Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles had a heartbreaking end to her time in Paris this summer. The IOC stripped Chiles of her floor routine bronze medal over a scoring issue following a series of controversial decisions by the judges and gymnastics governing bodies.
Chiles took to the stage at the MTV Video Music Awards on Wednesday alongside Flavor Flav, and the Public Enemy rapper had a surprise for the athlete. Flav was extremely involved in the Summer Olympics, sponsoring the women’s and men’s water polo teams and attending several other events.
After the ruling came down that would take Chiles’ medal, Flav told the gymnast that he would give her one of his iconic bejeweled clocks. He came through, presenting Chiles with a bronze bedazzled medal replacement and telling her that he’d also cover the prize money ($15,000).
It was a wonderful moment.
Flavor Flav gives Jordan Chiles a bronze clock medal while presenting at the #VMAs pic.twitter.com/hG6edc3XxX
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) September 12, 2024