I think it's a rule that ice dancing always has to have drama:):)
Okay, the reason I loathe Chock and Bates are two-fold. 1st, Madison Chock subscribes to the Tanith Belbin School of Ice Dance which means that as long as she makes weird faces while skating and people think she's hot, she'll win medals. Belbin got an insane amount of attention because she was pretty and she capitalized on it and Chock is exactly the same way. What's wrong with simply relying on your skating skills? I guess they don't think they are enough :)
Just as a side note, there isn't a single program of Belbin and Agosto that I can recall even remotely liking and their silver medal in 2006 was a fluke because the better teams made mistakes in the Original Dance, they didn't so therefore they medaled.
2nd, Evan Bates is a complete wanker. He used to be partnered with Emily Samuelson but she accidently caused him an injury--she hit him with her skate blade as she came down from a lift, lacerating his Achilles tendon. They missed an entire season and then he announced they were no longer partners. Allegedly he told Emily that he didn't think she was working hard enough and he wanted to find a better partner. There was also rumors that he would make comments about her weight.
At the same time, Chock's partner was retiring--announcers used to continuously say that Chock was the more dynamic of the two and the better skater--and the next thing you know, Bates is partnered with Chock.
As you can see, Bates ended an 11 year partnership for a chick he thinks is thinner and prettier. Chock and Bates are both extreme famewhores and I hope Karma comes back, kicks them both in their inflated egos and knocks them on their asses.
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Okay, the reason I loathe Chock and Bates are two-fold. 1st, Madison Chock subscribes to the Tanith Belbin School of Ice Dance which means that as long as she makes weird faces while skating and people think she's hot, she'll win medals. Belbin got an insane amount of attention because she was pretty and she capitalized on it and Chock is exactly the same way. What's wrong with simply relying on your skating skills? I guess they don't think they are enough :)
Just as a side note, there isn't a single program of Belbin and Agosto that I can recall even remotely liking and their silver medal in 2006 was a fluke because the better teams made mistakes in the Original Dance, they didn't so therefore they medaled.
2nd, Evan Bates is a complete wanker. He used to be partnered with Emily Samuelson but she accidently caused him an injury--she hit him with her skate blade as she came down from a lift, lacerating his Achilles tendon. They missed an entire season and then he announced they were no longer partners. Allegedly he told Emily that he didn't think she was working hard enough and he wanted to find a better partner. There was also rumors that he would make comments about her weight.
At the same time, Chock's partner was retiring--announcers used to continuously say that Chock was the more dynamic of the two and the better skater--and the next thing you know, Bates is partnered with Chock.
As you can see, Bates ended an 11 year partnership for a chick he thinks is thinner and prettier. Chock and Bates are both extreme famewhores and I hope Karma comes back, kicks them both in their inflated egos and knocks them on their asses.