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Talk about a fashionable friendship!
“We bring a lot of clothes, but it’s hard, because we’re a team,” Lipinski, 39, revealed during the interview. “We match, we like to have our outfits connect to each other.”
Weir, 37, realizes that the matching looks have a greater purpose for the pair.
“It’s not just making people laugh, it’s not just fashion,” he said on the HBO show. “It’s a life that we’re sharing.”
He also explained that he would not “even go down to get a coffee in the morning without putting something on.”
The duo has gone to great lengths to create the memorable looks for each event including when they cohostedthe closing ceremonyfor the Tokyo Olympics last year. Weir wore Frolov jacket, Lapointe pants and AGL boots while Lipinski rocked a strapless sparkling Dress the Population gown for the ceremony.
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“We’ve had to have certain conversations with customs officials in foreign countries just to get the wardrobe in,” Jim Bell, a former NBC Olympics executive producer, shared during theReal Sports with Bryant Gumbelepisode. “We’ve had shipping containers, it’s a lot. It feels like it’s own cable show, frankly.”
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“We love fashion, we love clothing and we love just slaying our style and our art, because it’s part of being an entertainer,” Weir shared at the time.
“It’s been really fun,” Lipinski said then, adding, “Now we’re on a much bigger stage and so I feel like the response has been even bigger.”
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbelreturned for its 28th season on Tuesday, Jan. 25. The series is available on HBO and streaming on HBO Max.
source: people.com
