Adam Rippon will now 'totally' take Mike Pence's telephone call

Adam Rippon is now prepared to talk with Vice President Mike Pence.

But Pence probably shouldn’t expect any niceties from the figure skater, who helped the U.S. win bronze in the team event at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

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Rippon and skier Gus Kenworthy were the only two openly gay men competing for Team USA at the games. (Speedskater Brittany Bowe is the only out American woman competing in the games.) Both Rippon and Kenworthy have previously called out Pence over his track record of intolerance toward the LGBTQ community.

And in a joint interview with Kenworthy on Friday’s broadcast of “Today,” Rippon doubled down on his stance.

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