Flavor Flav served as a hype man and official sponsor of the U.S. water polo Olympic teams at the 2024 Games. Now, he’s looking to take his involvement to another level when the 2028 Olympics return to the USA in Los Angeles.
The Public Enemy rapper joined iHeart’s Politickin podcast hosted by California’s Gov. Gavin Newsom, former NFL star Marshawn Lynch and agent Doug Hendrickson on the Wednesday (Aug. 28) episode, where Flav revealed that he already filed the paperwork for a bid to be one of the USA’s torchbearers at the 2028 Olympic Games.
“Guess what? I got a feeling I might be one of them,” he teased. “I put my bid in already. I said, ‘If Snoop can carry the torch in Paris — come on, man — Flav can carry that bad boy in L.A.,’ and Snoop did a fantastic job, man.”
Flav gave Snoop Dogg his flowers: “He rocked. Even though they did pay him a half-a-million a day, Snoop got a nice payday out there, besides the payday, he did a good job and I know that man had a lot of fun out there. Mad big ups to you, Snoop.”
The Long Island native wants the “Gin and Juice” rapper to hook him up with one of his custom Olympic pins. “I want one of them pins too,” he added. “He got his own Olympic pin. I’m gonna try to get me one of them Olympic pins.”
Snoop Dogg and Pharrell served as official torchbearers at the 2024 Summer Olympics as they paraded the torch through the streets of Paris.
“I look at this as a prestigious honor and something I truly respect,” Snoop told the Associated Press ahead of the 2024 Summer Games. “I would have never dreamed of nothing like this.”
Flavor Flav was all over the Olympics this summer as he pledged $1,000 and a cruise for the U.S. Women’s Water Polo team, and helped cover rent costs for discus thrower Veronica Fraley. He even offered gymnast Jordan Chiles an oversized bedazzled bronze clock in place of the medal that was stripped from her over a technicality.
Listen to the podcast below. Talk of Flav’s Olympic endeavors start around the 56-minute mark.
