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Snoop Dogg creates his own Paris Summer Olympics TV reporter title: 'Just call me the OG'
View Date:2024-12-23 23:03:52
PASADENA, Calif. ― If you're struggling to find a title for Snoop Dogg, who was named last month as a special correspondent for NBC's coverage of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, the rapper and entertainer has a suggestion.
"Just call me The OG," Snoop Dogg 52, told reporters at the Television Critics Association Press Tour Wednesday. He wore a USA Olympic Team sweat outfit with "Snoop Dogg" and NBC's peacock logo on the back.
During the Tokyo Olympics in 2020, Snoop Dogg and comedian Kevin Hart won internet fame with hilarious commentary on events such as equestrian dressage. But in the Paris games, beginning July 26, Snoop Dogg will be on the ground providing regular updates to NBC host Mike Tirico and viewers.
"It's going to be me in the field, at events, moving through the city, doing the things that Snoop Dogg does," he said. "I plan on shaking it up, bringing my own flavor. It's the Olympics. We only get it every four years. I'm going to make the most of it."
NBC Olympics executive producer Molly Solomon predicted an entertaining ride. "I'm either going to get promoted, or fired," she said.
"You're going to get promoted, boss lady!" Snoop Dogg assured.
He did get emotional talking about his own experiences watching the Olympics and recalled screaming for joy with family and friends when Edwin Moses won the 400-meter hurdles in the 1984 Los Angeles games.
"That's what the Olympics does; it makes you feel like you were a part of the win," Snoop Dogg said. "It was like we knew this man who was an athlete."
Snoop Dogg says he won't come into the job unprepared.
"I don't never come in cold; I always come in hot," he said. "Don't worry about the research. I know everything about everybody. It's going to be fun."
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