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Olympics superfan Snoop Dogg sports full equestrian kit to watch dressage

Olympics superfan and special correspondent Snoop Dogg sported full equestrian kit – hat included – as he watched the dressage in Paris on Saturday.

The 52-year-old was driven to the stands at the Palace of Versailles, Paris, on a golf cart while dressed in breeches, a dressage tailcoat and hard hat.

His ensemble also included sunglasses and an ‘S’ emblem on his jacket.

Snoop was joined by unlikely friend Martha Stewart, who he has previously hosted a TV show with, and the American chef was sporting a near matching outfit.

03 August 2024, France, Versailles: Olympics, Paris 2024, equestrian sport, dressage, team, final, US rapper Snoop Dogg rides a golf cart.  Pic: PA
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Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart wore near matching outfits. Pic: PA

Snoop Dogg watching the Dressage Team Grand Prix Special at the Chateau de Versailles on the eighth day of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in France. Picture date: Saturday August 3, 2024. Mike Egerton/PA Wire
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The rapper shared his excitement for the equestrian event during an appearance on NBC.

“I am interested in the horses that dance,” he said. “And I want to give them some carrots and apples… make sure they’re fed before they do their thang.”

Snoop and Stewart witnessed an exciting morning at the dressage team grand prix special, which saw British rider Becky Moody clock up a leading first-round score aboard her horse Jagerbomb.

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Snoop Dogg during the dressage team Grand Prix final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, in Versailles, France. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
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Carl Hester, Charlotte Fry and Becky Moody celebrate getting bronze medals in equestrian (team dressage)
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Snoop and Stewart saw Team GB win bronze. Pic: PA

The rider and her teammates, Carl Hester and Charlotte Fry, ultimately finished in third place, behind Germany and Denmark.

Snoop’s jam-packed Paris schedule has so far seen him cheer on Team USA gymnast Simone Biles, while wearing a T-shirt with her face on, and attend beach volleyball and judo events.


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He also carried the Olympics Torch on the final day of its journey through the streets of the French capital.

He later said of that moment: “Something I’m gonna be able to live with and be happy with [is] to know that I was the face and the voice of peace for that one moment in time.”

Olympic torchbearer Snoop Dogg during the Torch Relay.
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Did he ‘drop it like it’s hot’?

This is the second Olympics running that Snoop has found himself in the spotlight.

Back in 2021, his dressage commentary went viral after he described one of the animals involved as a “crip-walking horse”.

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