Olympic skier Mikaela Shiffrin poked fun at several blunders she had this week, following a ‘Today’ show f-bomb and revealing she tried a new alcoholic drink.
After winning gold in the slalom on Wednesday, Feb. 18, Shriffin appeared on the ‘Today’ show to reflect on her journey. She was speaking with Carson Daly, Hoda Kotb and Craig Melvin when an unintentional moment happened. Shiffrin accidentally cursed on camera, dropping an f-bomb and then another expletive moments later. (Warning: link contains NSFW words)
Still, that wasn’t the Olympian’s only mishap this week.
While speaking with NBC’s Mike Tirico, Shiffrin cursed again, describing the buildup to the moment she skied for Gold. She later revealed that she celebrated her win with alcohol, her first drink in at least two years. ‘For now, I just had the first sips of my first espresso martini ever, and we’re feeling a little bit tipsy,’ Shiffrin said. ‘Oops. Sorry, NBC. And I feel like everybody is just super ready to drink up.’
After multiple viral moments, Shiffrin poked fun at herself with a seemingly self-deprecating tweet. ‘So…I hear espresso martinis and f bombs on live TV are trending?!’ she posted on X on Saturday.
Shiffrin wasn’t the only Olympian to curse this week.
On Thursday, Olympic figure skater Alysa Liu won an Olympic gold medal with her free skate, becoming the first American woman to win an individual figure skating Olympic medal in two decades. After her performance, Liu let out ‘That’s what I’m (expletive) talking about’ as she was leaving the ice. Later, Liu revealed she would have been happy with her skate, no matter the result.
‘I don’t need this (medal), but what I needed was the stage. And I got that,’ Liu said. ‘So I was all good no matter what happened. If I fell on every jump, I would still be wearing this dress, so it’s all good.’