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  3. Jan 12, 2018 · LaVona Golden, the mother of figure skater Tonya Harding, is still alive and denies abusing her daughter. She says she worked hard to support Harding's career and that the movie I, Tonya exaggerated some scenes.

  4. Jan 27, 2018 · Sandra Luckow, a childhood friend of Tonya Harding, defends her mother LaVona Golden against the movie's portrayal of her as a monster. She says Golden was honest, grateful and sometimes cruel, but not as bad as the film suggests.

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  5. Jan 4, 2018 · Tonya Harding reveals that her mother LaVona Golden never smoked on the ice, despite the movie's portrayal by Allison Janney. She also shares her views on the movie's accuracy and her relationship with her mother.

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    • Gwendolyn Purdom
    • Fact: Harding Really Was That Happy to Land The Triple Axel.
    • Fiction: Harding Peppered The Judges with Profanities.
    • Fact: Harding Faced Abuse from Family Members Throughout Her Life.
    • Fact: Nancy Kerrigan Screamed “Why?” After Being attacked.
    • Fact: Shawn Eckhardt Saw Himself as An Influential Spy.
    • Fact: Lavona Golden Had A Pet Bird.

    Harding became the first American woman to land a triple axel, an extremely difficult jump in which the skater makes three and a half rotations with a forward approach, at the 1991 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. Upon completing the jump, Harding’s mouth was agape and she appeared to cheer triumphantly at the milestone, much as Robbie plays the ...

    InI, Tonya, Harding clashes with figure skating judges over her outfits, which were often homemade because she could not afford designer costumes. “Suck my d-ck,” she tells them after one competition. “This is f-cking rigged.” In reality, according to Harding’s comments in The Price of Gold, Harding told them, “Stay out of my face.” But the documen...

    The movie includes many scenes depicting Harding’s mother both physically and emotionally abusing her. Her ex-husband Jeff Gillooly is shown doing much of the same, both before and after they split. In real life, Harding alleged that Gillooly beat her, while family and friends told reportersthat her mother, LaVona Golden, was violent. “He hit me, b...

    As depicted in the movie, footage of the immediate aftermath of Kerrigan getting clubbed in the knee after practice at a Detroit ice rink shows the skater surrounded by medics, sobbing and screaming, “Why? Why? Why?”

    Shawn Eckhardt, a friend of Gillooly’s and at one point a bodyguard for Harding, helped orchestrate the plot against Kerrigan. Eckhardt was a self-described espionage expert who said he had ties to a global network. The film shows his character, played by Paul Walter Hauser, bragging about knowing hitmen and being involved in risky exploits, claims...

    Allison Janney plays Harding’s mother, LaVona Golden, in I, Tonya, and appears throughout the film with a parakeet perched on her shoulder, making for some of the movie’s funniest moments. Golden in real life actually sat for an interview, much as Janney does in the film, clad in fur with a bird sitting on her shoulder, shown in footage included in...

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  6. Dec 6, 2017 · Tonya Harding's mom, LaVona Fay, aka \"Sandy\" Golden, has not spoken to her daughter since 2002 and denies abusing her. She is portrayed by Allison Janney in the biopic I Tonya, which explores the scandal of the 1994 Winter Olympics.

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  7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › I,_TonyaI, Tonya - Wikipedia

    In 1974 Portland, Oregon, a four-year-old Tonya Harding is forced to ice-skate by her physically abusive mother, LaVona Golden. As Tonya grows up, her parents take her out of school to focus on her skating career as she trains under coach Diane Rawlinson.

  8. Jan 27, 2024 · I, Tonya is a biographical sports mockumentary black comedy that depicts the life and career of figure skater Tonya Harding. The film accurately portrays Harding's rebellious spirit, her abusive mother LaVona Golden, and the infamous attack on Nancy Kerrigan.

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