Alexis Ohanian, Flavor Flav Pay U.S. Olympian's Rent Ahead of Paris 2024 Debut

Reddit laminitis Alexis Ohanian and rapper Flavor Flav are proud to beryllium Americans — and they're opening their wallets to beryllium it.

On Thursday, USA way and section Olympian Veronica Fraley took to X to lament that she can't salary her rent while competing successful Paris, and her schoolhouse prioritizes paying its shot players instead.

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"I compete successful nan Olympic Games TOMORROW and can't moreover salary my rent," Fraley wrote. "My schoolhouse only sent astir 75% of my rent while they salary shot players (who haven't won anything) capable to bargain caller cars and houses."

Fraley, nan 2024 NCAA Women's Discus champion, is currently earning her 2nd Master's grade astatine Vanderbilt University and is group to compete successful nan Women's Discus propulsion title successful Paris connected Friday.

Fraley later clarified that her "irritation isn't pinch nan schoolhouse itself" but pinch rules that forestall her from "making nan magnitude I'm WORTH arsenic a collegiate athlete, specified arsenic NIL which favors fame complete performance." Under nan new NIL (name, image, likeness) rule, "Schools tin place NIL opportunities and facilitate deals betwixt student-athletes and 3rd parties" for money.

Then, Flavor Flav and Ohanian decided to measurement in.

Flav responded first and offered to salary her rent while besides asking what clip she was competing truthful that he could spell retired and support her connected Friday.

Man of word,,, and Imma effort and travel by and support you successful personification tomorrow ,,, LMK what clip pic.twitter.com/9seNCQSHCZ

Ohanian past offered to divided nan costs pinch Flavor Flav and followed up pinch a screenshot of his payment, noting that he chose to nonstop her $7,760 because he "likes nan number" arsenic a motion to his Venture Capital fund, 776.

Update! It is done. pic.twitter.com/WEX18Gny60

Ohanian is joined to erstwhile Olympian, Serena Williams, who won 4 golden medals for Team USA successful tennis.

Fraley thanked Ohanian and Flavor Flav for their donations earlier revealing that she had paid her rent connected Friday morning.

THANK YOU & @FlavorFlav SO MUCH ?? this makes each quality successful nan WORLD & I dream to correspond squad USA good this week ??❤️ https://t.co/L1VzCJCjbm

This isn't nan first clip during nan 2024 Olympic Games that Flavor Flav has decided to thief retired U.S. Olympians successful need.

In May, nan rapper became nan charismatic sponsor of nan U.S. Women's Water Polo Team (and self-proclaimed hype man) aft an Instagram station from squad personnel Maggie Steffens went viral. She highlighted really galore Olympic athletes return aggregate jobs to make capable money to support their diversion dreams.

Flavor Flav commented connected Steffens' station that, arsenic a woman dada and protagonist of each women's sports, he would "sponsor nan full team" and "use each my relationships and resources to thief each y'all moreover more."

Related: Small Parisian Businesses Suffering Due to nan Olympics: Report

According to NBC, a typical for Flavor Flav confirmed that Fraley's rent had been paid successful afloat but did not disclose nan nonstop magnitude that was paid.

"After Paris, I americium aiming for nan 2025 World Championships and 2028 Olympics adjacent arsenic I statesman my master way and section career," Fraley said.