{"id":114346,"date":"2024-07-27T01:02:11","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T01:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/27\/who-flavor-flav-cant-wait-to-meet-at-the-2024-paris-olympics\/"},"modified":"2024-07-27T01:02:11","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T01:02:11","slug":"who-flavor-flav-cant-wait-to-meet-at-the-2024-paris-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/27\/who-flavor-flav-cant-wait-to-meet-at-the-2024-paris-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Flavor Flav Can&#8217;t Wait to Meet at the 2024 Paris Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/people\/flavor-flav\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Flavor Flav<\/a><span>\u00a0is ready to meet <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/people\/simone-biles\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Simone Biles<\/a><span>! ET&#8217;s Nischelle Turner spoke to the 65-year-old rapper ahead of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/event\/olympics\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2024 Olympic Games<\/a><span>, and he revealed that he&#8217;s most excited to meet the gymnast while in Paris for the global event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;She&#8217;s my favorite athlete right now. She&#8217;s going for her ninth medal, man. Come on! That is phenomenal. That is slamming,&#8221; he gushed to ET. &#8220;I just want to meet her, and tell her how proud I am of her, and how much of a big fan that I am of hers.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Whether or not he meets Biles, Flav is in awe that he gets to be there in person to watch the Games unfold.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Man, I&#8217;m feeling like I&#8217;m living the greatest moment of my life right now. I&#8217;m feeling amazing right now. It&#8217;s a very wonderful experience that I&#8217;m living right now,&#8221; he said. &#8220;For the first time ever I get to be at the Olympics in person instead of just seeing it on TV.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Words right now can&#8217;t even explain how amazing it is. I&#8217;m living a dream come true right now,&#8221; Flav added. &#8220;I always dreamed about being at the Olympics one day, watching it and seeing it in person. Right now God has granted me the gift to where I&#8217;m able to be here and see it.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"shortcode shortcode-image content-in\"><figcaption class=\"content-in\"><span>Flavor Flav speaks during a Team USA Water Polo press conference on July 26 in Paris.<\/span> &#8211; <span class=\"shortcode-image__credit\">Mike Lawrie\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span>Flav is on hand for the Games to serve as the official hype man of the American women&#8217;s water polo team.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;My duties are to hype up the water polo team, mainly the women&#8217;s water polo team,&#8221; he shared. &#8220;They&#8217;ve got three gold medals right now, so we&#8217;re pushing for them to get that fourth one. My duties are to be in the crowd and be loud and when I get that medal be proud.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Back in May, the rapper, who&#8217;s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/flavor-flav-declares-himself-king-swiftie-reacts-to-meeting-sabrina-carpenter-olivia-rodrigo-215848\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a noted Swiftie<\/a><span>, made the U.S. team&#8217;s wildest dreams come true by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcolympics.com\/news\/us-womens-water-polo-team-wanted-see-taylor-swift-flavor-flav-tried-help-make-it-happen\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">helping them secure tickets<\/a><span> to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/people\/taylor-swift\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Taylor Swift<\/a><span>&#8216;s Paris stop on her Eras Tour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;I&#8217;m quite sure that the team really enjoyed that show,&#8221; Flav told ET, adding that he planned to get the official run down from the women when he meets up with them this weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Flav himself recently took in the Eras Tour in Hamburg, Germany, and even <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/king-swiftie-flavor-flav-gets-shout-out-from-taylor-swift-from-stage-in-hamburg-229577\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">earned an onstage shout out<\/a><span> from the singer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Man, I ain&#8217;t gonna lie. Every show that I go to of hers is just like seeing it for the first time. She rips it. She does her thing, man,&#8221; he praised. &#8220;&#8230; That&#8217;s what they call me King Swiftie. I ain&#8217;t mad. I&#8217;ll take the title. I&#8217;ll wear the hat well.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Watch the video below for more on Flav.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>RELATED CONTENT:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/flavor-flav-shares-who-he-cant-wait-to-meet-at-the-2024-paris-olympics-exclusive-229733\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flavor Flav\u00a0is ready to meet Simone Biles! ET&#8217;s Nischelle Turner spoke to the 65-year-old rapper ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games, and he revealed that he&#8217;s most excited to meet the gymnast while in Paris for the global event. &#8220;She&#8217;s my favorite athlete right now. She&#8217;s going for her ninth medal, man. Come on! 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