Flavor Flav Tells Jordan Chiles 'I Got Your' Bronze Medal 'Prize Money' During MTV VMAs as He Gifts Her Clock Necklace

For Flavor Flav, any time is the right time to show love to Olympians. Even when presenting at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards.

On Wednesday, Sept. 11, the 65-year-old Public Enemy rapper presented Jordan Chiles with her very own bronze clock necklace, which he created after she was stripped of her bronze medal following the gymnastics floor exercise final last month at the Paris Olympics. He also seemingly vowed to pay her "prize money," apparently referring to the sum American athletes receive for earning the medal.

While presenting the award for best collaboration, Flav brought up how "they tried to take your medal away from you," before surprising Chiles with her newest accessory. "I got you something that they can't take away from you," Flav said, bestowing the timepiece, which he's previously teased on social media, on the gymnast.

"Wow, I don't even know what to say," Chiles, 23, responded. "Thank you so much."

After proudly reminding the crowd that he's an official sponsor for U.S. women’s water polo team, the rapper said he wanted to turn their presentation into "an Olympic moment."

"And guess what else, too," Flav said. "I got your prize money, too. I got that for you. I got that for you. I got your prize money for you. I just wanted to surprise you with that. I didn't want to say nothing to you backstage."

"But Jordan, you did your thing. Congratulations. You deserve everything."

A rep for Flav confirmed to PEOPLE that he will be gifting her the would-be prize money. Per USA Today Sports, and as previously reported, the U.S. payment process is deemed "Operation Gold" by the USOPC and athletes earned $15,000 for each bronze medal in Paris.

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The clock presentation comes just weeks after Flav previously confirmed the existence of the necklace, which features bronze rhinestones throughout, for Chiles on social media. In a video shared to X (formerly Twitter) at the time, he wrote: “USA gonna Fight the Powers that be,,, in the meantime between time,,, Imma always a man of my word @ChilesJordan,” referencing his hip-hop group Public Enemy’s infamous song “Fight the Power.”

Chiles' mom, Gina Chiles, wrote in response, "Thank you. Means the world. She's not on socials right now as you can imagine. I'll share it with her."

The athlete's bronze medal was stripped after a judge for the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) agreed with a petition from Romanian gymnasts Ana Barbosu — who had initially won third — and Sabrina Maneca-Voinea that claimed Chiles had incorrectly been awarded the podium spot during the floor final on Aug. 5.

Chiles' medal will be reallocated to Barbosu, the IOC announced in a statement shared with PEOPLE on Sunday, Aug. 11.

The 2024 MTV VMAs air on Sept. 11 at 8 p.m. ET/ PT live from the UBS Arena in New York.