VH1's Where Are The Now
On Ice
Transcript by Kizzy

Narrator: She was the youngest person to ever win a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics. The kid was a natural from the moment she stepped on the ice Tara's parents recognized it and hired the best coaches money could buy soon she was competing at a National level. In a field where speed and grace are a given Tara had one move which set her apart she was the first female to perform the unheard of triple loop triple loop combination in competition. As the games in Nagano approached fellow American Michelle Kwan became the heavy favorite to take home the gold. Tara had other ideas when she pulled off her signature triple loop in a flawless long program it was clear that these were Tara's Olympics. The High school freshman won the gold pulling off one of the biggest upsets in skating history two months later Tara appeared on the Today show to announce the end of her amatuer career.

[start of Today Show clip]

Tara: I have accomplished my dreams I realized how important it is to me to be with my mom and dad to be all together.

[end of Today Show clip]

Narrator: At age fifteen Tara turned pro. So where is Tara Lipinski now?

Guy in red costume: Welcome to Beverly Hills. You have arrived.

Narrator: Tara's gone Hollywood to follow another dream of being an actress.

Tara: For me acting is just um, I get to explore and do so many other things.

Narrator: In 99 she made her tv debut on the daytime soap the young and the restless.

[clip of Tara on Y and R]

Narrator: A year later Tara showed her sinister side playing a naughty alien on the Nickelodeon series 'Are you Afraid of the Dark?'

Tara: That was the year that I was trying to get away from playing a skater.

Narator: When she is not auditioning she is spending her time and her cash on LA's famed Rodeo drive.

(Tara is walking through a furniture store)

Tara: Oh those are nice chairs I have those in the kitchen there 's just too many good things to look at.

(Tara is now walking down Rodeo Drive in L.A.)

Tara: So we are on our way I want a hot apple cider we are going to a cafe and get some.

(Tara is now inside the cafe)

Tara: I want to do like a restaurant cafe where you have all the drinks coffee drinks but you get the little muffins and scones.

Narator: Tara is enjoying tinseltown success but she isn't about to give up her skates just yet she still tours professionally giving fans a glimpse of an olympic legend up close an personal.

Tara: It gives me an opportunity to really connect with the audience they mean everything you go out on the ice and there are not 18,000 people screaming for you it is no fun.

Narator: The adrenaline rush may be the same but Tara has had to tone down her routine the triple loop that brought her gold almost ended her career.
Tara: The triple loop triple loop helped me alot at the olympics but at the same time I had surgery because of that.

(shot of Tara with an old couple)

Fan: I have been watching you for years I think you are wonderful Tara.

Tara: Thank you.

Narator: From Olympic gold to life on the small screen it seems what Tara wants Tara gets.

Tara:I am only twenty so I have alot more life to live I am just enjoying it I love skating and I like different things and we'll see where it takes me I am happy.

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