After his attempts to adopt and take home a group of Sochi stray dogs went over big on social media, U.S. ski slopestyle silver medalist Gus Kenworthy summed up the attention by telling reporters: “A lot of girls like Olympians and puppies.”
Among those admirers was pop superstar Miley Cyrus.
4 reasons to follow @guskenworthy (❤️ melts into 1,001 pieces) pic.twitter.com/gOLxEIuIl8
— Miley Cyrus (@MileyCyrus) February 16, 2014
Back on Valentine’s Day, Kenworthy was one of several Team USA stars that reached out to their celebrity crushes and asked them to be their valentines - and he chose the “Wrecking Ball” singer.
.@MileyCyrus, @guskenworthy helped sweep the podium last night; now can he sweep you off your feet? #OlympicValentine pic.twitter.com/7zMAmggZcl
— NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) February 14, 2014
That eventually led to Cyrus giving Kenworthy a follow on Twitter...
Well this just hit me like a wrecking ball... @MileyCyrus Hi! You're the best :) pic.twitter.com/1E8xh5eWy5
— Gus Kenworthy (@guskenworthy) February 16, 2014
...And soon, Cyrus was gushing over his cute Sochi pups like the rest of the world did.
Between this and joining Joss Christensen (gold) and Nick Goepper (bronze) in the third American medal sweep ever at a Winter Olympic Games (plus, a Kellogg’s Corn Flakes box), it hasn’t been a bad few days for Mr. Kenworthy.
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