Echoing the slanted coverage of ABC and CBS, on Friday, NBC’s Today show closed out its two-week coverage of the winter Olympics by gushing over openly gay Olympians Adam Rippon and Gus Kenworthy using their fame to “stand up as advocates” and “voicing their disapproval when Vice President Mike pence was picked to lead the U.S. Olympic delegation.”

“Figure skater Adam Rippon and freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy made history here just by being themselves,” co-host Savannah Guthrie proclaimed at the top of the segment. Noting all the sponsors Kenworthy had accumulated since coming out in 2015, correspondent Craig Melvin cheered:

The support reflecting a broader cultural shift that has not only allowed these talented athletes to come out, but also stand up as advocates. Even voicing their disapproval when Vice President Mike pence was picked to lead the U.S. Olympic delegation.

Rippon repeated his well-publicized denunciations of Pence: “I feel that Mike Pence doesn’t stand for anything that I was taught when I grew up, and I think that it’s important if you’re given the platform to speak up for those who don’t have a voice.”

Referring to his earlier refusal to even speak to the Vice President, Rippon mentioned: “And, you know, I was offered a phone call with the Vice President that I decided not to take before the games.” Melvin pressed: “Why? Why wouldn’t you at least talk to the Vice President?” Rippon replied: “You know, I didn’t take the phone call, because I needed to focus on the competition.”

Melvin clarified: “But to be clear, you did just say that if the Vice President were to call now, you would take the phone call?” The skater agreed: “Totally.”

Before the games, Rippon told USA Today that Pence had no “real concept of reality” and should “should really go to church” to repent for being part of the Trump administration.

For his part, Kenworthy has said that he would not meet with Pence and would refuse to attend a traditional White House event after the Olympics.

Here is a full transcript of the February 23 report: