Rapper star Snoop Dogg made a surprise appearance on the final stage of the 2024 Olympic Torch Relay in Paris. The artist was seen carrying the flames through the streets of Saint-Denis, Paris on July 26, 2024, marking the beginning of the Olympics.
The 52-year-old dressed for the occasion in full sports gear and began walking surrounded by security guards while saluting and blowing kisses to the crowd.
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He continued to smile and dance while holding a long, bronze-colored torch, eventually reuniting with the rest of the final torchbearers charged with igniting the cauldron that officially opens the 33rd edition of the sports competition.
Snoop Dogg joined the 2024 Paris Olympics as a torchbearer, jogging while greeting fans ahead of the sports event
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Snoop Dogg will also be a regular host on Primetime in Paris, a companion show by NBC serving as a “special correspondent” and airing every day of the event after the competitions are over at 7:30 pm ET.
Fans can expect to see Snoop interacting with Team USA athletes, such as Simone Biles and their families, while sharing their struggles and triumphs with viewers in a lighthearted but informative manner. The rapper will also take regular tours through the country providing a first-person perspective of the atmosphere surrounding the Olympics.
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Snoop Dogg is only the latest of a long list of celebrities that have had the honor of bearing the Olympic torch and igniting the cauldron that signals the start of the event, joining a long list of stars including actors, sports icons, politicians and even Great Britain’s Royal Family.
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Have a look at other notable celebrities that have carried the Olympic torch at the event’s previous iterations
Ellen DeGeneres
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The popular talk-show host was part of the torch relay of the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics.
The event saw the full attendance of all countries with a National Olympic Committee for the first time since 1996, and marked the first occasion athletes from countries such as Chile, Taipei, Dominican Republic, Georgia, and Israel won Olympic gold
Sylvester Stallone
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The Rocky star joined DeGeneres as a torchbearer kicking off the event by running across Venice Beach, California with the symbol of the games on June 16, 2004.
“It’s the proudest moment of my life,” said the actor before starting his jog. “I just hope I can live up to what this flame represents, which is honor, dignity, and a never-say-die spirit.”
Prince William, Kate Middleton and Prince Harry
The royal trio greeted the 2012 Olympic torchbearers as they relayed the fire in front of Buckingham Palace in London on July 26 of that year.
The relay saw the torch go through a number of famous landmarks such as the Houses of Parliament, Hyde Park, and 10 Downing street, spending two days in the city to finally arrive at its cauldron, marking the start of the London games.
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