Snoop Dogg is proving he never forgets a good deed. 

One day, after the “Drop It Like It’s Hot” hitmaker faced an awkward moment when his card was declined at a restaurant in Livigno during the Winter Olympics, he responded with a surprise that no one saw coming.

The hip-hop legend had been making appearances throughout the games as an NBC correspondent and honorary Team USA coach for the Milan-Cortina Games, keeping fans entertained both on and off the snow.

Although the restaurant owners appeared to waive off the legendary rapper’s bills, he didn’t let their generosity go unnoticed. The children of the family who own Cronox, the bar Dogg visited, recounted the story to Reuters in a video later shared on Instagram.

“Snoop Dogg ordered a cheeseburger, chicken wings, chicken nuggets, and French fries at Cronox, the bar of my parents,” one of the kids, Sofia Valmdre, said in the clip. 

She continued explaining that the rapper had sent his staff to receive the food, but they were unable to pay as it “wasn’t going [through].”

Valmadre added that her mother had consented to his taking the food without paying, only for them to receive a gift from him after. “Today, he sent us five tickets to see the final,” Valamdre shared excitedly. “Grazie, Snoop!”

Before Dogg’s embarrassing card decline, Snoop had already been lighting up the Games with his trademark charisma. In one viral moment, The Blast reported, the 54-year-old rapper took to the slopes with a GoPro strapped on, attempting to glide through the snow. 

Midway down, he shouted, “Oh sh-t!” as he wobbled precariously, fighting to stay upright. When the ride finally ended, Snoop collapsed onto the snow, lying flat on his back, seemingly in relief. 

In another moment, Dogg was seen as the biggest American cheerleader. He proudly rocked a custom shirt featuring Team USA’s Korey Dropkin and Cory Thiesse, cheering alongside Dropkin’s mom as the duo improved to 4-0 at the Games.

Amid Dogg bringing the cheer to the Olympics, his family was recently hit with a tragedy as his daughter Cori Broadus’s child passed away. 

According to The Blast, Broadus announced the death of her 11-month-old Codi Dreaux, whom she shared with her fiancé Wayne Deuce, on February 1. The tragic loss comes 20 days after the infant left the neonatal intensive care unit, a milestone which Broadus celebrated. 

The little girl was born three months premature in February 2025, from the very beginning, her life was marked by extraordinary challenges, spending months in the NICU as doctors closely monitored her fragile condition.

Broadus has since expressed heartbreak about the loss in a series of emotional posts on Instagram, per The Blast. In one post, she shared an image of herself lying in bed beside Codi Dreaux, writing in the caption: “I want to join you badly.”

She followed with another photo of the two together, declaring that her daughter was meant to outlive her, not the other way around.

Beyond the Olympics, Snoop has continued to shine in the sports world. Last month, The Blast reported NBC welcomed Dogg as a guest analyst for the Los Angeles Clippers-Golden State Warriors matchup, and he delivered a brilliant commentary, switching between reporter and analyst roles. 

Joining Terry Gannon and Reggie Miller in the booth, Dogg rolled in remarkable one-liners. After Jimmy Butler snagged a steal, Snoop quipped, “Cookies and cream! They opened up a cookie shop on him!”

Jill Zarin is not facing these trying times alone, as her pals are rallying behind her.

The “Real Housewives” alum has some of her former fellow on-screen stars rising to her defense publicly after she was kicked off the “Real Housewives of New York” reboot show, before the cameras started rolling.

Jill Zarin ignited the controversy when she made a social media statement lauding her opinions about Bad Bunny’s performance at the Super Bowl Halftime show.

Zarin’s former castmate, Aviva Drescher, is addressing the comments made about her following the release of her now-deleted Instagram video about Bad Bunny’s performance.

Backlash downpoured as fans reacted, calling Zarin a racist. Drescher’s statement is in response to this claim, and she insists her former castmate is not racist even though her commentary came off that way.

Drescher addressed the media sensation’s ordeal on “Miss Understood with Rachel Uchitel” podcast, giving a little background view into her relationship with Zarin.

“I’ve known Jill since 2011, since I joined ‘Housewives’, even though we didn’t work together, we became friendly. I’ve never thought of Jill to be racist, and that was really the thing that stung. That was just the most awful about her tirade,” she stated.

The reality TV star added that she would not have done the show with Zarin if she felt any nuance of racism, as she draws a hard line on the topic.

Still addressing the matter, Drescher clarified that she was not defending the remarks her fellow Real Housewife made, but stated that she does not think they came from a place of hate. However, she did not hold back in her thoughts about Zarin’s commentary, saying:

“It came off as completely racist, but I don’t think she’s racist. I don’t think it came from a hateful place. It was completely stupid.”

In case you missed it, Zarin posted a video analyzing the rapper’s performance where she did not hold back with the criticism. Her words in turn created a firestorm online, which then led to her being kicked off the “Real Housewives” spin-off project.

In the video, she complained that there were no white people in the Puerto Rican artist’s performance, slamming it as the worst halftime show ever. “To me, it looked like a political statement because there were literally no white people in the entire thing,” she said.

Zarin also complained that she could not understand a word of Bad Bunny’s performance, although she would have loved to, since he sang in Spanish. She claimed that the choice of his native language over English was inappropriate.

She took it down from Instagram shortly after the video was posted, but some fans already reposted it on X. Since then, many fans called her out, claiming her statement was racist, and later, news spread that she was fired from E! ‘s upcoming “RHONHY” reboot show.

Brandi Glanville previously addressed her pals’ firing from the upcoming reunion show, stating that people should not be punished for their opinions. 

In her statement shared in a post on X, she credited the rapper for his performance, writing that she enjoyed it, but as much as she did, she acknowledged that some people like Zarin didn’t, and everyone is free to have a different opinion. 

The Blast shared that the former bravolebrity emphasized that “opinions aren’t wrong, they’re subjective,” explaining that firing her as punishment for having a different opinion was not sending the right message.

“I want to watch Jill on TV explain herself & hopefully learn something. Or we can just keep watching ‘yes people’ afraid to share,” she penned.

Zarin’s contract with E! for the new “RHONY” spin-off, “The Golden Life,” was cut off shortly after her controversial video went viral. Being one of the OG Housewives, she took the news of her firing to heart.

The producers announced it in a public statement, which read, “In light of recent public comments made by Jill Zarin, Blink49 Studios has decided not to move forward with her involvement in The Golden Life. We remain committed to delivering the series in line with our company standards and values,” as shared by The Blast.