Mary Lou Retton slams those who questioned her lack of insurance, $459,000 fundraiser

Mary Lou Retton opened up — just a bit — about the controversy that erupted over her claim that she couldn’t “afford” health insurance — a situation that prompted her daughters to launch an online fundraising campaign that netted more than $459,000 and was supposed to cover the costs of her monthlong hospital stay last year for a rare and potentially deadly form of pneumonia.

During Retton’s interview Wednesday in her Texas home with a sympathetic correspondent from Entertainment Tonight...