Gus Kenworthy on legacy and retirement - "My dream role would be in a comedy. I think I'm funny. I would love to be in a Judd Apatow movie"

Gus Kenworthy is living proof that the Olympics are about much more than the medals.

As an openly gay athlete he has inspired people worldwide to be open about who they are, and leaves a huge legacy of progress in the sport of freestyle skiing too.

"Being an Olympian has honestly changed my life in more ways than I could have ever imagined," Kenworthy tells Olympics.com after officially retiring following the Beijing 2022 freeski final.

"They say, once an Olympian, always an Olympian... and that has opened more doors than I could have dreamed of as a kid.

"I've gotten to do so many incredible things and experienced so many things, just because of the fact that I am an Olympian and have an Olympic medal... and not just because of that, but it's obviously an accomplishment."

Some of the "incredible things" include hitting the headlines for adopting two stray dogs at Sochi, a Winter Olympic silver medal for Team USA, THAT famous kiss at PyeongChang 2018, representing his mother's homeland Great Britain at Beijing 2022, a budding career as an actor and TV presenter, and becoming an all-round pop-culture icon.

He's appeared in cult TV series 'American Horror Story', says he wants to go on acting, and already has a dream role in mind:

"I think my dream role would be in a comedy. I think I'm funny. I love Judd Apatow movies. I would love to be in a Judd Apatow movie."

"It's helped me transcend this sport," he continues on how the Olympics changed his life, "because free skiing is kind of a niche sport. And I feel like I've had success and I'm so, so grateful to the sport.

"Because of the Olympics, I've been able to move into this other world and do other things I would have never dreamed of, like hosting the Summer Games for