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        Johnny Weir on Olympics Amish Country Whitney Houston
     
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          Mar 23, 2010
          
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Johnny Weir appeared on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno Monday and talked about his performance at the Olympics, growing up in Amish country, and not knowing who Whitney Houston was until he turned 12.

Weir even takes a month to show Charles Barkley how to sit.

Watch the video here. 
 
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