History-Making Olympic Skater Debi Thomas Now Broke and Jobless

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History-Making Olympic Skater Debi Thomas Now Broke and Jobless The story now of a ground breaking athlete so many of us cheered the for. Figure skater Debi Thomas. Made history medaling at the olympics in 1988. She's fallen on hard times. A story had a lot of people talk this week end. You had chance to talk to her? We did. Good morning to you. To anybody that said deb ix Thomas couldn't do something, she was out to prove them wrong. In so many cases, she did. The shocking headlines of her fall from grace prompted us to do our own sprir. She and her fiance sat down with us last night. Not all that long ago, champion figure skater turned orthopedic surgeon Debi Thomas had her life at her feet. Suddenly, you're like, I can't pay my phone bill. I can't pay this. And I, like I said, I was like, our life is totally unmanageable. It's a reality show. Reporter: The one-time U.S. And world championship figure skater graced the cover of "Time" magazine. The first african-american athlete to medal at any olympics. I wanted ed ed to prove that I could do it. Reporter: Now, she's broke, jobless, and living in a once bed-bug invested trailer with her fiance, Jamie looney. Pointing to a divorce there her second husband and child sport as part of her downfall. People don't ups that anybody could suddenly lose their money. Anybody can. Your drug of choice is alcohol. Her drug of choice is you. Reporter: The 48-year-old telling her story on the own network's iyanla fix my life. Opening up about her financial troubles. And her fiance's issues to control alcohol and anger. He did punch me. In your face! Reporter: She says the relationship has grown stronger since first speaking to iyanla. We figured it out. Do we still push each other's buttons sometime, yes. I was feeling hopeless. I was hurt. She helped me. She really did help me. Reporter: The couple is reaching out for help on line, creating a go fund me page, sharing their hardest struggles. So please help if you can. Reporter: Hoping to chronicle their story so others don't suffer the same fate. God gave me a purpose to actually really do something. Reporter: Jamie says he's been sober for six months and that he's no longer physically abusive. She says her son is 18 and driving in college. For those who want to help battling adix, they say stay tuned for the reality show on youtube. They were much more optimistic last night than what was ard over the weekend. Oh, gosh. Reporter: You had to only go up from there. I also found myself rooting for her to come back. As a little black girl growing up in the '80s, I was cheering for her then. And I'm cheering for mer now. I remember 1988. I was working in Atlanta, local TV. We were all in the news room. She had that little stumble. Then got the bronze. Just hope, she is a champion at heart. Can she still practice medicine? She can. She says she's not interested. She doesn't want to do it. Have to keep in touch. Thank you. Let's go the Amy. This week, model and body Video link : https://youtu.be/vrh8FB86U6A