Flavor Flav, is known for his oversized clocks and his role in Public Enemy. He is in the news at the moment after he gave gymnast Jordan Chiles a custom bronze clock chain necklace following a controversial disallowance of her bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics because her coach submitted an appeal late.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled that Chiles appeal regarding Her floor exercise score was submitted outside the allowed one-minute timeframe. Even after USA Gymnastics presented new proof that Chiles’s appeal was, in fact, timelier than initially thought, CAS stood by its decision to strip her of the medal.
One loud fan, Flavor Flav, responded on his social media that he was working on a one-of-a-kind bronze clock necklace for Chiles so she wouldn’t leave empty-handed. The Timekeeping Favorite, in collaboration with Rock’n Stones, features bronze rhinestones and is set at 12:00.
Flavor Flav shows off the bronze clock necklace he had made for USA Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles after she was stripped of a bronze medal at the Olympics. pic.twitter.com/JhklKck8Q1
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Chiles has since been absent on social media, although her family took great appreciation for Flav’s support. Her mother, Gina Chiles, thanked Flav publicly, saying the gesture meant a lot to their family. She wrote
“Thank you. Means the world. She’s not on socials right now as you can imagine. I’ll share it with her.”
