Male figure skaters struggle with body image and gay men can relate.

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Adam Rippon is proud of his butt and makes it clears it’s not enhanced. He also is proud of his large, muscular thighs and six-pack abs. But it wasn’t always this way for the American Olympic figure skater.

In 2016, Rippon, who is openly gay, lived on a diet more fitting for a bird than a world class athlete.