Tonya Harding, mother give differing accounts of abuse, drinking

Actress Allison Janney gives us her thoughts on Tonya Harding at the 2018 Golden Globes. USA TODAY Sports

(Photo: Jordan Strauss, Invision via AP)Allison Janney’s Golden Globe-winning portrayal of Tonya Harding’s mother in I Tonya included two constants: drinking and physical abuse of her star figure skater daughter.

Harding’s real-life mother, LaVona "Sandy" Golden, however, told ABC News as part of a two-hour special that she neither consistently abused Harding and the scenes that showed her drinking while Harding skated as a child were inaccurate.

“I didn’t abuse any of my children,” Golden said per part of the interview ABC News released ahead of Thursday’s show. “Spanked? Yes, (I)…