Excitement grows in Paris with 100 days to the Olympics

With just 100 days to go until the 2024 Olympics begin in Paris, preparations are full speed ahead in the city of light. NBC's Keir Simmons shares a preview.
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[@unclestan]

Olympic medals in a Louis Vuitton case is so French.

[@etomichelverny]

Glory to my France, my Paul Allen and my Michel Verny & my Overoveroverovergod

[@loulouxsx2823]

Et pendant ce temps là on vire les sdf de Paris....

[@mmdday]

how snobby do u have to be to complain about a napkin not being ironed

[@chtitmimine334]

Trust me as a French waiter Americans are much nicer and friendly than any other nationality. At least you try to understand our culture of service even if it’s far from yours. Thanks for your empathy and please keep leaving tips ! 😊

[@etomichelverny]

Glory to my France, my Paul Allen and my Michel Verny & my Overoveroverovergod

[@jaimepapin4803]

currently planning an escape plan for the whole duration of the olympics because there is no way I am staying in Paris during this

[@adrianpaulochoa9825]

Most hellish month in Parisian history

[@ReniCosta-oo3tr]

Keir? You have the best accent and voice also. I hope to see you in Paris to covering "Les Jeux Olympiques". Au revoir Keir. Till july 26 thruh septembre 8th. I love this interview.❤❤🇺🇸🇫🇷💙❤🎯❤💙🇫🇷🎯🛫

[@etomichelverny]

Glory to my France, my Paul Allen and my Michel Verny & my Overoveroverovergod

[@valeriemuscat]

So very true!

[@etomichelverny]

Glory to my France, my Paul Allen and my Michel Verny & my Overoveroverovergod

[@rob-time]

I really hope nothing goes wrong because it has the potential to be really beautiful.

[@account-kc1gz]

Im so scared

[@mayurireddy8196]

Sportive

[@frontrowviews]

From all the sports being played at the Olympics, they chose to play beach volleyball underneath the Eiffel Tower?

[@wdevil1280]

I think that's great, if it doesn't rain

[@azurman3]

Why not?

[@sarahogawa5408]

Glad to see Kir out of Russia. Enjoy your time!🎉

[@Hiuerkc]

Hollywood propaganda?

[@elenitasouli8737]

The real question is, if all the countries which are making wars will be there Or there will be an exception for some of them? Cause even in ancient Greece, during the games the wars were stopped and continued after the end of the games.

[@stjepangorera941]

And what if was a raining or too hot...🍃🌱☘🍀🌿🍂🌼🍁🌺🦋🐋🦕🇭🇷🇪🇺🍇🍌🍓🥦🌽🌲🌍❤

[@solidsnake5317]

Wow I didn’t know skateboarding was in it.

[@etomichelverny]

Glory to my France, my Paul Allen and my Michel Verny & my Overoveroverovergod

[@solidsnake5317]

@@etomichelverny y’all are lucky Tony hawk , Bucky, Bam and ect are too old to be on team USA lol

[@etomichelverny]

@@solidsnake5317 But I am talking about my Bob Marley, my Liliane Bettencourt, my Steve Jobs, my Paul Allen and my Michel Verny & my Overoveroverovergod

[@solidsnake5317]

@@etomichelverny Bob Marley was awesome. Had a great message for the people of the world. I was talking what our skateboard team would be lol

[@etomichelverny]

@@solidsnake5317 I love my Bob Marley and my Michel Verny & my Overoveroverovergod

[@Penismallbutcocaine]

Hey hey hi runs

[@BillyTVGaming]

Trust me we are not excited at all with that, to be honnest we are more scared then ever...

[@donlushthecreator7443]

No media hysteria his highlighted when it in a "desevred city" to host any world game .... Bet if it was in Brazil,South Africa or some where deemed not so deserving the the is would be blown 🆙 x2

[@leej-wp9ft]

As someone who lives in Paris and has experienced the 40+ degree heatwaves in late July and August this event is going to be a disaster. The city is not built for mass crowds and the police are trained to be aggressive.

[@sekimoki3024]

100 - a century, or days... whatever. 😏

[@NotBoringFilms]

did they solve that bed bug problem?

[@antoinel6286]

It turned out it was amplified by Russian propaganda... It's been months we haven't heard about it and it looks like it's not a bigger problem than in any other city

[@TheSomsom3]

I frequently goes to Paris (I am from Montreal, Québec). I was there at the peak of the media coverage about the so-called bed bug crisis. There was no crisis. Just slow news days. I was in Paris last October, when everybody was talking about bed bugs. Didn't see any in my hotel room, didn't see any in the the cinemas, didn't see any in the métro. This whole thing was blown out of proportion. In fact, the biggest problem in Paris remains worker strikes. There's always a strike or a protest somewhere in the city. But that never prevented me from enjoying my stays over the years. And another thing: Parisians aren't rude. If you're nice, pleasant, courteous, they will be nice, pleasant and courteous with you. Do not expect them to act like Americans do in America. They are Parisians and they are at home. Learn a few words in French, and you may surprised how nice Parisians can be with you! And besides, there are no other cities like Paris. The Haussmann-style buildings, the Opéra Garnier, the Seine at sunset, the joie de vivre à la française. Do not let imaginary bugs discourage you. Paris is a wonderful city.

[@AuxaneST]

​@@TheSomsom3Thank you. ❤

[@zobeats7681]

its proven to be a russian fake news propaganda

[@Marceaulefourbe]

@@TheSomsom3 I almost had tears reading your message, full of love and reason. It's very elegant to defend a people who are not your own. Because it's true, everyone is welcome in Paris, but people often get the wrong idea... And it's a shame. I'm glad you like the city and, having been to Montreal several times, what a beautiful city you live in too!

[@shivammanjani1232]

No excitement in France, just tension/stress around. The common citizen has paid the price for this olympics - increased prices /rents everywhere & much more

[@funkmachine9094]

no one in paris is "excited" about this i can assure you

[@aaronthebest5519]

The ticket sales would say otherwise 😄

[@perrinerichard3488]

I am very excited and many friends and family too and living in Paris centre

[@ian8090]

Replace excited people with desperate ones and you’ve got the scene actually…

[@Tuscarora21]

You know they are going to have major problems

[@satryonugroho5296]

Pencopet di paris apa kabarnya?😜

[@monstercitie13]

มิจฉาชีพบอกเทศกาลบุพเฟ่😂

[@CelinTonny]

Even Bedbugs are excited about it too

[@frank-ko6de]

Whoever's idea it was to to host the Olympics in that foul infested city. Just shows you how incredibly corrupt the IOC is. That's an overrated city with no resources, just deluded impotence. My word.

[@G-ut2bm]

@@frank-ko6de if you did your research you would know that the reason the are hosting is because they where only on of two cities bidding for the games

[@frank-ko6de]

@@G-ut2bm Yeah, Los Angeles and Paris, while they gave Los Angeles the 2028 date. Merely saying Paris has no business hosting a modern Olympics. The city is too small and they lack the resources to sustain it, unlike Tokyo or Los Angeles. That's all I'm saying.

[@G-ut2bm]

@@frank-ko6de then another city should have made a bid. it's not the ioc's corruption that got them here. and i would bet you that the olympics would be just as good or even better than the previous ones

[@frank-ko6de]

@@G-ut2bm I beg to differ, Europeans are not known for holding great Olympics, you lack the money and are not as organized. But, we'll see.

[@toastedfoolery7137]

dang Americans wanting there server to serve them smh

[@toastedfoolery7137]

ooo and we get and ism thrown in and Americans rude for some reason. typical news segment. mmmmm the slop

[@CytisenK79]

Excitment grows ? NO. Please interview the French

[@maggotman2024]

Beach volleyball and skate boarding!😩😡

[@nilsauzou8941]

What ? These sports are very cool

[@JamesDean-cy6pm]

‘historic places across the whole city’ ‘unprecedented’ - London literally did that 12 years ago lol

[@AuxaneST]

Hmmm. No. Most of it was in stadia. It was awesome but it did not have a river-side Olympic ceremony or that many events litterally by the landmarks.

[@GO-mu4id]

It will be a feast for Paris’ bedbugs!

[@picardiebelleregion9508]

D'autres villes du monde ont les cafards, certaines autres les tiques, ailleurs ce sont les maringouins ou les sangsues ... il faut de tout pour faire un monde !

[@Frankbug]

you win the gold medal for the stupidest comment

[@zobeats7681]

Bed bug news was invented by russia is been debunked

[@ghostmantagshome-er6pb]

Will the Palestinian Rock Chucking Team be there?

[@elenitasouli8737]

The question is if all the countries which are making wars will be there? Or there will be an exception for some of them?

[@clementduvernoy4232]

in France most of us are fed up with games and find that it's money wasted for nothing

[@aur.c]

Pessimistic people like you is what ruin the fun for I think the majority of people in France who want to enjoy sport games

[@Frankbug]

Yeah right... most of us... like you know what most of you are thinking.

[@jeanlallemand8286]

​@@Frankbug More than half of French people (53%) do not have confidence in the organization of the OGs. (Source : La Depeche), and most Parisians want to leave their city during the events (more than 50% according to the latest Ipsos report). Now, this has to be balanced : 66% were in favour of the Olympics, if they managed the organisation and the budget (that was supposed to cost nothing to tax payers). So only the future will tell us if it is worth it, but the budget prevision hints are already in the red (2 billions of deficit).The more it costs, the more people expect positive outcomes...

[@zobeats7681]

@@Frankbug of course we know what the majority of Public Opinion is thinking

[@nicolasnicolas3218]

Tu veux sûrement parler des gens comme toi qui sont la France triste, la France de la défaite. Ouin ouin

[@AlanNobleNE]

What's up with his voice/accent. It sounds like one of those awful dramatic American accents. I had to watch with it on mute.

[@Vifnis]

thanks i dont care

[@ahmadrunningwild85]

Yet you still comment

[@duguenathanael819]

I live in Paris. It's absolutly wrong. Here we have NO PASSION from Parisian... many Parisians will start in holiday during the olympic games

[@ambessashield9360]

Why is there no excitement?

[@duguenathanael819]

@@ambessashield9360 the Olympic games cost a lot of money. An exemple in my job friday morning we are 12 in the office. No one are interested. The raison it's cost a lot of money for no thing. It's just an exemple. Many pepole here don't care the Olympic games

[@perrinerichard3488]

@@duguenathanael819 and many people also care about it. At my job it's reverse. Most have tickets, and I checked last week there were 25 - 50€ tickets available. I got mine for 70€. My parents will cross France to come to Paris 2024 ! Of course, for workers it will make comute harder but August in Paris is usally very calm and most are on holidays. A lot of places offer homeoffice so the non remote workers will have less people here.

[@NatiDeNut]

French are anything BUT polite to strangers, especially to english speakers.

[@jonathanratel3150]

Not true! Only with polite English speakers 😂

[@VovaDeGrece-nt8km]

No room for racism 🇫🇷🇫🇷

[@picardiebelleregion9508]

Il faut dire que certains anglophones croient que la France (et toute l'Europe) sont également anglophones ! Ils devraient savoir qu'il existe sur le "Vieux continent" d'autres langues couramment parlées que l'anglais ...

[@Digital111]

@@picardiebelleregion9508 But English is the lingua franca of the world. Spanish is my first language but if I want to travel the world it would be unrealistic for me to have to learn a third language. Just like I would not expect a French person to learn Spanish to visit my town. (My town used to get a few cruise ships every summer and all the tourists would speak English to us) It's just a matter of convenience. But I get what you mean, a few of them will be rude about it but from my experience with tourist it's only a small minority.

[@picardiebelleregion9508]

@@Digital111 C'est bien là où se situe tout le problème : c'est commode ! J'ai deux jeunes qui sont trilingues, l'une français/anglais/italien et l'autre français/anglais/espagnol et allemand. Elles nous énumèrent souvent les services que rendent auprès des gens fréquentés la connaissance d'une autre langue que l'anglais, ça ouvre énormément d'opportunités que n'ont pas ceux qui pratiquent uniquement l'anglais.

[@Lamin_G]

Keir being all jumpy and giggly about the Eiffel Tower suggests this is his first time seeing it. And the athletes may have a "scrap of the Eiffel Tower," a glamorized symbol of oppression, in their medals. Fun fact: *reparations to slave owners* reportedly went into financing the Eiffel Tower, among others. If you find yourself with twelve toes or web feet, take a good guess why. [Hint: water pollution] Or, if you scratch yourself uncontrollably when heading home, ask yourself why. [Hint: bed bugs] 🙂

[@punapeter]

you grow extra toes? What are you smokin? Crack?

[@MrMattVerdier]

Eiffel tower was built in 1887, what are you talking about ?

[@Lamin_G]

@@MrMattVerdier Haiti started paying "reparations" to France *by 1826* for losses incurred by slaveowners due to the revolution and in exchange for recognizing Haiti's independence. *In 1875,* Haiti reportedly took a loan from France, for which French investors and bankers requested a *40 percent* cut in debt payments. Ironically, such loans mostly paid Haiti's ever-increasing debt to France. At any rate, the payments toward the 1875 loan benefited the *Crédit Industriel et Commercial Bank* the most. This bank allegedly helped finance the construction of the Eiffel Tower: _Headquartered in Paris, controlled by French businessmen and aristocrats, the bank _*_took over_*_ Haiti's treasury operations, _*_charged a commission any time_*_ the Haitian government so much as deposited money or paid a bill, and delivered the profits to its shareholders in France. In 1894, a banner year, its _*_French investors earned more than_*_ the Haitian government's agricultural budget for the _*_entire_*_ country._ - Courtesy of New York Times, 2022. That's just the tip of the iceberg; France extracted money from its other colonies over the years.

[@punapeter]

Germany would have been better, they treat English speakers better as it's their 2nd language. The French are tre rude. I know I lived in the So, of France one summer. It was close to Monaco so there were Europeans who spoke 4-5 languages so I got on well. Love the Italians, very hospitable and welcoming.

[@G-ut2bm]

did any german city place a bid?

[@p4olo537]

​@@G-ut2bmHamburg was bidding but locals voted against

[@p4olo537]

All French kids learn English in 2nd language I don't know what you mean, yeah Germans and other "nordic" Europeans can more easily learn English since their language is more close, French being a Latin language it's more difficult. Also don't forget one thing French are not good at learning a 2nd language but they're definitely much better than all the English speakers 😂 One other thing what you find rude may not be that rude fir others persons.

[@punapeter]

@@p4olo537 that's a bunch of BS, I lived there. And WHEN did French kid START learning English as a 2nd language? THIS century? Kids in Monaco can speak 5 languages. It's the adults who are rude.

[@picardiebelleregion9508]

Il y a des français grossiers mais il y en a qui sont cultivés, on ne parle que des premiers en général. Je réponds à cela qu'il y a également des américains (très) grossiers qui se croient partout en pays conquis ... et des américains tout à fait courtois et distingués 👌

[@austellturner-truro4321]

Sorry! London was still the best!