Adam Rippon became a for-real famous person in America in under a month. The 28-year-old figure skater arrived home from the Winter Olympics with a bronze medal in the figure skating team event, went on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” had photo shoots with magazines including InStyle and Rolling Stone, went to the Oscars in an S-and-M-themed tuxedo that got rave reviews, and then came to New York City for stops at Vanity Fair and BuzzFeed and Bravo.
Next, he’s off to tour with Stars on Ice, but then what? This week, he came to The New York Times, where a group of reporters and editors grilled him about what he’s learned and where he’s going.