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Taste Flav stored his phrase to Jordan Chiles about changing her stripped bronze medal! The rapper and Olympic gymnast stepped out to the Video Music Awards (VMAs) on Wednesday, Sept. 11. Throughout a second on stage alongside host Megan Thee Stallion, Flav gifted the 23-year-old with a big bronze clock chain.
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Taste Flav Helps Jordan Chiles At The VMAs
Taste Flav and Chiles first linked on the VMA black carpet on the UBS Enviornment in Elmont, New York. Jordan wore a silver Off-White mini costume with black, purple, and white striped trimmings on the excessive neck and round her thighs. She paired the look with matching elbow-length gloves, knee-high tights, and a slicked hair bun. In the meantime, Taste Flav wore a pink jacket and pants set with a black tee. He wore a large pink pendant, a sq. diamond necklace round his neck, and a black and pink baseball cap.
Megan Thee Stallion opened the present after 8 p.m. ET carrying a Staff-USA-inspired leotard. She gave a shout-out to her hotties and “haties” earlier than passing the mic to her stage visitors, Jordan Chiles and Taste Flav.
One factor I do know is the #VMAs simply acquired quite a bit HOTTER with @theestallion #MeganTheeVMAsHost pic.twitter.com/luLoAc3DYF
— Video Music Awards (@vmas) September 12, 2024
Flav took a second to observe by means of on the promise he made almost a month in the past to reward Jordan a bronze clock necklace. “One thing NO ONE else has,” Flav wrote in his X (previously Twitter) message, encouraging the aggressive athlete to “hit” him up! Whereas on stage, he repeated that message.
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Taste Flav provides Jordan Chiles a bronze clock medal whereas presenting on the #VMAs pic.twitter.com/hG6edc3XxX
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) September 12, 2024
He additionally reportedly promised to get Chiles the prize cash she would’ve gotten together with her now-stripped Olympic bronze win, per NBC Information.
After Flav and Chiles had their second, they offered Taylor Swift and Submit Malone with their ‘Track of the Summer season’ win for his or her ‘Fortnight’ observe. All 4 embraced on stage earlier than Swift and Malone took the mic to talk on their W.
Recap Of What Occurred To Chiles’ Bronze Medal
In August, Jordan Chiles revealed that “one of the crucial difficult moments” of her profession was the Worldwide Olympic Committee’s choice to strip her of her bronze medal. Their choice got here after a Court docket of Arbitration dominated to reverse a rating change that had bumped Chiles from fifth place to 3rd place.
The ruling happened 5 days after Jordan Chiles emotionally celebrated her win together with her teammates in Paris. USA Gymnastics fought on behalf of Chiles, even submitting video proof that the Court docket of Arbitration selected to not think about. Finally, her bronze medal was offered as a substitute to Romanian gymnast Ana Barbosu, whereas one other Romanian gymnast, Sabrina Maneca-Voinea, positioned fourth.
Hours earlier than the VMAs started, Jordan Chiles spoke at a Forbes occasion in regards to the expertise of the stripping. She admitted that she’s nonetheless in search of “justice” and “peace” over the state of affairs and defined what was the “largest factor” taken from her. “The most important factor that was taken from me was…the popularity of who I used to be, not simply my sport, however the individual I’m.”
“The most important factor that was taken from me was the popularity of who I used to be, not simply my sport, however the individual I’m.”
Olympic Gymnast @ChilesJordan spoke with @MoiraForbes about being stripped of her bronze medal on the 2024 #PowerWomensSummit. https://t.co/trq44G0BKt pic.twitter.com/QKbkpM8Ek8
— Forbes (@Forbes) September 11, 2024
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