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The Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony on Friday attracted 21.4 Million viewers on NBC and Peacock according to preliminary ratings.
Fresh off his appearance at the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony, Vice President JD Vance got cozy with YouTube star and influencer Jake Paul at another event with decidedly less booing. The two watched the U.S. women's national hockey team defeat Finland in a preliminary matchup in Milan.
The Olympic Winter Games in Milan kicked off with a stunning slate of performances.
The 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games kicked off to a solid ratings start with its opening ceremony reaching seeing a 34% uptick from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. The opening ceremony, which kicked off at 11 a.
Those are a lot of boos for him,’ a commentator said as the audience in Milan reacted to the U.S. vice president’s presence on Friday.
Milan's San Siro Stadium played the role of primary host. But, in the spirit of these unusually widespread Games, simultaneous celebrations were also held in the clusters of Livigno, Predazzo and Cortina d'Ampezzo, which — for the first time ever — lit a second Olympic cauldron.
“That’s surprising because people like him,” Trump said.
The first-of-its-kind Opening Ceremony — the "first widespread Olympic Games" — took place in four separate locations across Northern Italy.