--- description: As the start of the Winter Olympics approaches, there is no one more excited for the event than Twitter enthusiast Leslie Jones. title: No One Is As Excited for the Winter Olympics As Leslie Jones image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte233101b656a8cd8/6988fa03fb4eac2ef28957f4/leslie-jones-2018-winter-olympics.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Leslie Jones Is the 2018 Winter Olympics Correspondent We Deserve  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 30, 2018 10:13 PM CUT  NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 30: Leslie Jones attends the American Museum Of Natural History's 2017 Museum Gala at American Museum of Natural History on November 30, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images) NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 30: Leslie Jones attends the American Museum Of Natural History's 2017 Museum Gala at American Museum of Natural History on November 30, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)Jamie McCarthy—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 30, 2018 10:13 PM CUT With the [2018 Winter Olympics](http://time.com/4932670/2018-winter-olympics-when-where/ "undefined") start date fast approaching, there’s no doubt that fans are getting hyped for this extravaganza of [cold weather sporting events](http://time.com/5123599/weather-in-pyeongchang-winter-olympics-2018/ "undefined") in [PyeongChang, South Korea](http://time.com/5106422/north-south-korea-olympics-controversy/ "undefined") — none more excited, however, than comedian and Twitter enthusiast [Leslie Jones](http://time.com/collection-post/4736219/leslie-jones/ "undefined"). Jones, whose [avid live-tweeting](http://time.com/4442303/leslie-jones-olympics-tweets/ "undefined") and online cheerleading of Team USA during the 2016 Summer Olympics earned her a gig as an NBC contributor at those games, it looks like the _Saturday Night Live_ funny woman will be joining NBC for a second round. In a statement, NBC president of Olympics production and programming, Jim Bell said that Leslie was a perfect fit for providing coverage of the Winter Games for the network. “Experiencing the Olympics through the lens of Leslie is unlike anything else,” Bell said. “Her passion for Team USA is contagious, and her adventures in South Korea should be fascinating.” The comedian appears to be just as enthused about the Winter Olympics as she was about the Summer Games, going so far as to post a video on Twitter of her working out on an elliptical machine in full American flag regalia, along with the caption that read “SLAY ALL DAY!” and tagged the Olympics account. > [](https://twitter.com/Lesdoggg/status/958213669887905792) During the last Olympic games, Jones was a major presence, often offering humorous commentary on the competition, earnest encouragement to the athletes, and providing plenty of selfies along the way; with that in mind and this video as a good indicator of what’s to come, there’s a good chance that Jones may prove to be a true champ of the Olympics yet again. So while there are no doubt plenty of surprises in store when it comes to who will take home top prizes at the 2018 Winter Games, one thing is for certain: Leslie Jones is the Olympics correspondent who we should all be following. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5125672/leslie-jones-winter-olympics-2018/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5125672/leslie-jones-winter-olympics-2018/"},"headline":"Leslie Jones Is the 2018 Winter Olympics Correspondent We Deserve","datePublished":"2018-01-30T22:13:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:50:13.675Z","description":"\"SLAY ALL DAY\"","url":"https://time.com/5125672/leslie-jones-winter-olympics-2018/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Winter Olympics","2018 Pyeongchang Olympics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte233101b656a8cd8/6988fa03fb4eac2ef28957f4/leslie-jones-2018-winter-olympics.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte233101b656a8cd8/6988fa03fb4eac2ef28957f4/leslie-jones-2018-winter-olympics.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"American Museum Of Natural History's 2017 Museum Gala","caption":"American Museum Of Natural History's 2017 Museum Gala","creditText":"Jamie McCarthy—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5125672/leslie-jones-winter-olympics-2018/","name":"Leslie Jones Is the 2018 Winter Olympics Correspondent We Deserve"}}]}] ```