Flavor Flav Presents Amber Glenn, Alysa Liu, and Madison Chock with Custom Shinola Watch Necklaces at the VIP Athletes Dinner at the Westoria Inside the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
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January Nelson
Three of the skaters who helped win Team USA gold got to keep a piece of Flavor Flav’s most famous look. At a Las Vegas dinner for the women representing the country at the 2026 Winter Games in Milano Cortina, the rapper gave them functional watch necklaces — the watch-sized headpieces he’d worn for decades, remade small enough for athletes to wear.
Amber Glenn, Alysa Liu, and ice dancer Madison Chock received theirs on Friday, July 17, 2026 at an athletes-only dinner at the Westoria inside the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. The three of them are sitting together, pink wristbands on their wrists, dinner plates in front of them from a menu curated by famous female chefs.
The night was part of Flavor Flav’s inaugural SHE Weekend, a four-day celebration honoring female athletes representing Team USA in the 2026 Paralympic and Paralympic Games. It grew out of his request to properly recognize the US women’s hockey team after their gold in Milano Cortina, then expanded to more than 100 Winter Olympians and Paralympians, with a parade down the Strip, a free concert by Public Enemies, and appearances from the Backstreet Boys and Ed Sheeran.
The games wrapped up in late February, so the five-month gap was by design. Flav floated the idea during the closing days, but turning the tweet into an actual event took time: Clark County’s signature Strip show and outdoor concert came in mid-May, MGM resorts were signed with rooms and venues, and Delta flights. July finally gave athletes who were still competing, hanging out with Stars on Ice, or bringing back a window that really worked.
Glenn, Liu, and Chock are all Olympic gold medalists who have competed and circled together for years. Liu, a 20-year-old native of Oakland, won America’s first Olympic skating gold in 24 years this season.
The necklaces fit the pattern of Flav, who has a history of handing out pieces — including a custom watch for hockey star Hilary Knight before the weekend and a bronze one for gymnast Jordan Chiles.
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