Photo: Johnny Weir Courtesy- A Socialite Life

NEW YORK – In the least surprising news ever, Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir has come out the closet in his soon to be published book, “Welcome to my World.” “

I’m not ashamed to be me,” Weir wrote in the novel. “More than anyone else I know, I love my life and accept myself. What’s wrong with being unique? I am proud of everything that I am and will become.”

Weir is a three-time U.S. skating champion, and one of the most brash and controversial figures in the history of the sport that is typically known more for its performers grace than their personalities.

During the 2010 Olympic games in Vancouver, a French sports broadcaster had questioned Weir’s masculinity on air, but at the time Weir refused to answer any questions about his sexuality.

He is now saying that he was never in the closet.

“By puberty, I knew that I was gay,” he wrote. “But I didn’t worry about it much. As a serious skater, I was way too busy.”