Flavor Flav on why he's honoring female Olympians and Paralympians

Flavor Flav, the authoritative hype antheral and sponsor of the U.S. bobsled and skeleton teams, is honoring each of Team USA's pistillate Olympians and Paralympians who won a medal astatine the 2026 Games.

The founding subordinate of Public Enemy is known for his support of women athletes.

In an interrogation with "CBS Mornings" connected Wednesday, helium explained his tendency to big "Flavor Flav's She Got Game Weekend" successful Las Vegas this July – citing the U.S. women's hockey squad who won gold astatine the Games.

"They worked hard to triumph that golden medal," helium said. "When they fought for that invitation to the White House I was like, 'yo girls, don't adjacent interest astir it. I got your back. … Let maine propulsion you guys a party. Let's celebrate, you cognize what I'm saying, and fto maine springiness you guys what y'all deserve.'"

Last period President Trump invited the men's U.S. hockey team, who besides won gold, to his State of the Union code and added during his congratulatory telephone that helium would person to invite the women's team oregon hazard being impeached – sparking backlash.

Bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor, who amazed Flavor Flav by joining him connected "CBS Mornings" Wednesday, said "it's been huge" to person his enactment arsenic they propulsion women's sports to the forefront.

"Even the reception we've gotten since the Winter Games has been chill and to person Flavor Flav championing america and person this play coming up successful July and whatnot, we're truly excited. It's truly chill present to spot women's athletes astatine the forefront and starring the charge, particularly astatine a Winter Games," Meyers Taylor said.

The 2 recalled the infinitesimal conscionable weeks anterior erstwhile Meyers Taylor won her sixth Winter Olympic medal wide and first-ever gold.

"When she got that golden medal, I was the archetypal 1 to interaction it. Yeah, boy," Flavor Flav said. "As soon arsenic she won gold, I hopped implicit the enactment to spell springiness her and her kids a hug." 

Meyers Taylor said it "was truthful overmuch fun" and "special" to person 2 sons besides determination for her win, adding they are the crushed she inactive bobsleds.

"I don't cognize however you got connected the decorativeness dock," she told Flavor Flav. "I don't cognize however the kids got connected the decorativeness dock. Usually it's a beauteous controlled area, but someway they were capable to marque it into a large enactment astatine the decorativeness and I deliberation it truly showed however excited we were."

The astir decorated Black Olympian successful Winter Games history, Meyers Taylor said the infinitesimal hasn't sunk successful rather yet.

"The full trip, everything has conscionable been a whirlwind," she said.

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