I wasn't saying that he didn't have a right to defend himself just that it was his making such a vociferous offensive that first drew my attention to the matter. One thing I find unfortunate is that while the book seems to deal with many experiences in the life of Papadakis, Cizeron's reaction and the subsequent media coverage makes it seem as if she wrote it as some type of "hit piece" on him. While he is certainly going to be a significant part of her story, it certainly isn't meant to be all about him.
Yes, but unfortunately, the parts about Cizeron are going to be the most read, gossiped about, repeated, and publicized due to P/C's former high-profile athletic accomplishments as groundbreaking ice dance champions. Whether or not Cizeron & Fournier-Beaudry had partnered before or after the publishers made the pub date decision, publishers are always going to market a product with the intent to make the most sales. Thus, the Winter Olympics time period would always have been their choice.
Cizeron ends up making a comeback with FB and they create a huge impact together with the high possibility of rivaling the favored U.S. team for Olympic gold in ice dance. Perfect set of circumstances for the book publisher. Maybe not so perfect for how people might view Papadakis' overall intentions for writing the book. It just did not look good for her to be commentating ice dance at the Olympics with NBC at the same time this book is published. Even if Cizeron had not made a comeback for the Olympics, the publication of the revelations in this book during the 2026 Olympics would still have scuttled Papadakis' chances of being in the commentating booth. Didn't she realize that?
In any case, I can't fathom why NBC or any broadcaster thinks they should hire past champions as on-air commentators when they lack commentating experience. Jean-Luc Baker never won Worlds*, but he's an excellent figure skating commentator, as proven during his extensive practice session work, both alone and with others, including Jackie Wong and Tarah Kayne! [*Baker & Hawayek were, of course, good enough to win Worlds, but in their era's packed field, it was never in the cards.]
Did Papadakis work with a named ghostwriter?
The sadness today in the social media era is that despite the benefits of sm technology, the drawbacks are not communicating on a human face-to-face level. Plus, the animosities that have grown from people 'taking sides,' and never wanting to, much less learning how to, find common ground.
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