( CNN ) -- Bode Miller may have ended up in tears , but he 's not upset with the reporter who pushed him to that point . `` I was really surprised . I mean , I felt like it was me , not her , '' he told CNN about NBC reporter Christin Cooper . After Miller won a bronze in the men 's super-G alpine skiing race Sunday , Cooper asked him about his emotions and stuck with the questions after Miller teared up talking about his brother , Chelone , a snowboarder with his own Olympic aspirations who died last year at 29 . Miller -- who ended up unable to speak , doubled over and crying -- says he does n't blame her for asking the questions . `` She asked questions that I feel like with her knowledge of my brother and the situation , I felt like were pretty normal questions , '' Miller said . `` I 've known Christin for a long time , and I think she 's really comfortable with me , and I felt terrible that she was getting just massacred in the press and in social media . '' Miller 's brother was in a motorcycle accident in 2006 . He suffered several seizures after that but still dreamed of competing in the Olympics . `` That was part of the reason why I was staying with it , and coming back to continue to race , so we would be here together and , you know , hopefully win together , '' Miller said . Winning was an incredible way to honor his brother , he said , which made Sunday great and painful . `` In the end , people will sort of see that it was more me just dealing with all these emotions and the build-up of several years of very tough personal life stuff , '' Miller said . Jansrud triumphs in super-G as Miller gets historic bronze . CNN 's Steve Almasy and Dana Ford contributed to this report .
`` I felt like it was me , not her , '' Miller says about NBC reporter Christin Cooper . Cooper asked Miller about his emotions ; he ended up unable to speak and crying . The incident happened on the set of a new episode of ''