During the Opening Ceremony for the Paris Olympics, Simone Biles’ mother recalled a time where rapper Snoop Dogg blew them off in New York City.
Nellie Biles was being interviewed by The Today Show’s Hoda Kotb as well as the ‘Gin and Juice’ rapper as the broadcast of the opening ceremony took place.
It was at that time where Nellie remembered when she and Simone were made to wait on the hip hop star.
‘I will never forget that we met you in Times Square. 2010. And you said—’cause we asked for a picture—two minutes. One, two, and you were gone [laughs],’ Nellie joked.
Snoop laughed off the remark as Kotb swiftly changed the subject.
Nellie Biles (L) recalled a time where the rapper Snoop Dogg blew her and Simone off in NYC
Simone took to the mat for the first time at the Paris games and dominated qualifying
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Biles made her Olympic return three years after pulling out of multiple finals at the Tokyo Games to protect her safety, which prompted an international discussion about mental health, by powering through discomfort she felt in her calf to lead the US women’s gymnastics team into the finals .
Biles, Suni Lee and Jordan Chiles went 1-2-3 in the all-around during early qualifying, though Chiles will miss the all-around final due to rules that limit countries to entering two athletes per competition.
There’s a chance Chiles will make the floor exercise final should she finish in the top eight. Lee is practically a lock for the beam and bars finals, with 2020 floor exercise champion Jade Carey in good position to join Biles in the vault final.
But all eyes were on Biles, who briefly scared an entire nation when she left the after her floor exercise and received medical attention. She had tweaked her calf in warm-up, but US coach Cecile Landi said it was a minor injury.
She performed in front of a star-studded crowd that included Tom Cruise, Jessica Chastain, Anna Wintour and Lady Gaga, who wrote on social media of Biles: ‘She nailed it, what an honor to be so close!’