Nancy Kerrigan she was walking through a corridor at Cobo Arena immediately after a practice session, Kerrigan was bludgeoned on the right lower thigh with a police baton by an assailant who was later apprehended and identified as Shane Stant. The assault was planned by rival Tonya Harding's ex-husband Jeff Gillooly and co-conspirator Shawn Eckardt (1967–2007). The conspirators' goal was preventing Kerrigan from competing in both the National Championships and the Lillehammer 1994 Olympics. The immediate aftermath of the attack was recorded on a TV camera and broadcast around the world. The initial footage shows the attendants helping Kerrigan as she grabbed
Nancy Kerrigan 1994, Kerrigan hosted "Saturday Night Live", season 19 episode 15, featuring musical guest Aretha Franklin. In 1995, Kerrigan had a guest appearance on "Boy Meets World" in the episode "Wrong Side of the Track". In 2004, Kerrigan sang a cover of "The Best" for a Tina Turner tribute album. Kerrigan appeared in the Fox television program "Skating with Celebrities" (2006) and played a small part in the ice-skating comedy feature film "Blades of Glory" (2007) with Will Ferrell. She hosted "Nancy Kerrigan's World of Skating" on the Comcast Network starting in 2005, and has done commentary work for other skating