Adam Rippon bashes Lance Armstrong over transgender inclusion in women's sports opinion: 'You're a cheater'

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Retired Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon shared his opinion on the trans athlete debate and ripped former pro cyclist Lance Armstrong in the process.

Both Rippon and Armstrong appeared on the inaugural season of the FOX television series "Stars on Mars," a competition show the featured celebrities vying to see who could endure the simulated living conditions of a Mars space colony.

During the show, Armstrong, a member of the "habitat" as it was called, brought up his opinion that trans athletes deserve their own division that's entirely separate from men’s and women’s divisions in sports.

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Adam Rippon, foreground, and Lance Armstrong are shown during an episode of "Stars on Mars." (FOX via Getty Images / File)

Rippon said the conversation wasn’t one for the show, which only showed a snippet of it.

"The way that it’s on the show, that is what happened, but it was 10 times longer," Rippon told Cinema Blend. "This was an hour-long event that like happened while we were filming. And so, it honestly made me really uncomfortable. … It just wasn’t the setting to have that sort of conversation."

"And also, I don’t really think Lance Armstrong is somebody who should be really concerned about the fairness of competition. We’re trying to navigate that conversation without trying to [address] this big elephant in the room and be like, ‘You’re a cheater. Like, what are you concerned about?’"

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Rippon was referring to Armstrong’s infamous doping scandal that led to his seven Tour de France