Aly Raisman found herself in an uncomfortable situation during Wednesday night’s NHL Awards when an aging hockey great made a leering comment about her legs.
Raisman, the 23-year-old gymnastics star, spoke about sharing the stage with “one of the old greats,” former Los Angeles Kings center Marcel Dionne, to present the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, an annual award for an NHL player who displays — irony alert — gentlemanly conduct.
The 65-year-old Hall of Famer then took the banter to a creepy new level.
“Thank you, thank you,” Dionne began. “And I am excited to be on stage with three-time Olympic medalist. Look at those legs.”
As the camera zoomed out to capture a head-to-toe shot of Raisman, who was dressed in a black and white Kaufman Franco mini-dress, she tried to laugh off the remarks, despite the jeers and whistles from around the room.
The awkward encounter comes weeks after Raisman blasted a TSA agent for making “sexist” remarks about her body.
“I work very hard to be healthy & fit. The fact that a man thinks he can judge my arms pisses me off and I am so sick of this judgmental generation,” she tweeted last month.
Following the off-putting airport experience, Raisman initiated a body empowerment crusade on social media.
“Wear whatever makes you feel happy and confident. Don’t EVER let anyone tell you how you should or shouldn’t dress,” Raisman wrote on Instagram. “We are all entitled to wear what we want. Females do not have to dress modest to be respected. Be proud of your body. It’s never about the number on the scale it’s about the way you feel. You are all unique and beautiful in your own way.”