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Dirk Libbey

An Olympic Skater's Minions Themed Performance Is Back On, And We Can Thank Pharrell Williams

Happy Minions sitting in a theater.

The Olympics are officially underway in Italy and on the 2026 TV schedule. This means two weeks' worth of fantastic sports that you rarely, if ever, get to watch otherwise. Competitors work tirelessly for this experience once every four years, and one figure skater who thought he had lost out on the Olympic experience he wanted has been saved, thanks to, among others, Pharrell Williams.

Tomás Guarino is a Spanish figure skater who has performed a short program in international competition this season that included music from the Despicable Me and Minions franchises, and even had him dressed in the trademark yellow and blue of the popular Minions characters. He recently announced that, despite submitting his music months ago, he was only recently informed that copyright rules were going to prevent him from using the music at the Olympics. However, in an update on Instagram, Guarino says the rights issues have been worked out. His statement reads in part…

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