Rapper Snoop Dogg has been following the Winter Olympics and American competitors since the very beginning.
The rapper took advantage of his stay in Italy to take a walk, and recently returned the favor with a gesture of gratitude to a family who helped him after his credit card failed to process his payment for dinner.
Snoop (54) ordered a takeout cheeseburger, chicken wings, chicken nuggets and fries from the Cronox restaurant in Livigno, Sofia Valmadre, the daughter of the restaurant's owner, told NBC and Reuters.
When his card didn't go through, the owners of Cronox told him not to worry about paying, and in return, the hip-hop star sent them tickets to the men's snowboard halfpipe finals, NBC reports.
"He sent his staff to collect the food and pay, but they couldn't pay. I don't know why, it just wouldn't work. My mother then told him it was okay to take the food without paying. Today he sent us five tickets for the final," Valmadre said.
Snoop has been a constant presence at the Olympics this year, appearing frequently on NBC's program as a celebrity cheerleader. In December, Team USA named the star its first honorary coach.
He became close to the athletes, and was in the stands when Lindsey Vonn suffered a fall during her performance on February 8th.
Legendary Olympic snowboarder Shawn White gave him a snowboarding lesson, and the rapper compared it to surfing before joking that he didn't actually know how to surf. Snoop fell a few times, but eventually mastered the basics.
He also tried bobsleigh (which he didn't like) and curling, and even went down a hill in a plastic trash can.
"It was my first time doing something like that on ice and I was brave enough to try it. And let me tell you, I would do it again and again and again. I had fun. It was so much fun," he said on the Today show.
"I would never try bobsledding again. It's just not for me. I look good inside, but I'm not going down that track. I had a good time, though," he added.
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