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"usa today" is reporting that u.s. olympic figure skater adam rippon declined an invitation by vice president presence to meet with him during the winter olympics after criticizing the vice president on his stance for gays and lesbians, after reading remarks by rippon a couple weeks ago, the vice president through his aides wanted to set up a face to face meeting to talk about it. cnn's will ripley is in south korea for us tonight. what are you learning about this? >> reporter: we know that adam rippon gave that interview on january 17th with christine brennan from "usa today," who said he did...

Times have changed. but then to have someone leading the delegation that's like directly attacked the lgbt community and just a cabinet in general that just sort of stands against us and has tried to do things to set us back, it just seems like a bad fit. >> has gus or rippon said more about this? >> reporter: yes, gus kenworthy, the freestyle skier and adam rippon said they have no desire to meet with president trump at the white house after the olympics. if you think about it, this is really a sea change for olympic athletes who are out. you think about johnny weir who was criticized by judg...

To indicate his support of gay conversion therapy, and rippon, out as a figure skater, said he didn't want any part of it and said he had no interest in meeting with vice president pence at the olympics, which is customary for the u.s. athletes. >> what is the vice president's office now saying about all this? >> reporter: well, the vice president's office is disputing "usa today's" reporting that he was so disturbed by this article that he tried to set up a meeting with rippon, which rippon then denied. there's a tweet out from the v.p.'s communications director. it reads, the "usa today" rep...

United states delegation at the olympics given his track record of being unfriendly to the lgbt community. there was a statement up on a congressional website back in 2000 where some people perceived to indicate his support of gay conversion therapy, and rippon, out as a figure skater, said he didn't want any part of it and said he had no interest in meeting with vice president pence at the olympics, which is customary for the u.s. athletes. >> what is the vice president's office now saying about all this? >> reporter: well, the vice president's office is disputing "usa today's" reporting that...