Jake Paul's Speed Skater Girlfriend Jutta Leerdam is Accused of 'Diva' Behavior for the Crime of Arriving at the Olympics in Style
I'm taking a brief break from blogging about - and packing for - the Super Bowl, to offer a show of support for Finnish Olympic Speed Skating phenomenon Jutta Leerdam. And not, as you might suspect, for the cheap clicks.
This isn't about pageviews. I can get those just in the normal course of doing my job. No, this is about something much bigger than boosting my numbers as I head off to hang out in a Levi's Stadium suite with the guy who's been paying my bills for over 20 years. This is about righting a wrong. It's about justice.
Jutta is, of course, engaged to Jake Paul:
And as such, is entitled to certain benefits that come from agreeing to spend the rest of your life with someone with Jake Paul money. Which in her case, means traveling to Milan in style:
And generally speaking, just being fabulous:
But humans, being what we are, will always have a problem with someone living their best life. And Jutta is under attack from the 1s and 0s on social media for the horrible crime of enjoying her trip to the Games:
Daily Mail - Jutta Leerdam has been branded a 'prima donna' and 'diva' following her decision to fly to the Winter Olympics on a private jet without the rest of the Dutch team.
Earlier this week, Jake Paul's speed skater fianceee documented her private flight to Milan-Cortina on Instagram.
With her entourage in tow, Leerdam was greeted onto the jet with custom flags and handmade cupcakes with a message of support written on them.
The jet's television screen had also been transformed to an orange background with Leerdam's picture on it. Jake Paul commented on the post, writing: 'Time to shine'.
Upon her arrival, Leerdam then appeared to take a private car with her friends to the athletes' village and then posed for selfies in front of the iconic Olympic rings before starting to practice.
Leerdam's antics have reportedly not gone down well back home and former Dutch soccer player turned analyst Johan Derksen did not hold back on the 27-year-old beauty.
He said: 'She should want it of her own accord. She's already living like a millionaire, with private jets and everything.
'Her behavior is horrible to me, like that of a diva. If I were her coach, I wouldn't tolerate that.
'Gradually the whole of the Netherlands is starting to get a bit fed up with her behavior."
De Telegraaf analyst Valentijn Driessen also revealed that Leerdam's picture has appeared almost everywhere in the build up to the games.
'Everywhere along the highway you see: "Support Jutta, support Jutta",' she wrote. 'I think she's the only Dutch representative for the entire Olympic Games.'
Piss off, Johan Derksen. Green is a terrible color on you, Valentijn Driessen. Leerdam is engaged to a multi-millionaire. What's she supposed to do? Fly coach like some poor? Get a Eurail pass and hop a train? Why not really get into the spirit of the Ancient Olympics and ride a mule to Milan. Maybe run the last 26.2 miles like that first guy did from Marathon to Athens before he dropped dead of exhaustion. Would that make you happy, haters?
Above all, the Olympics are supposed to be a meritocracy. The motto of the Games is "Faster, Higher, Stronger – Together". But "Faster, Higher, Stronger" has nothing to do with how you got there and whether or not you can afford custom made cupcakes. And "Together" doesn't mean you have to sit in seat 27B between a couple of fat bobsledders who took up all the space in the overhead bins. Hell, there have been literal princes and princesses in the Olympics competing in events like sailing and equestrian. No one asked them travel in steerage like they were commoners of lesser bloodlines. Why should Leerdam?
Part of Jutta's merit is that she's lovely enough to get a ring put on her by an extravagantly wealthy international celebrity. You can be jealous, if you want. But that's not going to change anything. She's simply taking what she has coming to her:
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If you want to beat her, skate speedier than her. Just know that when you're standing there with a $2,400 medal around your neck you worked your whole life for, you're still you and she's still Jutta Leerdam.
Thank you for the click. Now it's back to Super Bowl-adjacent content.