Flavor Flav Extends Vegas Invite to U.S. Women’s Hockey Team After White House Snub

American rapper Flavor Flav has extended an invitation to the U.S. Women’s hockey team to celebrate their Olympic gold medal with him in Las Vegas, following their decision to decline President Donald Trump’s invitation to the State of the Union address.

Presidential Invitation and Team’s Response

The invitation from President Trump came after both the U.S. Men’s and women’s hockey teams secured gold medals at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, defeating Canada in both championship games. During a locker room call with the men’s team, President Trump invited them to the White House, adding, I must tell you, we’re going to have to bring the women’s team, you do understand that, to laughter from the male athletes. He then joked that he would likely be impeached if he didn’t.

The U.S. Women’s team declined the president’s invitation, citing previously scheduled academic and professional commitments. A USA Hockey spokesperson confirmed this to The Associated Press.

Flavor Flav’s Offer

Flavor Flav quickly responded to the situation, offering the team a celebratory experience in Las Vegas. He shared an email invitation on X (formerly Twitter), stating his willingness to organize flights, accommodation, dinners, and shows for the team. If the USA Women’s Hockey Team wants a real celebration and invite… I’ll host them in Las Vegas, Flav wrote on his official Instagram channel. Do some nice dinners and shows and fine times. I’m sure I can get a hotel and airline to help me out here and celebrate these women for real for real.

Formal invitation sent to the women’s hockey team,,; but if anyone knows someone with them,,, have them reach out to my great at the email in my bio.

Let’s do this,!!! pic.twitter.com/WIMbdGSEym

— FLAVOR FLAV (@FlavorFlav)

A History of Olympic Support

This isn’t the first time Flavor Flav has shown support for Olympic athletes. He has increasingly become an enthusiastic proponent of the Olympics in recent years, acting as an official hype man for the bobsled and skeleton teams at the 2026 Winter Olympics. He also sponsored the U.S. Water polo team in 2024 and has been involved in supporting athletes financially, including covering travel expenses for families and creating personalized gifts.

Team Logistics and Reactions

Logistics played a role in the women’s team’s decision to decline the White House invitation, as many were not scheduled to arrive back in North America until Monday evening. The men’s team flew by charter to Miami earlier that day.

Matthew Tkachuk of the U.S. Men’s team described their win as a whirlwind and expressed honor at hearing from President Trump.

As of February 25, 2026, the women’s team has not publicly responded to Flavor Flav’s invitation.

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