Tonya Harding was nasty to Nancy Kerrigan when the two were just teenagers practicing on the ice, her former childhood friend exclusively revealed to RadarOnline.com.<br /><br />Jenna Halase, of Portland, Oregon claims she was Harding's "best friend" during their high school days up to just a few months before Kerrigan's infamous 1994 attack, when Harding's ex husband Jeff Gillooly hired men to injure Kerrigan's knee days before the Olympic trials.<br /><br />Halase told Radar she went to Harding's practices "quite a bit" when they were teens. During these practices, Halase claims to have met Kerrigan once, but never hung out with her due to Kerrigan and Harding's competitiveness.<br /><br />"It was more of a 'I have to tolerate you because you're on the ice with me' friendship," Halase said of Harding and Kerrigan. "It was very cold yet cordial. But Tonya hated Nancy."<br /><br /><br /><br />The former friend alleged that Harding did not hide her competitive nature. The former figure skater went out of her way to taunt Kerrigan on the ice, Halase said.<br /><br />"She would walk up to girls, including Nancy and say, 'I'm prettier than you. What can you do? You can't even land a triple,'" Halase alleged to Radar.<br /><br />Halase said Harding and Kerrigan often were scheduled to practice at the same time, which really irked Harding.<br /><br />"If Nancy would cross her path by accident, Tonya would literally ice hockey stop, turn around with the dirtiest look and scream, 'What is wrong with you? I'm such a better skater than you! Sit down, get off the ice! This is my time on the ice!"<br /><br /><br /><br />Kerrigan wasn't the only one who was at the receiving end of Harding's anger. Harding also schemed to sabotage Kristi Yamaguchi, Radar reported.<br /><br />Harding created a lot of buzz in the last year after the movie I, Tonya was released in December 2017. In the ABC News special Truth and Lies: The Tonya Harding Story, the disgraced Olympic figure skater confessed to knowing about her ex-husband Jeff Gillooly's devious plan to hurt Kerrigan.<br /><br />Halase told Radar that Harding has many fooled - and stressed that she wants the truth about her old friend to come out.<br /><br />"Tonya's trying to make it seem like her and Nancy were friends," said Halase. "I want people to know this is the real Tonya. Stop showing her empathy."<br /><br /><br /><br />A rep for Harding did not respond to Radar's calls for comment.<br /><br />What do you think of Harding's alleged nasty behavior? Sound off in the comments!<br /><br />We pay for juicy info! Do you have a story for RadarOnline.com? Email us at tips@radaronline.com, or call us at (866) ON-RADAR (667-2327) any time, day or night.
