Crash Out Alert! Viral Olympian Apologizes To Ex-Girlfriend For Wild Grand Gesture

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We are witnessing a classic male crash-out due to a woman.

The viral Norwegian biathlete Sturla Holm Lægreid, who snagged a bronze medal at the Winter Olympics, has already apologized for admitting to cheating on his ex in a post-race interview. (RELATED: Olympic Medalist Who Cheated On Girlfriend About To Suffer Living Hell)

“I am not quite myself today, and I am not thinking clearly. My apologies go to Johan-Olav, who deserved all the attention after the gold,” he said in a statement. “It also goes to my ex-girlfriend, who involuntarily ended up in the media spotlight. I hope she is doing well.”

His ex-girlfriend responded Wednesday, saying it’s “hard to forgive, even after a declaration of love in front of the whole world.”

“I did not choose to be put in this position, and it hurts to have to be in it. We have had contact and he is aware of my opinions on this,” the woman, who asked to remain anonymous, said. “[I am grateful] to my family and friends who have embraced me and supported me during this time. Also to everyone else who has thought of me and sympathized, without knowing who I am.”

Well, we’ve all been there. All men have crashed out over a woman at some point in their lives. It’s kind of a rite of passage. If you’re very lucky, you won’t have to experience one. But most of us aren’t that fortunate.

Maybe we flame out because we get dumped. Or, we do the dumping, and still feel tortured about the decision months after the fact. It can be even simpler, though: the girl we have a crush on in middle school rejects us, and though we are only 8th graders, we feel like the world is ending. The girl you planned on asking to the prom already said yes to another guy. You’re crushed. You steal a beer from your parents’ fridge and listen to “These Days” by Jackson Browne. The world is ending!

As I discussed in a previous blog on Lægreid, he’s about to face living hell for his actions. The latest twist in the tale is yet more evidence that the wheels are coming off. Now that he knows his ex wants nothing to do with him and that his grand gesture failed, expect it to get worse.

What this man needs right now is a solid week-long bender, followed by a deep cleanse of the body, mind, and soul. Maybe a visit to the local church after drowning his sorrows in booze.

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