The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics begins tonight at 7:30 p.m. on the Seine. In the meantime, athletes and personalities take turns carrying the flame to the Pont d'Austerlitz, the scene of the start of this long-awaited ceremony. And this Friday, it was a very special guest who took over: American rapper Snoop Dogg, known among other things for his haunting flow and his flagship tracks like Who am I, The Next Episode (with Dr. Dre) or even Bitch Please. But the 52-year-old American rapper is also known for his immoderate taste for marijuana. Although he has since announced that he is quitting the “splif”, Internet users could not help but make the connection between the Olympic flame and the famous joints that the man who temporarily renamed himself “Snoop Lion” used to smoke.consumed during his life.
#1
Snoop Dog with the Olympic flame is clearly entertainment ud83eudd23pic.twitter.com/WTLYViVfMq
July 26, 2024
#2
オリンピックの聖火ランナーを務めることなったSnoop Dog pic.twitter.com/lsItVfGwXX
July 24, 2024
#3
Snoop Dog in St Denis.. great atmosphere (in the absence of a big crowd) pic.twitter.com/vyCcIm57Ol
July 26, 2024
#4
He doesn't drive Snoop ud83eudd14ud83dude01 https://t.co /3BXfNoNdM3
July 26, 2024
#5
POV When you roll a big spliff…#SnoopDog #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/LCNnoJw2dO
July 26, 2024
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Snoop Dog should have lit a cigar with the Olympic flame! That would have been a legendary photograph! ud83eudd23 A crazy PR stunt!
July 26, 2024
#7
Oh no Snoop Dog smoked the Olympic flame #Olympics2024 #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/p3nncUZssa
July 26, 2024
#8
ud83dude02 and agrave; this pace it comes after the closing ceremony of the Olympics ud83dude02ud83dude02
July 26, 2024
# 9
Let's give a medal to the guy who released the sound on this vintage speaker ud83eudd29ud83dude0dud83dudd25ud83dudd25ud83dudd25ud83dudd25
July 26, 2024
#10
pic.twitter.com/X2ITRXIBBa
July 26, 2024
#11
It's Olympic laziness
July 26, 2024
#12
Fixed. https://t.co/Pp9jkm73DY
July 26, 2024
#13
No need for the torch
He could have done it simply by raising his hand with a joint pic.twitter.com/yoJE1kSMOVJuly 26, 2024
#14
He's going to smoke it ud83dude02ud83dude02
July 26, 2024
#15
Snoop dog who will light his best joint with the Olympic flame pic.twitter.com/BhPcmGjucF
July 24, 2024
And while waiting to find the launch of these Paris Olympics, you can take a look at this article which explains how Assassin's Creed inspired this sequence of the opening ceremony.