At the parade, Kerrigan was overheard informing Mickey Mouse, “This is dumb, I hate it. This is the corniest thing I’ve ever done.” She firmly insisted later that she indicated needing to use her medal was corny, that obviously she enjoyed Mickey and Disney.
Her SNL look was panned, though in hindsight she was simply as excellent as many male professional athletes who have actually landed the gig for many years. Her response to the slime wasn’t jolly sufficient for critics’ tastes. Her tone at the Olympics was re-examined, with some concluding that she really didn’t sound all that thoughtful. Even her habits seconds after being clubbed in the leg went through second-guessing.
“People made such a big deal and almost, like, complaining, like, why would I say that?” Kerrigan informed ABC News in 2017, describing her unforgettable scream of “Why?” She described, “Well, after getting attacked, you don’t know what you’re going to say. But I think it’s a reasonable question. Like, ‘Why did this just happen? What happened? Like, why?'”
It was as if the court of popular opinion was simply waiting up until after the Games to provide Kerrigan hers, while it had actually looked after Harding ahead of time. Nancy Mania developed into Nancy Overload, which developed into No More Nancy.
