The Daily Populous Friday August 2nd, 2024 evening edition
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Alexis Ohanian and Flavor Flav step in after Olympian says she cannot afford her rent just a day before competing in the Paris 2024 Olympics

Olympian Veronica Fraley learned that closed mouths don't get fed after a message on X about being unable to pay her rent a day before she is set to compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics caught the attention of Alexis Ohanian and Flavor Flav.

Both celebrities reacted to a message Veronica sent out on Thursday, August 1, saying that she only had a portion of the payment, while other athletes at her university get much more financial support from the school. "I compete in the Olympic Games TOMORROW and can’t even pay my rent," she wrote with the side eye emoji. "My school only sent about 75% of my rent while they pay football players (who haven’t won anything) enough to buy new cars and houses."

The tweet quickly grabbed Flav's attention and he responded back to her offering to cover her rent. "I gotchu...DM me and I’ll send payment TODAY so you don’t have to worry bout it TOMORROW...and imma be rooting for ya tomorrow LETZ GO!!!" he wrote.

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Flave then shared a screenshot of what looks like Veronica's CashApp, writing: "Man of word...and Imma try and come by and support you in person tomorrow. LMK what time." He didn't share the amount he sent the athlete.

Another fan praised Flav, who is also financially supporting the US Women’s Water Polo team, for quickly jumping into action and he said: "Man of my word!!! This is what I been saying and promoting with water polo...I can’t fix everything on my own...but right now I am."

I gotchu,,, DM me and I’ll send payment TODAY so you don’t have to worry bout it TOMORROW,,, and imma be rooting for ya tomorrow LETZ GO,!!! — FLAVOR FLAV (@FlavorFlav) August 1, 2024

Alexis then joined the conversation after a fan tagged him asking if he could help. "C'mon now! I'll split it with Flavor Flav," he wrote.

"Got you! DM me your $cashtag," he tweeted to Veronica, then shared another tweet, writing: "Update. It's done!" along with a screenshot of a payment to Veronica in the amount of $7,760.

"Her rent was $15,500?!?!" one fan wrote in shock, to which Alexis replied: "Nah I just paid 7,760 because I like the number (my firm is @sevensevensix."

Flav also reacted to the update, writing, "HERO...absolute hero!!!" to the Reddit founder.

Veronica is Team USA's discus thrower and she will set out to bring home a medal for Team USA on Friday, August 2. While she shared that she was short on her rent which is partially subsidized by Vanderbilt University, where she competes. She said that although the university covers football players' full rent payments, her issue was not with the school. Instead, she was complaining about the school’s NIL boosters prioritizing football.

"Thanks for the supporting messages but I want to clarify my irritation isn’t with the school itself, mainly the rules that bar me from making the amount I’m WORTH as a collegiate athlete such as NIL which favors popularity over performance," she wrote. "That’s all I’m sayin. Wish me luck tm!"

The discus throw is one of the four throwing events in track and field at the Olympics. The women's discus throw at the 2024 Summer Olympics is scheduled to be held in Paris on Friday, August 2, and Monday, August 5.

ivanthenoshow on August 2nd, 2024 at 14:38 UTC »

Love how much of a gem of a human flavor flav is. Feel like when he started getting his “comeback” on vh1 he was easy target to criticize. MF out there doing better for folks than most of society

burnman123 on August 2nd, 2024 at 12:43 UTC »

Flavor flav feasting on good karma this Olympic season.

mslinds on August 2nd, 2024 at 08:53 UTC »

I love this so much. I hope more celebrities and people of wealth see this and support more athletes.