteins office to try to ease regulations on molestation reporting shows her as being a true cunt.

by Anonymousreply 44October 10, 2023 10:55 PM

"Look, no belt or pins!"

by Anonymousreply 45October 10, 2023 10:55 PM

I'm surprised Bela let her be so chubby when she was competing. Maybe that extra weight is causing her health problems now.

by Anonymousreply 46October 10, 2023 11:03 PM

Chubby r46? I’m no fan but I think you should get your prescription checked. That girl was not chubby. She was short, stocky and muscular.

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by Anonymousreply 47October 10, 2023 11:07 PM

She's fine! She sends her love!

by Anonymousreply 48October 10, 2023 11:08 PM

[quote]”Out of respect for her and her privacy, I will not disclose all details,” wrote Kelley, a former gymnast at Louisiana State University. “However, I will disclose that she not insured.” She added: “We ask that if you could help in any way, that 1) you PRAY! and 2) if you could help us with finances for the hospital bill.”

Translation : "She is an antivaxxer who got Covid due to her own stupidity. She could afford insurance unlike many Americans, but did not have any, due to her own stupidity. But this is a private matter and none of your business. However, please pay for her hospital bill!"

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by Anonymousreply 49October 10, 2023 11:11 PM

R43, did Mary Lou make a convincing special needs child?

by Anonymousreply 50October 10, 2023 11:55 PM

Is she really only 4’9”?

by Anonymousreply 51October 11, 2023 12:01 AM

"Mary Lewd WRETCHED"

I didn't make this up, I wish I was that clever. I saw it in the comments section of an article about her attempts to sabotage the Safe Sports Act.

So. Which of you bitches was it??

by Anonymousreply 52October 11, 2023 12:24 AM

Oh you guys, c'mon she's been playing pickleball with Jamie Foxx all day today. She's totally fine!

by Anonymousreply 53October 11, 2023 12:25 AM

Why did she try to sabotage the Safe Sports Act? It’s unfathomable.

by Anonymousreply 54October 11, 2023 12:35 AM

Maga Trump Supporter

by Anonymousreply 55October 11, 2023 12:38 AM

Sucked on the balance beam?

IMO, the balance beam is the true test of a woman gymnast. All your flaws show up there. There’s no peppy music for you to work up the crowd with. You can’t land any old place.

When I was young, I liked the floor ex and uneven bars.

Now, I like the balance beam and vault.

by Anonymousreply 56October 11, 2023 12:45 AM

I loved Marilu Henner in Johnny Dangerously.

by Anonymousreply 57October 11, 2023 12:51 AM

Retton definitely served as one of the earliest prototypes of a certain kind of American female gymnasts: athletic, powerful on FX/VT, bubbly. Even Biles has some similarities in that regard.

by Anonymousreply 58October 11, 2023 1:05 AM

Dominique Moceanu was the one who publicly busted Retton for lobbying Dianne Feinstein on behalf of the Karolyn’s to kill the bill regarding sex abuse that she co authored.

Retton locked down her social media accounts for awhile and I think may have hired a PR firm to do damage control.

by Anonymousreply 59October 11, 2023 1:19 AM

Good for Dominique Moceanu. She’s very talented and cute.

One person I’m surprised by is Nadia Comaneci. I thought she was going to be troubled her whole life, but she serms to be doing well. She married an American gymnast, a cute guy, and I’m blanking on his name. Bart Connor?

by Anonymousreply 60October 11, 2023 1:26 AM

Good

by Anonymousreply 61October 11, 2023 1:27 AM

R49

BINGO!

by Anonymousreply 62October 11, 2023 1:28 AM

That bitch has almost 85K In donations already.

by Anonymousreply 63October 11, 2023 1:40 AM

[quote] She’s an arrogant egomaniac

No, she's just stupid and ignorant.

by Anonymousreply 64October 11, 2023 1:41 AM

A couple of months back I watched the HBO documentary At The Heart of Gold which was about the Nassar scandal. Dominique Moceanu was in it and she was a bit vocal in calling out the people who did nothing about Nassar.

by Anonymousreply 65October 11, 2023 1:41 AM

R63, and once I reach a fresh $Mill, I'm gonna tumble outta here with my money, suckas!

by Anonymousreply 66October 11, 2023 1:47 AM

This is a good read. Mary Lou sounds like a raging cunt.

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by Anonymousreply 67October 11, 2023 1:53 AM

I love R22.

by Anonymousreply 68October 11, 2023 1:56 AM

She competed on "Dancing With the Stars" in 2018. She came in ninth. She had already divorced her husband at that point.

by Anonymousreply 69October 11, 2023 2:01 AM

The Karolyis are pieces of shit and Mary Lou was one of their biggest ass lickers. I wonder if Mary Lou is pals with Gym Jordan.

by Anonymousreply 70October 11, 2023 2:03 AM

How the hell did she come in 9th place on DWTS?

Kristi Yamaguchi won. I think Apollo Ohno won, as well.

IMO, it was almost unfair for Kristi Yamaguchi to compete.

by Anonymousreply 71October 11, 2023 2:13 AM

Mary Lou threads are always insane, I’m just here for the 🍿

by Anonymousreply 72October 11, 2023 2:18 AM

The picture at r67 looks like Tracy Turnblad went Republican in her middle age.

by Anonymousreply 73October 11, 2023 2:19 AM

I was just going to say that I felt bad for making fun of her colonial Penn commercial the other day in the commercials thread for its weird angles and her stupid ass gestures. At first I was thinking how a responsible of her not to have insurance but honestly for all that it ever does for anybody she probably be in the same boat either way. That being said that she sent me and take a Pat Robertson loving chick I really could care less.

by Anonymousreply 74October 11, 2023 2:22 AM

She's no Nadia Comăneci.

by Anonymousreply 75October 11, 2023 2:23 AM

At least she has life insurance unless it hasn't matured yet.

by Anonymousreply 76October 11, 2023 2:23 AM

This that is made me laugh more than any in a quite a while. I have this habit of every time I laugh at something making a verbal acknowledgment but that was inappropriate and rude as way of letting the universe know that I am not deserving of any sort of comeuppance because while I laughed at the many awful and horrid things said I still acknowledged that they were indeed awful and horrid.

by Anonymousreply 77October 11, 2023 2:29 AM

[quote] That being said that she sent me and take a Pat Robertson loving chick I really could care less.

R74 Yeh great point?

by Anonymousreply 78October 11, 2023 2:29 AM

[QUOTE]How the hell did she come in 9th place on DWTS?

Because the DWTS Pros aren't trained to dance with pixie-short women that have become very heavy fireplug figures in middle-age and have absolutely no flexibility or ability to move due to their weight, in addition to many sports injuries impairing flexibility. Big, fat or too muscle bound means limited mobility.

by Anonymousreply 79October 11, 2023 2:31 AM

r77 Run-on sentences are fun

by Anonymousreply 80October 11, 2023 2:31 AM

R71 probably because her face is a trapezoid shape. She reminds me of Quagmire from family guy.

by Anonymousreply 81October 11, 2023 2:33 AM

Wishing her a wheezing, bloody dismount.

by Anonymousreply 82October 11, 2023 2:38 AM

I always hated that chipmunk-faced little midget. Say hi to Pat Robertson, bitch!

by Anonymousreply 83October 11, 2023 2:55 AM

Maybe she got toxic shock from those tampax tampons!

by Anonymousreply 84October 11, 2023 3:10 AM

R60, Nadia married a homosexual! But she's sorta frigid so I'd say it works out quite nice for both of them!

by Anonymousreply 85October 11, 2023 3:16 AM

If Mary Lou dies this means less competition for me when it comes to who gets selected to light the cauldron at the 2028 Olympics opening ceremony.

by Anonymousreply 86October 11, 2023 3:22 AM

Hmmm… now that I think about it, who would like the cauldron? Wasn’t it Ali the last time the Olympics were held in the US? Maybe I’ll make a post…

by Anonymousreply 87October 11, 2023 3:43 AM

There’s only one person who should light the torch—me!

by Anonymousreply 88October 11, 2023 3:45 AM

R87 The last time the Olympics were in the US was in 2002 for the Winter Games.

by Anonymousreply 89October 11, 2023 3:47 AM

I remember when the 2002 Olympics were held in salt Lake City because I live there in fact I live just two blocks away from the speed skating over and yet I didn't participate or attend one single Olympic anything.

by Anonymousreply 90October 11, 2023 3:55 AM

That should say lived in past tense not live.

by Anonymousreply 91October 11, 2023 3:56 AM

And it's kind of funny that I didn't because I remember the first time salt Lake City was up for the 98 Olympics and the day that it was announced that nagana had won I took a bus to downtown salt Lake City to go to the mall there on main Street and went to the food court in the basement and was able to buy with the little change I had a jamocha shake and a small curly fry. And then I still had enough for the 65 cent bus fare home. Since it was Saturday my mom didn't really know what I was up to all day and had no idea that her 10-year-old son had gotten on the bus and gotten all the way to downtown and back.

by Anonymousreply 92October 11, 2023 3:58 AM

Mary Lou schilling for tampax!

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by Anonymousreply 93October 11, 2023 3:59 AM

I hope she's better at life fighting than balance beam.

by Anonymousreply 94October 11, 2023 4:08 AM

I was looking for parodies or jokes about Mary Lou because I was sure there must be a billion but I couldn't find anything except there was one where the joke was like why does Mary Lou retton smile all the time and then the punchline was because she learned what the big bits eat. I don't understand it can somebody explain that or maybe there isn't an explanation and it's not really funny I don't know

by Anonymousreply 95October 11, 2023 4:20 AM

Another "self-made" Republican who in the end turns out only to be another Republican fraud. She had plenty of money to pay for heath insurance -- her obligation solely, according to GOP doctrine. But she did not, and I hope the feds aggressively pursue her heirs for the cash until the end of time.

by Anonymousreply 96October 11, 2023 4:34 AM

[quote] I remember when the 2002 Olympics were held in salt Lake City because I live there in fact I live just two blocks away from the speed skating over and yet I didn't participate or attend one single Olympic anything.

[quote] That should say lived in past tense not live.

That should also have a couple more periods in there. Sorry, it was a long day and I'm crabby.

by Anonymousreply 97October 11, 2023 5:02 AM

I think her appearance as herself on "Knots Landing" may have been when it jumped the shark. Fortunately, Ted Shackleford's tight jeans later in that episode more than compensated for her bad acting.

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by Anonymousreply 98October 11, 2023 5:02 AM

Keri Strug was like Mary Lou Retton II.

by Anonymousreply 99October 11, 2023 5:13 AM

Seems weird to say “she’s not insured” like an object instead of “she has no health insurance”.

by Anonymousreply 100October 11, 2023 5:16 AM

At her level of wealth, those terms are interchangeable.

The only people on either side of the divide are: 1) What the fuck happened to her rich ppl money? 2) Why, as a resident of W. VA that accepted additional ACA money, did she not apply through the state's ACA website to receive affordable Healthcare adjusted to her income?, or 3) is her wealthy Republican family bullshiting and trying to deflect blame about very poor healthcare choices only SHE is responsible for?

In any case, choosing to to go uninsured at her age and means and with children tells the world everything they need to know about an "American Sweetheart ."

by Anonymousreply 101October 11, 2023 5:27 AM

Didn’t she do a lot of tampon commercials?

Have they explored Toxic Shock Syndrome?

by Anonymousreply 102October 11, 2023 5:29 AM

Kind of crazy for her not to have health insurance. I never knew she was a right-winger. Maybe she didn't want to obtain ACA insurance due to it being invented by Obama.

What a dumb ass.

by Anonymousreply 103October 11, 2023 5:33 AM

Are we surprised that a West Virginian is Republican?

by Anonymousreply 104October 11, 2023 6:10 AM

No R104. Just that she isn't 900 lbs.

by Anonymousreply 105October 11, 2023 6:12 AM

She’s lived in Texas for almost 40 years. She was posting about a starting a workout wear business with her daughter on September 29.

by Anonymousreply 106October 11, 2023 6:18 AM

Our long national nightmare is nearly over.

by Anonymousreply 107October 11, 2023 6:23 AM

How does a supposedly, super-healthy individual come down with a mysterious pneumonia in such record time outside of flu season without any reported vulnerabilities? Hmm, 😒. Don't we really know?

by Anonymousreply 108October 11, 2023 6:29 AM

I recall Joan Rivers hilariously mocking MLR’s Tampax commercial.

by Anonymousreply 109October 11, 2023 7:03 AM

[quote]Maybe she got toxic shock from those tampax tampons!

Bitch you gotta WASH YOUR HANDS before you stick that tampon up YOUR CUNT!

by Anonymousreply 110October 11, 2023 7:09 AM

She just needs some tension Oh my god Touch me right THERE

by Anonymousreply 111October 11, 2023 7:12 AM

Maybe too much barebacking.

The South has the highest number of HIV diagnoses, and the rates among heteros are climbing.

by Anonymousreply 112October 11, 2023 7:51 AM

She was a fag.

by Anonymousreply 113October 11, 2023 8:34 AM

R112, Mary Lou was a champ at anal!

by Anonymousreply 114October 11, 2023 9:00 AM

R92 / R95 Punctuation is free.

by Anonymousreply 115October 11, 2023 11:05 AM

Jesus Christ she looks bad in that insurance commercial. She is 55 and looks 105.

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by Anonymousreply 116October 11, 2023 11:11 AM

I’m guessing that either:

1. the daughter has some issues and her mom has cut her off financially, so she is taking advantage of this situation to get some cash. 2. She was temporarily uninsured due to some administrative error (she forgot to pay the bills, they went to an old address, a bank account the premiums were deducted from was closed). So her fault, but a mistake. Not the same as simply deciding not to have health insurance. And the family is panicking because they don’t realize that the hospital will eventually settle for something closer to what her care actually cost. Which will be a lot, but not the sticker price.

by Anonymousreply 117October 11, 2023 11:20 AM

r117 All sounds logical

by Anonymousreply 118October 11, 2023 11:22 AM

Wow, Mary Lou really does look horrific in that commercial. And she sounds as if she has a full set of dentures. WTF?

by Anonymousreply 119October 11, 2023 1:03 PM

R49 real translation,. She is an anti-vaxxer who got covid. She is rich but did not pay for health insurance and we are pretty sure she is going to die. Please pay her medical bills so we don't lose our inheritance.

by Anonymousreply 120October 11, 2023 1:13 PM

Go! Go! Go!

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by Anonymousreply 121October 11, 2023 1:18 PM

R109 Rivers also a Repug cunt loved Retton. She made fun of Cathy Rigby's tampon commercials.

by Anonymousreply 122October 11, 2023 1:32 PM

Pull yourself up by your bootstraps, honey. It’s the Republican way. And stop begging for handouts to pay your bills. This ain’t no socialist country, toots.

by Anonymousreply 123October 11, 2023 1:54 PM

There's a news video of her with her grifter daughter from earlier this year and she has a cast on her arm. She's not doing gymnastics but has she been falling as well? Her voice is weak. Long term Covid?

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by Anonymousreply 124October 11, 2023 1:56 PM

[quote]Her voice is weak.

Her voice resembles Kathy Griffin's after her surgery. And she sounds different in this video compared to the commercial posted at R116.

by Anonymousreply 125October 11, 2023 2:15 PM

Her current face is not the face you’d want for your product. It would be better to use a CGI Alex Trebek.

by Anonymousreply 126October 11, 2023 2:31 PM

"How she feelin' t'day?"

by Anonymousreply 127October 11, 2023 2:32 PM

[quote]Mary Lou was a champ at anal!

Maybe, but I won the gold.

by Anonymousreply 128October 11, 2023 2:40 PM

So ... will she stick the landing?

by Anonymousreply 129October 11, 2023 2:44 PM

I don't get all the weird angles in that commercial.

by Anonymousreply 130October 11, 2023 2:49 PM

[quote]Punctuation is free.

You know what else is free? Chocking on your own bodily fluids! You fucking pissant grammar troll CUNT.

by Anonymousreply 131October 11, 2023 2:56 PM

[quote] You know what else is free? Chocking on your own bodily fluids!

Chocking: “prevent the forward movement of (a wheel or vehicle) with a chock.”

by Anonymousreply 132October 11, 2023 3:01 PM

And smile while you're doing t r132!

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by Anonymousreply 133October 11, 2023 3:11 PM

r132 should be on a ventilator, chocking on her own bodily scum.

by Anonymousreply 134October 11, 2023 3:12 PM

Thoughts and Prayers.

by Anonymousreply 135October 11, 2023 3:15 PM

Didn't she have a child with a 13-year-old boy while she was in jail?

by Anonymousreply 136October 11, 2023 4:08 PM

R136, Are you thinking of Mary Kay Letourneau?

by Anonymousreply 137October 11, 2023 4:40 PM

Didn't let our aundie of COVID a couple years ago

by Anonymousreply 138October 11, 2023 4:56 PM

The daughter at R124 is the same one who posted the grift, so I doubt she’s a black sheep drug addict looking for fix $$.

She also looks very concerned while her mom talks. Like she’s concerned that mom is drunk or senile and about to give the game away. So doesn't make sense that they would let someone in their 50’s with some sort of significant pre-existing condition go without insurance.

by Anonymousreply 139October 11, 2023 5:00 PM

I wish her no ill, but the truth is that her whole celebrity is a bit of a lie. Had the eastern bloc nations not boycotted her Olympics, she would’ve been unlikely to even finish in the top five, much less win Gold.

by Anonymousreply 140October 11, 2023 5:11 PM

Here is another news video from that meet. You can see the cast on her right arm and she doesn't seem quite right. Interesting to learn that the grifter daughter has a foundation for mental health. And BTW, in that Life insurance commercial, she almost talks as if she has false teeth.

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by Anonymousreply 141October 11, 2023 5:12 PM

Hello Mary Lou...

Goodbye Life...

by Anonymousreply 142October 11, 2023 5:14 PM

Comparing the Penn commercial to the news footage, her upper teeth are definitely different.

by Anonymousreply 143October 11, 2023 5:15 PM

[quote] Had the eastern bloc nations not boycotted her Olympics, she would’ve been unlikely to even finish in the top five, much less win Gold.

And if my aunt had a dick she would be my uncle.

That being said, I could never stand that perky little rat faced midget.

by Anonymousreply 144October 11, 2023 5:24 PM

Someone mentioned Kerri Strug. She's a rough looking 45...but can't believe she's THAT old.

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by Anonymousreply 145October 11, 2023 5:56 PM

Kerri looks like a witch!

by Anonymousreply 146October 11, 2023 6:22 PM

R144. The fact that she won a lot of medals purely because of circumstances isn’t irrelevant.

by Anonymousreply 147October 11, 2023 6:24 PM

the Go Fund Me has exceeded what they were asking for

by Anonymousreply 148October 11, 2023 6:29 PM

r147 is still finger banging herself to events from 40 years ago.

by Anonymousreply 149October 11, 2023 6:31 PM

Her daughter, Cindy Lou Who, must be devastated.

by Anonymousreply 150October 11, 2023 6:32 PM

R149. I can assure you I haven’t thought of Retton in decades. However, I do remember the circumstances of the 84 Olympics. I suppose you also think baseball records from when black athletes couldn’t participate mean the sane as those after.

by Anonymousreply 151October 11, 2023 6:35 PM

r151 you should try the medicated douche

by Anonymousreply 152October 11, 2023 6:37 PM

R152. Oh! You are good at what you do!

by Anonymousreply 153October 11, 2023 6:38 PM

"She's fighting"

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by Anonymousreply 154October 11, 2023 6:41 PM

Mary Lou is fighting to stay alive so r151 can wag her finger in her face and tell her "she's just not good enough." Just like r151's parents did to her.

by Anonymousreply 155October 11, 2023 6:43 PM

If she can't breathe without a ventilator, how was she able to talk to Sasha?

by Anonymousreply 156October 11, 2023 6:45 PM

Poor Sasha. Amy ruined her wedding.

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by Anonymousreply 157October 11, 2023 6:46 PM

R156, MLR's pussy sent smoke signals his way. She's multi-talented, you know!

by Anonymousreply 158October 11, 2023 6:49 PM

I love how these anti-vax idiots spend their whole life bitching about welfare and Obamacare and “freeloaders” when their own financial planning involves a GoFundMe.

by Anonymousreply 159October 11, 2023 6:49 PM

Are we sure the daughter is a grifter? Or are we just assuming. I’m thinking her mom might be a screwup/drunk and the daughter has become her caretaker. I have no knowledge if this, just curious how people came to this conclusion.

by Anonymousreply 160October 11, 2023 6:49 PM

She seems like the kind of meth-d out white trash drunk you'd see at the penny slots, ranting and raving about not getting a bonus.

Very sad, I suspect there's opioid or some other type of drug abuse here. But all that aside, fuck her and her conservatism. Go diddle Pat Robertson in hell, bitch.

by Anonymousreply 161October 11, 2023 6:51 PM

Pat likes three fingers, not two. The old whore.

by Anonymousreply 162October 11, 2023 6:53 PM

Surpassed the goal? This bothers me. A LOT.

This weird, homophobic, uninsured, likely anti-vaxxed, Republicunt is 5x over goal, yet Coco Peru's fundraiser for her mother is struggling. This is NOT OK!

Gentle reminder:

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by Anonymousreply 163October 11, 2023 8:02 PM

That news person in R141 needs to be destroyed for purposely pronouncing it "Reh In" without the t. Stupid bitch.

by Anonymousreply 164October 11, 2023 8:06 PM

Mary Lou has that same weird affectation that Anne Heche had for a while - can't quite stand solidly or hold still while speaking - as if she's on something or quite ill.

by Anonymousreply 165October 11, 2023 8:06 PM

r163 You had us until "This is NOT OK!"

Let's don't speak Frau around here.

by Anonymousreply 166October 11, 2023 8:10 PM

Has she actually said anything about vaccines?

by Anonymousreply 167October 11, 2023 8:23 PM

r166 Coco says it, along with "it bothers me", Coco isn't a Frau. I am not a Frau. What I am is fucking furious this freaky fireplug is getting money thrown at her, while a true national treasure is being basically ignored. Roy Haylock is not the only rich queen out there. What are they waiting for?

Another reminder, if Helen pops her clogs before the money is spent:

"If my mom should pass before all the monies have been used, all remaining donations given to her will be donated to the elder housing program at the Los Angeles LGBTQ Center."

Not fucking shabby.

by Anonymousreply 168October 11, 2023 8:26 PM

R165, Don’t judge a person by the worst day of her life.

by Anonymousreply 169October 11, 2023 8:58 PM

Which hospital is she in? There's no special security, right?

Just wondering.

by Anonymousreply 170October 11, 2023 8:58 PM

And just as she was planning her Paris 2024 comeback!

by Anonymousreply 171October 11, 2023 9:02 PM

"I wish her no ill, but the truth is that her whole celebrity is a bit of a lie. Had the eastern bloc nations not boycotted her Olympics, she would’ve been unlikely to even finish in the top five, much less win Gold. "

That makes her lucky for her celebrity, but doesn't make her celebrity a lie. The American public knew of the boycott. She won gold against the field that was present and they didn't care.

by Anonymousreply 172October 11, 2023 9:07 PM

I still remember when she blasted Janet and Justin for their Super Bowl show.

by Anonymousreply 173October 11, 2023 9:10 PM

The Retton Flip should make a comeback, but the bars are probably too far apart now.

by Anonymousreply 174October 11, 2023 9:11 PM

[quote]I still remember when she blasted Janet and Justin for their Super Bowl show.

Well, maybe she's not so bad after all.

by Anonymousreply 175October 11, 2023 9:25 PM

[quote]Someone mentioned Kerri Strug. She's a rough looking 45...but can't believe she's THAT old.

Obviously her plastic surgeon didn't stick the landing.

by Anonymousreply 176October 11, 2023 9:38 PM

She's a cunt.

by Anonymousreply 177October 11, 2023 9:41 PM

She's only 55! That's a hard 55--there has to be more going on with her, I suspect drug/alcohol abuse.

by Anonymousreply 178October 11, 2023 9:45 PM

So...a lot of times pain pill freaks, of which WV is stuffed full, OD and aspirate on their own vomit and get pneumonia.

by Anonymousreply 179October 11, 2023 10:52 PM

Why hasn't she died yet?

Doesn't heaven need another midget?

by Anonymousreply 180October 11, 2023 11:06 PM

[quote]I still remember when she blasted Janet and Justin for their Super Bowl show.

I didn’t realize this. I might like her now.

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by Anonymousreply 181October 11, 2023 11:14 PM

Faker!

by Anonymousreply 182October 11, 2023 11:15 PM

Is she dead yet?

by Anonymousreply 183October 11, 2023 11:16 PM

Where did all of her money go? I would imagine it's pretty cheap to live in West Virginny.

by Anonymousreply 184October 11, 2023 11:18 PM

R141 which one is she? If this is a police lineup, I fail

by Anonymousreply 185October 11, 2023 11:21 PM

Mary Lou (soon to be) Rottin’

by Anonymousreply 186October 11, 2023 11:21 PM

Mary CROTCH ROTTEN!

by Anonymousreply 187October 12, 2023 12:09 AM

So which type of “rare” pneumonia is it?

Why doesn’t she have insurance? She recently sold a 9,000 sq ft house.

Why the big secret? She’s in ICU, she can’t breathe, she has a rare pneumonia ….but we can’t know what k8nd of pneumonia because “it’s personal.”

by Anonymousreply 188October 12, 2023 12:22 AM

In a throwback to her heyday in the early 80s, it very well might be pneumocystis pneumonia with a side of KS.

by Anonymousreply 189October 12, 2023 12:31 AM

R188 Can anyone find pics of that 9,000 sq ft house?

I could use a good laugh right now.

by Anonymousreply 190October 12, 2023 12:31 AM
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by Anonymousreply 191October 12, 2023 12:34 AM

She lives in Houston, not West Virginia? Welp ...

[quote]Texas has not expanded Medicaid eligibility. Texas has the highest number of uninsured people in the country, with 21% of Texans uninsured compared to the national average of 10%. Texas has not expanded Medicaid despite: 771,000 Texans being in the coverage gap The federal government offering fiscal incentives as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick opposing Medicaid expansion

Even Louisiana and West Virginia have taken federal Medicaid money.

by Anonymousreply 192October 12, 2023 12:37 AM

It sounds like MR still had that house in her possession on 5/14/22 when she moved back to WV.

A house like that probably sold for $2 million+ in that year.

So where did all the $$$ go?

by Anonymousreply 193October 12, 2023 12:52 AM

That house is a disaster! It’s hideous and the decor is depressing. I hate everything about it, especially the location. She has rotten taste.

by Anonymousreply 194October 12, 2023 12:53 AM

R193, only 2M? In LA it would be worth at least double that and if you add the land, even more.

by Anonymousreply 195October 12, 2023 12:54 AM

So, she left Texas, and moved to a West Virginia trailer park?

by Anonymousreply 196October 12, 2023 12:54 AM

$2 million for a house in south Texas??? Who the fuck wants to live there???

by Anonymousreply 197October 12, 2023 12:56 AM

Since she sold that dump in south Texas, she should’ve had extra money. Why is her daughter begging for money?

by Anonymousreply 198October 12, 2023 12:58 AM

R195 R197 That $2 million number was just a guess on my part.

I don't live in the area & don't know if any sizable land came with it.

All I had to go on was the brief article at r191.

by Anonymousreply 199October 12, 2023 1:02 AM

R193, the house's selling point is the sex dungeon where Mary Loo whipped you if you were a bad boy

by Anonymousreply 200October 12, 2023 1:09 AM

You bitches are horrible and I fucking love it.

by Anonymousreply 201October 12, 2023 1:16 AM

Maybe she really does have false teeth. It's an open secret that most gymnasts at least dabble with eating disorders, and in the 80s (hell, probably even now) their coaches push them to be anorexic to keep their weight down. Over time, the stomach acid from purging will eat away their teeth.,

by Anonymousreply 202October 12, 2023 1:43 AM

According to the Associated Press, Mary Lou Retton has $275K in donations. Fools and their money are soon parted.

by Anonymousreply 203October 12, 2023 2:00 AM

It’s Houston, not “South Texas”. No one ever calls Houston South Texas.

Having bitched about that, OMG, her house is atrocious. I guess the pool area is OK but depressing is right. It is the opposite of everything I would find attractive in a home. Just awful staging.

Anyway, If I can get an address, I can find out how much it sold for via the Houston Association of Realtors supersecret internal database.

by Anonymousreply 204October 12, 2023 2:01 AM

OK, I got the house details:

It’s in a very swanky part of Houston called Bunker Hill Village (it’s actually an incorporated city inside Houston, of which there are several) and is on two acres. Looks like it was sold in late 2017 for $5 million in cash and hasn’t been sold since so I guess she still owns it. Or her ex-husband?

by Anonymousreply 205October 12, 2023 2:10 AM

I scrolled through the donation list and a few names caught my eye. From gymnastics Peter Vidmar, phoebe mills, Steve nunno and Olga Korbut donated. Fellow 84 Olympian Dara Torres donated. I also saw reporters Gretchen Carlson and Beth ruyaks names as well.

by Anonymousreply 206October 12, 2023 2:12 AM

Amendment: looking at appraisal district shows a completely different name. Oh well, it’s still an ugly house but worth far more than $2 million.

by Anonymousreply 207October 12, 2023 2:12 AM

If she got $5 MIL in cash for that house then why the FUCK are we paying her medical bills right now?

by Anonymousreply 208October 12, 2023 2:13 AM

For people from WV, Texas is a big deal.

by Anonymousreply 209October 12, 2023 3:06 AM

[quote] I love how these anti-vax idiots spend their whole life bitching about welfare and Obamacare and “freeloaders” when their own financial planning involves a GoFundMe.

A lot of the people profiled on sorryantivaxxer.com and the Herman Cain Awards subreddit were like that. Their reasoning is that they hate welfare, EBT, and WIC because it's taken from taxpayer money and things like GoFundMe are ok because people can choose to donate or not. But, they are still annoying because they are basically begging others to help bail them out of hardship.

by Anonymousreply 210October 12, 2023 3:12 AM

[quote]I still remember when she blasted Janet and Justin for their Super Bowl show.

Which "Janet and Justin" richly deserved.

by Anonymousreply 211October 12, 2023 3:18 AM

When did the DL become a bunch of prudish hicks?

by Anonymousreply 212October 12, 2023 3:24 AM

If not being a fan of no-talent non-singer Janet Jackson makes me a prudish hick, fine.

by Anonymousreply 213October 12, 2023 3:28 AM

I’m getting tired of GoFundMe. Someone posted about the cyclist Magnus White who was tragically killed. Here is why there is. Gofundme:

[quote] Magnus’s family is strong, but support from their community will go a long way to give them time to grieve

[quote] Magnus leaves behind his parents Jill and Michael and his brother Eero and countless friends worldwide. The family will use any contributions as needed for support of moving through this tragic period and to honor his legacy

You know, I lost 7 family members in 8 months. My boyfriend drowned and my best friend died from HIV related complications. I didn’t ask for a dime to help me grieve. I’m still grieving. Caring for my mom with Alzheimer’s drained my savings, but I will give to the elderly and animals in need when I can. But not for Mary Lou or a dead cyclist.

by Anonymousreply 214October 12, 2023 3:33 AM

I'm sorry you had to go through all of that r214. Life can be a real bitch.

by Anonymousreply 215October 12, 2023 3:38 AM

That is one tacky GoFundMe, R214. The audacity of it. Yuck.

by Anonymousreply 216October 12, 2023 3:54 AM

She’d have to spend all of her money to get on Medicaid, which she’d need if she eventually has to have long term care in a nursing facility. Family’s freaking out about all her money slipping away from them.

by Anonymousreply 217October 12, 2023 3:59 AM

Peter Vidmar himself is a right wing asshole who resigned from the Olympic Committee because of his Mormon religion and their opposition to gays.

by Anonymousreply 218October 12, 2023 4:02 AM

She’s an RWNJ who supported Larry Nassar. Sorry but French fries will not be served tonight.

by Anonymousreply 219October 12, 2023 4:21 AM

She’s an aggressive smiler. I’ll pass.

by Anonymousreply 220October 12, 2023 5:03 AM

R214

I am so sorry.

by Anonymousreply 221October 12, 2023 6:23 AM

Fuck this Ho!!!

by Anonymousreply 222October 12, 2023 6:36 AM

R202, Mary Lou has had multiple surgeries over the years. Perhaps once off of her husband's insurance, she became more or less uninsurable .

by Anonymousreply 223October 12, 2023 6:40 AM

Surgeries for what? She sounds like a drunkard in the commercial. I’m thinking boozer-Rx abuser-antivaxx equals Covid with complications.

by Anonymousreply 224October 12, 2023 6:57 AM

R224, gymnastics-related.

by Anonymousreply 225October 12, 2023 6:58 AM

R223. It is not legal any longer to discriminate against people with existing conditions.

by Anonymousreply 226October 12, 2023 9:41 AM

Still gasping? Update please!

by Anonymousreply 227October 12, 2023 9:44 AM

She just did a double-twisting cocksuck.

by Anonymousreply 228October 12, 2023 9:47 AM

What’s the update on Wheezy?

by Anonymousreply 229October 12, 2023 11:00 AM

She's fine- she sends her love !

by Anonymousreply 230October 12, 2023 3:28 PM

I have mixed views on GoFundMe and other forms of online fundraising. A high school classmate died of cancer in 2016. The year prior she and her husband set up a GoFundMe stating that a good amount of their savings had been wiped out due to medical expenses and they were fighting with their insurance company regarding coverage. I donated to them a couple of times. They were always appreciative and over the past several years, the husband and the daughters are involved in various organizations that support cancer patients and their families with rides to appointments, raising money for gift cards, taking meals, etc. They are paying it forward.

Around the time of my classmate's GFM, my cousin's fundie Christian step-daughter had a GFM because she and her then-husband were trying to adopt a baby. They couldn't afford the home study and adoption agency fees. Nobody really donated to them in part because they had a history of being bad with money and were known to ask people in the past for money so they could pay their bills. They didn't raise much money and the GFM was taken down.

During the pandemic, a former co-worker and her live in boyfriend both got severe covid and set up a GFM. Both were hospitalized and the boyfriend was in the hospital longer. Since they were known anti-vaxxers, they didn't raise much money and the live in boyfriend bitched all over Facebook about how no one was wanting to help them out. Another former co-worker's husband died of covid and was anti-vaxxer, they raised money on GFM from people at their church. I did donate to one anti-vaxxer's GFM, but it was a bit of a complicated situation. My mom's friend suffered a stroke years ago and since then she can't really speak or take care of herself. Her daughters take care of her during the day while the husband works part-time at a gas station. The husband is anti-vaxxer asswipe who has posted a bunch of shit on FB about hating people on welfare or other forms of government assistance. . Anway, he got covid after playing in a pool tournament and she got covid too. My mom's friend got a mild case, but the husband ended up hospitalized. A GFM was set up because the husband worried about the bills because he wasn't going to be working and they were dependent on the money from the part time job for bills. I decided to donate mainly because I didn't want my mom's friend to suffer. Later, when I talked with my mom she said that she donated for the same reason. People in their friends' circles love the wife, but loath the husband.

by Anonymousreply 231October 12, 2023 3:29 PM

It's The AIDS.

by Anonymousreply 232October 12, 2023 7:59 PM

Thank you r215 and r221.

by Anonymousreply 233October 12, 2023 8:11 PM

R214 MUST make it all about her and THEN keep it going as R233.

Pardon me, Miss, but we have problems of our own, and people like you are one of them.

by Anonymousreply 234October 12, 2023 8:20 PM

R234 took her bitchy pills this morning. And yet I laughed at that comment. What does that say about me?

by Anonymousreply 235October 12, 2023 10:39 PM

"When did the DL become a bunch of prudish hicks?"

They're not prudish, just racist.

by Anonymousreply 236October 12, 2023 10:59 PM

Just speculating but I imagine that the divorce hit MLR really hard. She seemed like her usual annoyingly perky self up until fairly recently. The divorce wasn't revealed for a while, so I don't think she took it well. Add to that she is chillingly stupid which was not helped by her becoming a huge celebrity at 16 years old and making tons and tons of money. I don't think she's evil, just not intelligent and having had everything "go her way" her entire life, the divorce probably shattered her and wouldn't be at all surprised if she turned to booze or Rx to cope. Also, though she was from West Virginia, I always got the impression her family was wealthy, I think they were big wigs in coal mining.

by Anonymousreply 237October 12, 2023 11:46 PM

[quote]They're not prudish, just racist.

Because Justin Timberlake is SO black!

And anyone who dislikes Janet is racist, of course.

by Anonymousreply 238October 12, 2023 11:50 PM

USOPC will be giving financial aid to Mary Lou's family.

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by Anonymousreply 239October 12, 2023 11:51 PM

Vaso ruim não quebra.

by Anonymousreply 240October 12, 2023 11:55 PM

Kerri Strug looks like she's in her 60s in the pic posted above. WTF happened?

by Anonymousreply 241October 13, 2023 12:47 AM

Kerri Strug chose her ass instead of her face.

by Anonymousreply 242October 13, 2023 12:51 AM

She’ll do ok. She’s raised 389,000 so far.

by Anonymousreply 243October 13, 2023 1:19 AM

Not that she looks tradiitionally "good" by any means, but I sort of like Kerri Strug's semi-haggard witch look. I love the "honest" hair - graying/whitening, thinning. I bet she doesn't age that much more noticeably for the rest of her life. She can rock this look for a long time.

by Anonymousreply 244October 13, 2023 1:46 AM

[quote]Maybe she invested too much in the MyPillow guy or in multiple Trump products.

What?

by Anonymousreply 245October 13, 2023 1:52 AM

There’s a really good post on the gymnastics subreddit about why gymnastics fans question MLR’s accomplishments.

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by Anonymousreply 246October 13, 2023 1:59 AM

I agree with you, r237. A painful divorce and slide into alcohol and drug abuse could also account to neglecting to get Medicaid in West Virginia which accepted the Affordable Care Act extension. Pre-existing conditions would no longer be an issue. Alcoholics/addicts neglect themselves and don't deal with life so well. I can see her just not dealing with health insurance after being taken off the ex'es work coverage.

by Anonymousreply 247October 13, 2023 3:20 AM

It’s funny how these types live their beliefs and then put their hand out when shit hits the fan.

by Anonymousreply 248October 13, 2023 3:29 AM

R246, that was an interesting read-through. I mainly agree with the top poster in that thread, however, a few comments:

[quote] Mary Lou Retton had a very unusual career. She only participated in international competitions that were heavily skewed in her favor

To be fair, this was the Karolyi M.O., not necessarily hers.

[quote] Add in the Bulgarians, Hungarians, East Germans, Soviets, and Czechoslovakians and it's unlikely Retton wins a single event finals medal.

I think MLR still had a good shot at a vault EF medal. She was a great and powerful vaulter. And on the old horse.

[quote] When an athlete would speak out against the terrible gymnastics culture, USAG simply invoked a counter response from Retton.

Not just Retton. A couple of other well-known Karolyi apologists, including Kim Zmeskal, Kerri Strug, and [strangely] Betty Okino.

by Anonymousreply 249October 13, 2023 3:34 AM

Kerri Strug reached out in support of Simone Biles when she pulled out of a competition for mental health reasons. Maybe she's deprogrammed by now.

by Anonymousreply 250October 13, 2023 3:49 AM

R59, Moceanu was brave to publicly speak out against the Karolyis at a time when doing so meant almost being blacklisted. It's too bad she's kind of a mess on social media though.

by Anonymousreply 251October 13, 2023 7:39 AM

Why was MLR not in favor of that anti-abuse bill?

by Anonymousreply 252October 13, 2023 12:05 PM

How about the obvious? She's a scumbag GOPig, with covid, with a big hospital bill scamming her followers to pay for it. Get an apartment and a job at wall mart, you self-serving dick.

by Anonymousreply 253October 13, 2023 12:08 PM

r252, $$$$$$$$$$$$$, USGA politics, endorsements, pay-offs.

by Anonymousreply 254October 13, 2023 12:09 PM

Thanks R254

by Anonymousreply 255October 13, 2023 12:22 PM

Kerri Shrug looks like any attractive woman would look under the very harsh lighting. She’s fine.

by Anonymousreply 256October 13, 2023 3:16 PM

They’re both harsh looking women.

by Anonymousreply 257October 13, 2023 5:17 PM

R256 is Kerri Shrug her cooler, sexier alter ego?

by Anonymousreply 258October 13, 2023 5:36 PM

Americah's Schweetheart!

by Anonymousreply 259October 13, 2023 5:37 PM

Please don't get on the balance beam again, Liza...

by Anonymousreply 260October 13, 2023 5:38 PM

Please don’t use Kerri Shrug and “sexy” in the same sentence.

by Anonymousreply 261October 13, 2023 5:46 PM

What’s this “rare” form of pneumonia she’s battling?

by Anonymousreply 262October 13, 2023 6:36 PM

Covid.

by Anonymousreply 263October 13, 2023 6:39 PM

R262, monkeypox-related. Girl got around after the divorce.

by Anonymousreply 264October 13, 2023 6:57 PM

Vid.

by Anonymousreply 265October 13, 2023 7:02 PM

R231 TL;DR sweetheart

by Anonymousreply 266October 13, 2023 7:03 PM

The gymnastics diva threads a few years ago were hilarious.

by Anonymousreply 267October 13, 2023 7:05 PM

Mary Lou Rona.

by Anonymousreply 268October 13, 2023 7:08 PM

I bet her cooter is itching really bad right now.

by Anonymousreply 269October 13, 2023 7:21 PM

Can she still do the pole vault?

by Anonymousreply 270October 13, 2023 7:23 PM

It doesn't get more 80s than Mary Lou. She's a relic who hasn't aged well, literally and figuratively.

by Anonymousreply 271October 13, 2023 7:31 PM

MARY!!!!!

by Anonymousreply 272October 13, 2023 7:31 PM

So I guess she's still languishing?

by Anonymousreply 273October 13, 2023 8:46 PM

Dead yet??

by Anonymousreply 274October 13, 2023 8:54 PM

She needs to pull herself up by the bootstraps! This is America! God good, books bad!

by Anonymousreply 275October 13, 2023 8:56 PM

Wonkette has words.....

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by Anonymousreply 276October 13, 2023 9:33 PM

Mary Mary Lou, where are you?

by Anonymousreply 277October 13, 2023 9:33 PM

She's probably not sick.

by Anonymousreply 278October 13, 2023 9:48 PM

Redrum.

by Anonymousreply 279October 13, 2023 9:49 PM

At this point I think it's safe to say that Mary Lou Retton sucks. She just does. She fucking sucks.

by Anonymousreply 280October 13, 2023 11:55 PM

The "smile" in the video with her daughter linked upthread is terrifying. She looks like an angry rabid dog.

by Anonymousreply 281October 14, 2023 12:01 AM

She died

by Anonymousreply 282October 14, 2023 1:14 AM

She didn’t

by Anonymousreply 283October 14, 2023 1:19 AM

I was molested.

by Anonymousreply 284October 14, 2023 1:22 AM

Don’t we all “fight for our lives” each day?

by Anonymousreply 285October 14, 2023 1:45 AM

[quote]I was molested.

I can start a GoFundMe for you, Lorna.

by Anonymousreply 286October 14, 2023 1:47 AM

Should we start asking if Mary Lou was touched inappropriately? That often accounts for the transition to fundie nutcase MAGA.

by Anonymousreply 287October 14, 2023 2:05 AM

Although of course it happens, it's unusual for someone otherwise healthy and fairly young to be this sick with pneumonia especially before flu season. Her family wants to keep the details private, so this will remain a bit mysterious, I guess. Did Jamie Foxx ever disclose why he was in the hospital for so long recently? Madonna was supposedly on a ventilator a couple months ago. Did she ever say what that was all about? All three of these situations would have seemed to be COVID, but apparently they weren't/aren't (doubt anyone would hesitate to disclose that). I'm not being nosy about this (Mary Lou Retton isn't a celebrity I'm all that familiar with), but I'm curious about what's happening here medically.

by Anonymousreply 288October 14, 2023 4:09 AM

I'm thinking Mary Lou has covid related pneumonia. She's probably an anti-vaxxer and may have got covid and waited too long to try Paxlovid.

by Anonymousreply 289October 14, 2023 4:14 AM

Neither Madonna or Jamie Foxx expected "America" to take care of them and had ACTUAL MEDICAL INSURANCE BEFITTING THEIR PLACE in society without resorting to beg.

by Anonymousreply 290October 14, 2023 5:16 AM

She had a smile that always lit up the room.

by Anonymousreply 291October 14, 2023 5:20 AM

I don't hate other American's because of their political beliefs. And she was a household name for a while. I feel like she should have money and proper insurance. These kids that focus their entire childhood, teen and college life on a sport like gymnastics end up broke. Others that end up in NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, USTA or PGA can make a shit ton.

by Anonymousreply 292October 14, 2023 5:54 AM

[quote]Neither Madonna or Jamie Foxx expected "America" to take care of them and had ACTUAL MEDICAL INSURANCE BEFITTING THEIR PLACE in society without resorting to beg.

You may have misunderstood my post. I wasn't criticizing anyone. I was just wondering out loud what Jamie Foxx and Madonna were diagnosed with since they were also recently in the ICU. I'm just curious what type of pneumonia this might be and if they had something similar.

by Anonymousreply 293October 14, 2023 6:01 AM

Who knew Mary Lou Retton was a datalounge fave?

by Anonymousreply 294October 14, 2023 6:22 AM

[quote]I don't hate other American's because of their political beliefs.

How nice for you. I hate anyone who supports Trump.

I also hate your using the possessive form of Americans.

by Anonymousreply 295October 14, 2023 8:33 AM

Mary Lou Vuitton

by Anonymousreply 296October 14, 2023 10:29 AM

R294 she’s not. No one likes her.

by Anonymousreply 297October 14, 2023 10:32 AM

[quote]Who knew Mary Lou Retton was a datalounge fave?

After she dies, maybe.

by Anonymousreply 298October 14, 2023 2:01 PM

She has a 2 million dollar home

by Anonymousreply 299October 14, 2023 2:11 PM

She could’ve taken out a 2nd mortgage then.

by Anonymousreply 300October 14, 2023 6:32 PM

DL’s prayers appear to be working.

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by Anonymousreply 301October 14, 2023 7:38 PM

I know she didn't start the Go Fund Me but imagine taking that money when you live in a 2 million dollar home. Typical Repug.

by Anonymousreply 302October 14, 2023 7:43 PM

Sometimes with Covid they rally before they bite the big one.

Sometimes they go into a nursing home…unless family can get enough crowdfunding for 24 hr home health nurses.

by Anonymousreply 303October 14, 2023 8:11 PM

R303, that’s very true. The uncle of a friend was slowly improving until he crashed.

by Anonymousreply 304October 14, 2023 8:13 PM

Give her the Ivermectin cure! And the Trump treatment--drink bleach and have an UV light shoved up her ass.

by Anonymousreply 305October 14, 2023 8:21 PM

She’s an anti vax Republican so she’s at least sick in the head.

by Anonymousreply 306October 14, 2023 8:23 PM

Any links to her anti-vax stance? I’m not finding it.

by Anonymousreply 307October 14, 2023 8:32 PM

Mary Lou Restroom.

by Anonymousreply 308October 14, 2023 8:39 PM

[quote]I don't hate other American's because of their political beliefs.

I guess I'm just shallow. I hate other Americans who misuse apostrophes.

by Anonymousreply 309October 14, 2023 8:50 PM

[quote]Did Jamie Foxx ever disclose why he was in the hospital for so long recently?

Gender reassignment.

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by Anonymousreply 310October 14, 2023 8:51 PM

Why was Clarence Thomas hospitalized last year? I suspect all of these people had some form of Covid, but if they admit that's what they had it would contradict all of their public stances that Covid was no worse than a common cold.

by Anonymousreply 311October 14, 2023 9:06 PM

Or maybe she doesn't have COVID, because she...you know...never said anything publicly about anything and so has no need to "save face..."

by Anonymousreply 312October 14, 2023 10:07 PM

I don’t know where this anti-vax stuff is coming from. When I google her name and vaccine the only stuff that comes up are comments like the ones in this thread dating from within the last week.

It seems kind up fucked up. I’m disgusted by the grift (because even if she is uninsured the hospital can’t force to her pay, they would have to work something out. So the only reason a gofundme is necessary is to protect the kids’ inheritance if she dies and the hospital makes a claim on her estate. I don’t think the people donating realize what they are actually funding.) But she wasn’t going around saying that the vaccine had nanobots in it or anything like that.

Not specifying the type of pneumonia is suggestive of not wanting to admit COVID, which is suggestive of possibly not being vaccinated. But there’s no real evidence of it. Personally, I don’t think choosing not to be vaccinated is the crime of the century. Public health officials did a lot to undermine people’s confidence in them when they insisted early on that masks didn’t do anything and then later that ivermectin was causing a wave of deaths and hospitalizations. They lied. So now some people don’t trust them.

by Anonymousreply 313October 14, 2023 10:34 PM

R301 LOL.

I heard she did a double vault off the hospital bed.

by Anonymousreply 314October 15, 2023 12:03 AM

She can't breath.

by Anonymousreply 315October 15, 2023 12:16 AM

Bitch was faking it!!!

by Anonymousreply 316October 15, 2023 12:17 AM

There’s literally no reason to withhold what type of pneumonia she has when they’ve already said she’s in ICU, she can’t breathe on her own, she’s fighting for her life and she has pneumonia. So why not say what type of pneumonia she has? Why is it a closely guarded secret?

by Anonymousreply 317October 15, 2023 2:37 AM

She dead

by Anonymousreply 318October 15, 2023 2:40 AM

R317 "literally"

Oh, dear!

by Anonymousreply 319October 15, 2023 2:49 AM

Harry Poo Wretched

by Anonymousreply 320October 15, 2023 2:53 AM

She is still listed as an “is” instead of a “was” on Wikipedia.

by Anonymousreply 321October 15, 2023 3:18 AM

She's GoFundMe Million Dollar Mary LEWD now!

by Anonymousreply 322October 15, 2023 4:38 PM

Mary Covid Retton.

by Anonymousreply 323October 15, 2023 6:26 PM

Does she get to keep all the GFM money if she survives?

by Anonymousreply 324October 15, 2023 6:32 PM

Why didn’t she didn’t announce her GFM here, like Rescue Trick and Miss Coco Peru?

by Anonymousreply 325October 15, 2023 7:46 PM

R325, I think Mary Lou has had her fill of gay men (aka male gymnasts) in her life!

by Anonymousreply 326October 15, 2023 9:45 PM

Also her ex-hubs kinda pinged, I think.

by Anonymousreply 327October 15, 2023 10:39 PM

I hate hangers-on.

Myself excluded.

by Anonymousreply 328October 15, 2023 11:29 PM

Per ESPN, she’s making “remarkable” progress.

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by Anonymousreply 329October 15, 2023 11:35 PM

She has $400K from Go Fund Me. The bitch is counting the $$$$ in her oxygen tent.

by Anonymousreply 330October 15, 2023 11:40 PM

It's a miracle!

by Anonymousreply 331October 15, 2023 11:41 PM

If she recovers, she'll go on a motivational speaking tour at mega-churches to rake in money.

by Anonymousreply 332October 15, 2023 11:49 PM

Thing is that due to HIPAA rules, we'll never know if she was ever in a dire situation or even intubated because hospitals and Healthcare providers are restricted from sharing information about patients, even those who were alleged perpetrators in serious crimes. Retton's hospital and doctors and any staff are bound by law about commenting re her condition. Even if her relatives aren't being truthful about her condition or their motives

by Anonymousreply 333October 16, 2023 1:25 AM

It was probably Covid related and the hospital gave her meds that worked. She is very lucky she received treatment now instead of 2 years ago. Esp. if she is anti-vax!

by Anonymousreply 334October 16, 2023 2:51 AM

RSP?

by Anonymousreply 335October 16, 2023 4:11 AM

RIP*

by Anonymousreply 336October 16, 2023 7:48 AM

Bitch was never dying, just needed some money.

by Anonymousreply 337October 16, 2023 12:11 PM

It’s wonderful that after they raised so much money she is having a miraculous recovery.

by Anonymousreply 338October 16, 2023 4:00 PM

America to Mary Lou.

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by Anonymousreply 339October 16, 2023 8:04 PM

Mary Lou Toblerone.

by Anonymousreply 340October 16, 2023 8:14 PM

Smells like she wants another shot at the shitty dance show that canned her so fast last time.

by Anonymousreply 341October 16, 2023 10:10 PM

She’s recovering quite nicely and will be home soon.

by Anonymousreply 342October 16, 2023 11:49 PM

The woman who ate fish and lost her arms and legs: $140,000 raised.

Mary Lou “rare pneumonia” Retton: $439, 000.

by Anonymousreply 343October 17, 2023 12:03 AM

R343, And Frederic Forrest’s GFM never reached its goal.

by Anonymousreply 344October 17, 2023 1:38 AM

I still think it’s hilarious that Lucie Arnaz donated just $50.00 to Valerie Harper’s GFM.

by Anonymousreply 345October 17, 2023 1:39 AM

I hope you all know that Mary Lou is donating her excess funds to the “Foundation for Aging Gymnasts” charity.

by Anonymousreply 346October 17, 2023 1:56 AM

That’s great news.

by Anonymousreply 347October 17, 2023 2:33 AM

Why was Nadia Comaneci seen near the ICU at approximately the same time Mary Lou's ventilator was mysteriously unplugged...

by Anonymousreply 348October 17, 2023 3:28 AM

She plans to debut the triple twisting yurchenko vault in Paris.

by Anonymousreply 349October 17, 2023 6:51 AM

[Quote] Good medical insurance for her age would cost her $700-1000/ month. If she has low income she can qualify for credits on the aca and her payments could be much lower but did she go find an insurance agent to help her figure it out? no!

too late now!

by Anonymousreply 350October 17, 2023 7:06 AM

I'm🐐.

by Anonymousreply 351October 17, 2023 1:33 PM

Mary Lou Boca Raton

by Anonymousreply 352October 18, 2023 5:22 AM

She could run for Senate.

by Anonymousreply 353October 18, 2023 9:20 AM

Mary Lou Albino

by Anonymousreply 354October 18, 2023 11:11 AM

She could be the next governor of West Virginia!

by Anonymousreply 355October 18, 2023 3:29 PM

I've got an extra lectern she could use.

by Anonymousreply 356October 18, 2023 3:58 PM

I can’t believe Tonya Harding hasn’t gotten into the GoFundMe game yet. She’s still living in the 90s.

by Anonymousreply 357October 18, 2023 4:57 PM

Miraculously recovery after she raised 250k .

by Anonymousreply 358October 18, 2023 4:59 PM

Maybe her mysterious pneumonia was fibromyalgia-related?

by Anonymousreply 359October 18, 2023 5:22 PM

MagaMyalgia

by Anonymousreply 360October 18, 2023 5:24 PM

[quote]I can’t believe Tonya Harding hasn’t gotten into the GoFundMe game yet. She’s still living in the 90s.

Tonya seems more like an OnlyFans kinda girl.

by Anonymousreply 361October 18, 2023 5:35 PM

[quote]Tonya seems more like an OnlyFans kinda girl.

Nobody is paying to see that.

by Anonymousreply 362October 18, 2023 5:44 PM

[quote]Nobody is paying to see that.

I would!

by Anonymousreply 363October 18, 2023 5:55 PM

did she vault over to heaven yet?

by Anonymousreply 364October 18, 2023 6:04 PM

Aww, I have never seen a little person in a casket. Maybe next time.

by Anonymousreply 365October 18, 2023 8:01 PM

R365, and her daughters already had a toddler-sized casket picked out!

by Anonymousreply 366October 18, 2023 8:03 PM

Has Tonya visited Mary Lou?

by Anonymousreply 367October 18, 2023 9:23 PM

^ Hopefully she'll bring her crowbar.

by Anonymousreply 368October 18, 2023 10:38 PM

Mary Lou Retun.

by Anonymousreply 369October 18, 2023 10:59 PM

Is this grinning dwarf in the ground yet?

by Anonymousreply 370October 19, 2023 12:05 AM

Rest in piece killa

by Anonymousreply 371October 19, 2023 12:07 AM

Uh oh . . .

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by Anonymousreply 372October 19, 2023 5:02 AM

Prednisone withdrawal.

by Anonymousreply 373October 19, 2023 5:15 AM

I wish she’d do a brave comeback tour as Mary Lou Reed and the Velvets

by Anonymousreply 374October 19, 2023 8:25 AM

Mary LOO has her own exhibit in the Museum of Menstruation!

What a goddess.

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by Anonymousreply 375October 19, 2023 8:32 AM

Where's MY exhibit?

by Anonymousreply 376October 19, 2023 3:03 PM

We're gonna work everyone's emotions and make my Mommy a million!

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by Anonymousreply 377October 19, 2023 3:13 PM

R377 nailed it!

by Anonymousreply 378October 19, 2023 4:20 PM

yup, you know this was a "we need to see more $$ in our GFE!" Queue: 'scary setback' phase, stat!"

by Anonymousreply 379October 19, 2023 4:30 PM

That smile and the teeth really are more aggressive-looking than friendly. The eyes, at R377, are not smizing.

by Anonymousreply 380October 19, 2023 4:35 PM

R380, Where have we seen that smile before?

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by Anonymousreply 381October 19, 2023 4:50 PM

Good Lord, that picture at r377!

She needs a GoFundMe to fix that face.

by Anonymousreply 382October 19, 2023 8:14 PM

People need to give more so she can “get better”.

by Anonymousreply 383October 19, 2023 9:04 PM

I’m out street walking

by Anonymousreply 384October 19, 2023 10:21 PM

Then you have money to give, r384!

by Anonymousreply 385October 19, 2023 10:26 PM

No that money goes to my pimp Freddy

by Anonymousreply 386October 19, 2023 10:51 PM

No statement from fam after “suffered a setback”?

by Anonymousreply 387October 19, 2023 11:28 PM

She's a notorious member of the Mile High Club.

by Anonymousreply 388October 19, 2023 11:55 PM

relapse - she has covid and going to die. dumb anti-vax bitch

by Anonymousreply 389October 20, 2023 1:16 AM

[quote]rare form of pneumonia

This claim is sucking the air out of any room it plays in.

by Anonymousreply 390October 20, 2023 1:50 AM

Good vault, but she didn't stick the landing in 1984.

by Anonymousreply 391October 20, 2023 2:41 AM

R391, they were handing out perfect 10s like candy post-Nadia and especially during the eighties.

by Anonymousreply 392October 20, 2023 3:24 AM

R391, so did Nadia. Fact is that MLR's vault was higher, longer and more aggressive than any vault seen by a female. Watching her in slow motion, you could see she was stretched, toes pointed, ankles extended. If she got a 9.9, the closest competitor by comparison should have gotten a 9.6.

by Anonymousreply 393October 20, 2023 4:53 AM

You, know what R393, I just rewatched it a couple times and I could be wrong. I was going to say that "hop" might be too strong of a word because a hop or a step suggests that she's doing it to remain balanced, to prevent something worse on the landing. The, I was going to say that she "rebounds" - the whole of her feet come off the mat slightly, basically bouncing straight up a very small amount. But at least from the angle in this video, it looks like she lands in place and of course the knees will bend a little on the landing, but she comes up from the knee bend right away and it seems like her heels come off the ground for a split second, even if the balls of her feet remain in place. But she remains right where she landed, not moving backwards, forward, or sideways at all. Again, that's from this particular angle. So it's 99.8% of a stick from this angle, except the heels.

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by Anonymousreply 394October 20, 2023 5:24 AM

Are we at $1 million yet? I think I'm almost getting better.

by Anonymousreply 395October 20, 2023 12:27 PM

Here is Nadia's first 10 and while she take a definite hop on her landing, there's no other place for the judges to go as it was so technically superior to every other competitor.

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by Anonymousreply 396October 20, 2023 2:19 PM

What happened to Nadia?

by Anonymousreply 397October 20, 2023 8:18 PM

R397, sorry, vodka, Nadia is just frigid. Olga Korbut is the alky!

by Anonymousreply 398October 20, 2023 11:04 PM

Is she dead yet?

by Anonymousreply 399October 21, 2023 12:26 AM

400!

by Anonymousreply 400October 21, 2023 12:49 PM

Vault toward the light!

by Anonymousreply 401October 21, 2023 7:04 PM

Mary Lous has passed.

by Anonymousreply 402October 21, 2023 10:38 PM

I'm dying, please, donate.

by Anonymousreply 403October 21, 2023 11:11 PM

Gas maybe, r402.

It's alive.

by Anonymousreply 404October 21, 2023 11:13 PM

She ain’t passed yet

by Anonymousreply 405October 22, 2023 5:51 PM

Hurry up.

by Anonymousreply 406October 22, 2023 5:53 PM

She was scheduled to compete at the Pan American Games ongoing right now. She was going to debut the triple-twisting GRIFT. But she's managing quite well from her hospital bed!

by Anonymousreply 407October 22, 2023 5:55 PM

I don't understand the secrecy. She announced her mother has pneumonia - why not state what kind?

Sounds like COVID cover-up.

She made MILLIONS back in the 80's. How do you not have health insurance at 55?

This is messy AF>

by Anonymousreply 408October 22, 2023 6:03 PM

How long can someone remain intubated?

by Anonymousreply 409October 22, 2023 6:03 PM

R409 I have heard of cases of people being intubated for several months. Maybe, they will trache her at some point and connect the vent to the trache.

by Anonymousreply 410October 22, 2023 6:11 PM

She might be on ECMO. Paging all DL doctors!

by Anonymousreply 411October 22, 2023 6:12 PM

R408, I have a feeling MLR went off the rails following the divorce. Thus, the move back to W. Virginia, the not having insurance part. She must be an antivaxxer.

by Anonymousreply 412October 22, 2023 6:16 PM

Is she dead yet?

Let the dead bury the dead..

by Anonymousreply 413October 22, 2023 6:22 PM

Sounds like her husband was a real estate developer and did well then tried to return to coaching football, which is why they initially moved back to WV.

Doesn't sound like they should have money problems?

I'm smelling a grift here. I think this is for publicity and money.

MaryLou has long-term hip problems from the gymnastics - does someone like that NOT have health insurance with that kind of condition?

by Anonymousreply 414October 22, 2023 6:24 PM

As R410 said, you can be intubated for months. Here's an article about a COVID patient who was (ghoulishly) intubated for 850 days.

If the ECMO rumor is true, there's no point in thinking that far ahead yet for Retton.

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by Anonymousreply 415October 22, 2023 6:31 PM

[quote]How long can someone remain intubated?

For two to three weeks. If you're not better by that point, you get a trach.

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by Anonymousreply 416October 22, 2023 7:00 PM

She's fine! She sends he--- oh shit!! Code Blue!! Code Blue!!

by Anonymousreply 417October 22, 2023 8:22 PM

Here is Mary Lou being overscored on balance beam! I'll let you judge for yourselves.

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by Anonymousreply 418October 22, 2023 8:28 PM

I'm still going with opiate induced aspiration pneumonia.

by Anonymousreply 419October 22, 2023 8:37 PM

R419 - ooh, that's a good one. Probably because of her joint and hip pain.

by Anonymousreply 420October 22, 2023 8:54 PM

Why can't she be more like Anfisa?

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by Anonymousreply 421October 22, 2023 9:16 PM

R418 far more than figure skating, gymnastics EVOLVED. I could imagine a 9 year old doing that beam today.

by Anonymousreply 422October 22, 2023 9:16 PM

Seems pretty standard scoring for the times, R418. A tenth for the punch front bobble and a tenth for the hop back/shuffling on the landing.

Routine does seem immeasurably simpler than today, though I do like the strength positions and handstands. Modern beam is almost too much in the other direction - a full floor routine on beam. We get it, "connection bonus."

by Anonymousreply 423October 22, 2023 9:24 PM

R422 - Agreed. That routine seems pretty unremarkable today. I know all sports advance, but jeesh.

by Anonymousreply 424October 22, 2023 9:38 PM

The story at R415 is awful. It sounds like the family didn't want to let the husband/father go.

by Anonymousreply 425October 22, 2023 9:45 PM

In fairness to the routines of previous eras, I'm assuming that Mary Lou wasn't in the elite of beam competitors. Yes, routines were generally easier overall than today. But, I'm assuming someone was going a beam routine that was more impressive than MLR's.

by Anonymousreply 426October 22, 2023 9:48 PM

R423, shouldn't MLR have received a deduction for her lack of 180 split position? Although yeah, scoring seemed much more free and loose in the '80s codes vs. today where it's near impossible to get above a 9.0 score in execution.

by Anonymousreply 427October 22, 2023 9:52 PM

I meant "doing," not "going."

by Anonymousreply 428October 22, 2023 9:53 PM

MLR routine WAS easy for its time, however, the punchfront on beam was considered high difficulty for its time. The two back tucks were not, however. I'm not sure if that routine was judged out of a 9.9 or a 10, however. Retton actually got away with murder with that routine as there was required tumbling combination and I believe MLR got credit with the handstand step-down back tuck which is a dubious combo to say the least. Before she moved to Karolyi her routine was more difficcult and did include a legit tumbling combo of round-off to back layout step-out but she ALWAYS missed it, so Marta (the Karolyi beam coach) took it out and somehow got away with that handstand step down back tuck as a combo (not really two tumbling elements). I will say they did a good job of hiding MLR's self-admitted lack of flexibility with that blink and you'll miss it side split.

With that said, at the same Olympics, Romanian Simona Pauca did four variations of back layouts in three different tumbling passes in her beam set, which is pretty bonkers difficulty. Two years earlier Szabo had landed a standing back full which is still a tough element today (Szabo began growing up and out from 1983 onward and began to decrease difficulty as the years passed), so MLR's routine was weak even for the time save for the punch front and the RO double back dismount.

by Anonymousreply 429October 22, 2023 10:14 PM

[quote] But, I'm assuming someone was going a beam routine that was more impressive than MLR's.

Olga Mostepanova's beam. She did not compete in LA '84.

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by Anonymousreply 430October 22, 2023 10:21 PM

Punch front? Is that like a reverse fist?

by Anonymousreply 431October 22, 2023 10:22 PM

Wow, R30, talk about having a nice "line." And difficulty was impressive.

by Anonymousreply 432October 22, 2023 11:14 PM

I guess it’s too early to put out the “Mary Lou Rottin’” tombstone in our Halloween display.

by Anonymousreply 433October 22, 2023 11:14 PM

^ Obviously wins the entire thread

by Anonymousreply 434October 22, 2023 11:22 PM

Sorry, I meant R430

by Anonymousreply 435October 22, 2023 11:58 PM

R430 Olga take performance enhancing drugs🤫🤐

by Anonymousreply 436October 23, 2023 2:03 AM

R436 = Mary LOO typing from her deathbed!

by Anonymousreply 437October 23, 2023 2:12 AM

You’re terrible R433!!

by Anonymousreply 438October 23, 2023 2:15 AM

I’m really impressed by how much some of you know about gymnastics, truly.

by Anonymousreply 439October 23, 2023 3:02 AM

R439, some DLers are definitely a part of the gymternet. Yes, that is what the online gymnastics fandom is called.

by Anonymousreply 440October 23, 2023 6:31 AM

It sounds like the DL of the sportsworld

by Anonymousreply 441October 23, 2023 7:25 AM

R436, which ones?

by Anonymousreply 442October 23, 2023 3:00 PM

The previous DL threads years back on Kathy Johnson's looks were amazing in their sick humor and total knowledge of the sport.

by Anonymousreply 443October 23, 2023 3:16 PM

She named her kid 'Shayla"?

by Anonymousreply 444October 23, 2023 4:32 PM

Shayla has very white trash sound to it.

by Anonymousreply 445October 23, 2023 4:46 PM

R443, that thread made me realize just how many other gymn. fans are here.

by Anonymousreply 446October 23, 2023 6:01 PM

She must be trached by now

by Anonymousreply 447October 23, 2023 6:02 PM

[quote]Shayla has very white trash sound to it.

La Shayla wold be too getto.

by Anonymousreply 448October 23, 2023 6:49 PM

It’s a miracle!

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by Anonymousreply 449October 23, 2023 8:02 PM

She nailed the dismount!

by Anonymousreply 450October 23, 2023 8:17 PM

The US is full of rubes.

by Anonymousreply 451October 23, 2023 8:23 PM

I’m feeling feverish.

by Anonymousreply 452October 23, 2023 8:35 PM

[quote] I could imagine a 9 year old doing that beam today.

She should live so long.

by Anonymousreply 453October 23, 2023 8:40 PM

I'm guessing she was sent home on supplemental oxygen.

by Anonymousreply 454October 23, 2023 8:46 PM

Oh please stay down...

by Anonymousreply 455October 23, 2023 8:47 PM

Did this grifting deplorable hit the fan?

by Anonymousreply 456October 23, 2023 9:08 PM

Awww bless her heart.....home from hospital....yeah nearly $500,000 will do that for ya.

by Anonymousreply 457October 23, 2023 9:16 PM

Any updates about the old bag?

by Anonymousreply 458October 23, 2023 9:51 PM

STILL FIGHTING HERE!!!!!

by Anonymousreply 459October 23, 2023 9:54 PM

I wouldn't be overly surprised if this is a hospice situation.

by Anonymousreply 460October 23, 2023 10:11 PM

Don’t think so R460

“Mom is HOME and in recovery mode. We still have a long road of recovery ahead of us, but baby steps,” Kelley wrote in the post.

by Anonymousreply 461October 23, 2023 10:34 PM

That worm turned, quickly.

by Anonymousreply 462October 24, 2023 12:10 AM

Damn.

by Anonymousreply 463October 24, 2023 12:30 AM

[quote]Any updates about the old bag?

Still an old bag, just a little richer.

by Anonymousreply 464October 24, 2023 10:31 AM

Mom is home, counting the $$$$$$.

by Anonymousreply 465October 24, 2023 1:28 PM

Is she still alive?

by Anonymousreply 466October 27, 2023 10:59 PM

She live$

by Anonymousreply 467October 27, 2023 11:06 PM

I'm 500k richer, bitches! TeeHee

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by Anonymousreply 468October 27, 2023 11:10 PM

She's fine (and rich-er) and sends her love😘

by Anonymousreply 469October 28, 2023 12:19 AM

Well, I'm still hoping this cunt kicks the bucket before the 2028 Olympics. I need less competition for who gets selected to light the cauldron at the Opening Ceremonies.

by Anonymousreply 470October 28, 2023 12:24 AM

Matthew Perry is dead and Mary Lou Rotten lives!

by Anonymousreply 471October 29, 2023 3:04 AM

Mary LOO Rotten. Ruining lives since 1984.

by Anonymousreply 472October 29, 2023 9:35 PM

Hmmmm....

[quote]The family revealed few details about Retton’s condition beyond saying she had a “very rare” form of pneumonia—and Retton is not shedding more light on the situation just yet. “I appreciate everyone’s respect of my privacy at this time,” she wrote. “When the time is right I will be sharing more information about my health issues and hope I can help others who may face the same battle as me.”

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by Anonymousreply 473October 31, 2023 2:16 AM

Grifter.

by Anonymousreply 474October 31, 2023 2:21 AM

And likely unvaxxed or undervaxxed.

by Anonymousreply 475October 31, 2023 2:23 AM

Shouldn’t she return the money now?

by Anonymousreply 476October 31, 2023 10:50 AM

Kitara, you in DANGER, gurl!

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by Anonymousreply 477November 1, 2023 9:12 PM

Oh, please, be delicious Mary Lou Toblerone!!!

by Anonymousreply 478November 1, 2023 9:15 PM

Oops, sorry.

I'm a little lost. *hic*

by Anonymousreply 479November 1, 2023 9:56 PM

Is she dead yet?

by Anonymousreply 480November 2, 2023 12:49 AM

R480, not yet. But George Santos is getting a sex change and claiming her identity, per R477!

by Anonymousreply 481November 2, 2023 1:37 AM

Apparently she is doing better but still has more to go for full recovery.

by Anonymousreply 482November 2, 2023 1:51 AM

does that include her hair and teeth R482

by Anonymousreply 483November 2, 2023 6:48 AM

[quote]Apparently she is doing better but still has more to go for full recovery.

More money?

by Anonymousreply 484November 2, 2023 5:16 PM

Georgette is late in her third term, no abortion now

by Anonymousreply 485November 2, 2023 7:05 PM

Mary Lou speaks!

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by Anonymousreply 486November 7, 2023 7:48 PM

R486 So is she gonna refund all her donations now?

by Anonymousreply 487November 7, 2023 7:52 PM

R487, finders keepers, losers weepers!

by Anonymousreply 488November 7, 2023 7:55 PM

"I appreciate everyone's respect of my privacy at this time....but don't let that stop you from donating to my GoFundMe!"

by Anonymousreply 489November 7, 2023 7:57 PM

Rebate? We don’t do no stinkin’ debate in Texas.

by Anonymousreply 490November 7, 2023 10:52 PM

Dead

by Anonymousreply 491November 10, 2023 11:51 PM

Is this cunt dead yet?

by Anonymousreply 492November 11, 2023 12:01 AM

When will this nobody just DIE already?!

by Anonymousreply 493November 11, 2023 12:05 AM

This bitch again? What happened to the GoFundMe cash????

by Anonymousreply 494November 11, 2023 12:13 AM

I would’ve thought more of her had she been in the hospital fighting for someone else’s life

by Anonymousreply 495November 11, 2023 12:28 AM

I wonder if Mary Lou will head to Paris using some of the GoFundMe cash.

by Anonymousreply 496July 29, 2024 9:09 PM

This is old news and she got millions from defective hip replacements,divorce settlement,etc. yet donations and tax payers paid her bill.

by Anonymousreply 497July 29, 2024 10:21 PM

Why doesn’t Texas secede already.

by Anonymousreply 498July 29, 2024 10:23 PM

Eat shit Mary Lou!

by Anonymousreply 499July 29, 2024 10:25 PM
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