The ’90s rapper took to X (formerly Twitter) on Monday to give fans a look at the one-of-a-kind custom necklace designed by Rock’n Stones , featuring hundreds of bronze rhinestones and bronze-colored clock hands set to 12:00 o’clock.
Flav, who iconically wears different bedazzled clock necklaces at all times, hung the unique gift from a white rope and flaunted it in front of an American flag.
Flavor Flav, pictured above at the 2024 Paris Olympics in July, gave US gymnast Jordan Chiles a bedazzled bronze clock necklace after she was stripped of her medal in a score reversal. AFP via Getty Images The rapper shared the unique jewelry piece, seen above, designed by Rock’n Stones on X Monday. FlavorFlav/Twitter
“USA gonna Fight the Powers that be,” he wrote, referencing his 1990 hit with the hip-hop group Public Enemy.
“In the meantime between time,,, (sic) Imma always a man of my word @ChilesJordan.”
The “Can’t Truss It” rapper, 65, quickly had the bronze clock made less than 24 hours after he offered to make the 23-year-old athlete the necklace “that’s something NO ONE else has.”
Flav created the clock less than 24 hours after he offered to make it for Chiles, seen above with the bronze medal at the Olympics on Aug. 5. Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports On Aug. 5, Chiles secured third place for the gymnastics women’s floor exercise. Getty Images
Chiles hasn’t spoken out about the thoughtful gift after she announced on Saturday that she would be “removing [herself] from social media for [her] mental health” as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) revealed the gymnast lost her medal in a score reversal.
The decision came after Romanian gymnast Ana Bărbosu thought she secured the bronze medal after receiving a score of 13.700 at the gymnastics floor exercise final on Aug. 5.
While Chiles’ score originally came in at 13.666, her coaches challenged the judges, who ultimately agreed to bump her score by 0.1 points, moving her to third place behind silver medalist Simone Biles.
At the time, she took third over Romanian gymnast Ana Bărbosu after judges agreed to boost her score by 0.1 points. Getty Images However, the Romanian team made an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), arguing the judges changed Chiles’ score seconds after the minute deadline. REUTERS
At the event, Chiles accepted the bronze medal alongside Biles and Brazilian gold medalist Rebeca Andrade on the podium.
However, Chiles’ medal was taken away from her on Sunday as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced the bronze award would be given to Bărbosu after the Romanian team made an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and won.
Bărbosu’s team argued Chiles’ score change was made seconds after the one-minute deadline.
The Romanian team won the appeal and the court agreed to give Bărbosu, pictured above at the 2024 Olympics on Aug. 5, the bronze medal. Getty Images As a result, Chiles decided to take a break from social media for her mental health. Getty Images
The US Olympic and Paralympic Committee announced they planned on filing an appeal, as they released a statement expressing their disappointment.
“We firmly believe that Jordan rightfully earned the bronze medal and there were critical errors in both the initial scoring by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) and the subsequent CAS appeal process that need to be addressed,” the committee wrote.
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