Why Flavor Flav is Sponsoring Olympic Teams (And How One Tweet Started a Movement)
Welcome to the PartyShow Notes
Flavor Flav is in the house! The legendary Public Enemy co-founder and self-proclaimed “world’s greatest hype man” joins Abby Wambach and Julie Foudy to share how being a girl dad inspired his passionate support of women’s sports and why he’s calling on more celebrities and brands to step up.
Flav takes us inside his sponsorship of Team USA women’s water polo and bobsled and skeleton, reveals the Olympic sport he hopes to compete in himself and previews SHE Weekend, his massive Las Vegas celebration bringing together nearly 200 Olympic, Paralympic, professional and collegiate women athletes.
Plus, Olympic water polo legend Maggie Steffens and Elana Meyers Taylor surprise Flav to thank him for the genuine love, investment and energy he continues to bring to women athletes everywhere. Yeah, boy!
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