Rippon has used his platform as an Olympian to speak frankly about being a proud gay man in the hope it helps young people facing fear, prejudice and marginalization because of their own sexual identity. By competing as his "authentic self," as Rippon has said, he has achieved a deeper joy and liberation as a person and artist. He also knows how to have fun, and that's what his short program, set to the electronic dance hit "Let Me Think About It," was about.