The comedian is heading to the Olympics—sort of.
to this look at the 2021 Australian Open with a bright asymmetric catsuit of her own. “I was inspired by Flo-Jo, who was a wonderful track athlete, amazing athlete, when I was growing up,” she said in an interview withJoyner’s status as a fashion icon wasn’t just cemented with her own outfit choices—she also briefly worked as a designer, creating the NBA jerseys for the Indiana Pacers in 1989.
After teasing an Olympic comeback in the mid ‘90s, she passed away in her sleep as a result of an epileptic seizure in 1998., Haddish has already started training to portray the fastest woman in the world, and is working with the late Olympian’s husband and former coach Al Joyner to accurately represent the sports legend. “My goal with this film is making sure that younger generations know my ‘she-ro’ Flo-Jo, the fastest woman in the world to this day, existed,” she said.
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