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After Veronica Fraley's viral social media post on Thursday, the United States Olympian revealed that she paid her rent on Friday in the wake of multiple donations, including one from rapper Flavor Flav.
Veronica™u2693ufe0f @vmfraleyAlso paid my rent this morning ud83dude2dud83dude4fud83dudc95
The U.S. discus thrower, who is also a student at Vanderbilt, explained in a Thursday post on X that she was unable to pay the entirety of her rent.
Veronica™u2693ufe0f @vmfraleyI compete in the Olympic Games TOMORROW and can't even pay my rent ud83dude12 my school only sent about 75% of my rent while they pay football players (who haven't won anything ud83dude02) enough to buy new cars and houses ud83dudc4eud83cudffeud83dudc4eud83cudffeud83dudc4eud83cudffe
Fraley received support from Flavor Flav, who responded to the post and offered to send her the payment immediately so that she wouldn't have to worry about rent during her Olympic debut on Friday.