Flavor Flav Is Returning to the Olympics as the Official Bobsled and Skeleton Hype Man

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Skip to main content October 28, 2025 Flavor Flav speaks during a Team USA Water Polo press conference at 2024 Olympics Mike Lawrie/Getty Images Flavor Flav is reprising his role as an Olympic hype man. He will bring his boisterous energy and unique confidence to the 2026 Winter Olympics as the official sponsor and hype man for the U.S. bobsled and skeleton team. Of course, this isn’t the Public Enemy rapper and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer’s first Olympic run. He served as the official sponsor and hype man for the U.S. women’s water-polo team at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. That summer, images of Flavor Flav wearing patriotic versions of his iconic clock necklace and decked out in Team USA gear went viral online. The news was announced on Monday morning. In an interview with The Associated Press, Flav said, “The partnership is a blessing … It’s cooler than Cool Runnings. It’s Coolest Runnings,” referring to the 1993 Disney movie based on the Jamaican bobsleigh team and their 1988 Olympic games debut. Trending Stories Raye Recovers Stolen Car With Songwriting Books Completely Intact: ‘Never Give Up Hope’ ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’ Has Divided the Film Critic Community Lily Allen Turns a Painful Marriage Into a Powerful Album Justin Bieber Attends World Series in Blue Jays Jersey, Gives Shohei Ohtani the Thumbs Down Just before the news was announced, Flavor Flav spent time with the U.S. team at the Olympic track in Park City, Utah where he took on skeleton, the headfirst sliding sport, for the first time. It seems Flav’s charisma was instantly felt by the team. U.S skeleton athlete Dan Barefoot told AP how he and the team “have all been so hyped to have him with us.” Barefoot added, “Put aside the fact that Flav is one of the greatest hype men of all time, the energy in the room … you had people who often aren’t talking to each other high-fiving and hugging because of the experience of being around him. There’s a lot of energy and a lot of confidence around us right now.” Even though the 2026 Winter Olympics will mark Flavor Flav’s second Olympic games, it still might sound left-field for the star to make an appearance in an official capacity. However, it’s something Flavor Flav has been open about pursuing. “If everything goes well, I’ll be doing this for the next five years into the next Olympics,” he told Rolling Stone in 2024, adding, “I might even do it for another five.” Elena Rose Embraces Celestial Love on Debut Album 'Bendito Verano' Con Angelitos Reba McEntire Mourns Brandon Blackstock After 'The Voice' Contestant Sings 'I'm Gonna Love You Through It' Healing Through Music Larisha Paul Chicago's Ratboys Give a Goldfish a Big Day Out in New 'Anywhere' Video Gone Fishin' Jon Blistein The Secret Behind the Success of 'KPop Demon Hunters'? It's Controversy-Free Brittany Spanos Drake Sued in Missouri Over ‘Deceptive’ Online Casino Gambling Lawsuit Nancy Dillon Go to PMC.com Most Popular Jennifer Lawrence Says She Was 'Annoying' in Old Interviews and Gets Why the Public 'Rejected' Her Personality: 'I Lose Control Over My Craft When I Have to Do Press for a Movie' ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Honors ‘Wicked’ as Jon M. Chu Guest Judges and Two Couples Earn Near-Perfect Scores: See the Scores, Who Went Home Who Got Married on Love Is Blind Season 9? Plus Where the Couples Stand Now MoMA Discovers 'Hidden' Layers Beneath Andrew Wyeth’s Famed ‘Christina’s World’ You might also like Quentin Tarantino’s Filmography Gets 10-Book Series From Insight Editions, Starting With ‘Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood’ 2 hours ago Chris Evans & Alba Baptista & More Celebrities Who Welcomed Babies in 2025 4 hours ago EXCLUSIVE: Dove Makes Its Inaugural Move Into Body Mists and Partners with the Radio City Rockettes 2 hours ago Sales Out of the 2025 Fall Festivals: Lionsgate Buys Hong Kong Martial Arts Film ‘The Furious’ 3 hours ago James Dolan Earned $38M From MSG Companies, Sphere in 2025 2 hours ago Rolling Stone is a part of Penske Media Corporation. © 2025 Rolling Stone, LLC. All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress.com VIP