NBC Resolves Leslie Jones' Olympics Live-Tweeting Issue After Complaint

Comedian Leslie Jones has reached a resolution with NBC, after she accused the network of preventing her from live-tweeting the 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

The former Saturday Night Live star, whose candid commentary of the Olympics has been a fan favorite since the 2016 games, said in a statement shared on Twitter and Instagram on Monday that she was facing resistance with her videos being blocked.

However, NBC spokesman Greg Hughes told the Associated Press on Monday night that a number of Jones' videos had been blocked as the result of a "third-party error," and not because of the broadcasting giant.

"We have resolved the situation," Hughes said. "She is free to do her social media posts as she has done in the past. She is a super fan of the Olympics and we are super fans of her."

Earlier in the day, Ghostbusters star Jones shared a post that read: "I'm starting to feel like this should be my last olympics i live tweet. I know I know, another celebrity bitching... But i'm tired of fighting the folks who don't want me to do it. They block my videos and they get folks who think they can do it like me."

While Jones didn't specify who "they" were in the reference to the videos being blocked, NBC Universal senior executive Mike Sington tweeted on Monday that NBC, which owns the rights to the U.S. broadcast of the sporting event, had "asked her to stop live-tweeting the Olympic Games."

"I'm tired of fighting them," Jones continued in her social media post. "I love the athletes and they love me doing it. And I know y'all love it. But now it's just gotten too hard. And no one is fighting for or with me. Soooo I guess I'll leave it to the professionals. But thank you for all the love. #uptoyallnow."

Captioning the post on Twitter, the Tennessee-born star wrote: "Leslie Jones does [not] stay anywhere I'm not welcomed."

NBC agreed to a $7.75 billion deal with the International Olympic Committee for rights to broadcast the games through 2032, as per the Associated Press.

Non-NBC affiliates are prohibited from broadcasting highlights from the games until NBC has signed off for the night. There are also limits on how many minutes of the footage can be shown.

Jones first gained popularity for her comedy-filled Twitter coverage of the Olympics during the 2016 games in Rio de Janeiro. She was subsequently a guest of NBC in Rio and at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Games.

Discussing her passion for the games, Jones wrote on Twitter Sunday night: "I have watched Olympics since I could walk lol," as she discussed her passion for the games. "Me and my dad. So this is from my heart.