Current:Home > NewsSimone Biles, pop singer SZA appear in 2024 Paris Olympics spot for NBC -Infinite Edge Learning
Simone Biles, pop singer SZA appear in 2024 Paris Olympics spot for NBC
View
Date:2025-04-17 05:54:58
For anybody wondering about the social media posts involving pop singer SZA and Simone Biles, the answer came Monday morning.
To continue its promotion of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, NBC released another celebrity-athlete crossover involving one of Team USA's biggest stars. In this two-minute spot, SZA traveled to Biles' training headquarters in Spring, Texas, for a conversation – and some gymnastics fun.
SZA, real name Solána Imani Rowe, has previously said her music has been inspired by gymnastics – a sport she participated in for 13 years.
"This is my dream to talk to you," SZA said in the clip.
Biles and SZA discussed the latter's former time as a gymnast. Biles then challenged the GRAMMY-award winner to a handstand contest, which SZA appears to have won, although Biles' effort wasn't necessarily as formidable as what she put forward during the U.S. gymnastics trials over the weekend. Biles secured her spot on the 2024 squad by winning the women's all-around at U.S. Olympic trials over the weekend in Minneapolis.
Already the most decorated American gymnast in Olympic history, Biles is going to her third Games and is trying to become the first woman to win two all-around gold medals since the 1960s.
A different celebrity-athlete spot, featuring track and field star Sha'Carri Richardson and singer Cardi B ("When Sha'Carri Met Cardi"), aired during the network's Kentucky Derby coverage on May 5.
NBC has leaned into the celebrity angle to promote and cover the Olympics. For example, Snoop Dogg will be a correspondent for the network in Paris.
Additionally, Peyton Manning and Kelly Clarkson are joining the opening ceremony broadcast as co-hosts with Mike Tirico.
veryGood! (9589)
Related
- Will the 'Yellowstone' finale be the last episode? What we know about Season 6, spinoffs
- 8 years after the National Enquirer’s deal with Donald Trump, the iconic tabloid is limping badly
- Julie Andrews on finding her voice again, as a children's book author
- Tiffany Haddish opens up about sobriety, celibacy five months after arrest on suspicion of DUI
- Apple iOS 18.2: What to know about top features, including Genmoji, AI updates
- When does 'Bridgerton' Season 3 return? Premiere date, cast, trailer for Netflix romance
- U.S. labor secretary says UAW win at Tennessee Volkswagen plant shows southern workers back unions
- Army reservist who warned about Maine killer before shootings to testify before investigators
- Current, future North Carolina governor’s challenge of power
- 'Call Her Daddy' host Alex Cooper marries Matt Kaplan in destination wedding
Ranking
- Behind on your annual reading goal? Books under 200 pages to read before 2024 ends
- The Masked Singer Marks Actress' Triumphant Return After Near-Death Experience
- 'Outrageously escalatory' behavior of cops left Chicago motorist dead, family says in lawsuit
- 8 years after the National Enquirer’s deal with Donald Trump, the iconic tabloid is limping badly
- Sonya Massey's father decries possible release of former deputy charged with her death
- 2024 NFL Draft rumors: Jayden Daniels' 'dream world' team, New York eyeing trade for QB
- When does 'Bridgerton' Season 3 return? Premiere date, cast, trailer for Netflix romance
- I’m a Shopping Editor and I Always Repurchase This $10 Mascara with 43,100+ 5-Star Ratings
Recommendation
The Super Bowl could end in a 'three
'Call Her Daddy' host Alex Cooper marries Matt Kaplan in destination wedding
US applications for jobless claims fall to lowest level in 9 weeks
Utah hockey fans welcome the former Arizona Coyotes to their new home
Appeals court scraps Nasdaq boardroom diversity rules in latest DEI setback
Ryan Seacrest's Ex Aubrey Paige Responds to Haters After Their Breakup
Ryan Reynolds, Rob McElhenney talk triumph, joy and loss in 'Welcome to Wrexham' Season 3
Arkansas panel bans electronic signatures on voter registration forms