Damien (South Park) Stone decided to spoof King only because "it's just sort of who annoyed us that week. It's so random ... there is no point to who we're ripping on. It's definitely nothing personal." Nancy Kerrigan, the Olympic figure skater attacked on orders of fellow skater Tonya Harding at the 1994 Winter Olympics, is referred to in a pep talk Stan gives Jesus. Stan wrongfully claims Kerrigan won the gold medal until Kyle reminds him she won the silver; Parker said this was done because he felt the perception of Kerrigan was extremely high among Americans considering she only actually achieved
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