Ghostbusters star Leslie Jones is heading to Rio de Janeiro to help boost NBC's 2016 Olympics coverage
Ghostbusters and Saturday Night Live star Leslie Jones will join NBC's Olympics commentator line up to help cover the Rio 2016 Games.
Jones will join the NBC lineup to help host the Games
Jones revealed that she was headed to the event on Twitter, but left fans guessing as to what role she was going to play.
A spokesperson for NBC said that Jones will be adding her own "flare and excitement" to the games as a contributor after being invited to attend by the network's executive Olympics producer Jim Bell.
RIO BOUND BABY USA! USA!! pic.twitter.com/Gkaxr2UOPl
— Leslie Jones (@Lesdoggg) August 8, 2016
Jones has been excitedly tweeting about the Games all week. A source told Variety Magazine that she will be in Rio by Friday.
The comic has a large following on the social network and was defended by fans online after being targeted by racist and misogynistic trolls last month following the release of Ghostbusters.