I don't think ESPN soccer commentator Alexi Lalas is very in tune with satire and may not be the brightest crayon in the box overall.
He made his third guest appearance on The Colbert Report last night, to defend the sport of soccer in the face of recent news that hundreds of games all over the world may have been fixed. Colbert preceded the interview by poking fun at the sport, its over-dramatic actors, I mean, players, and its seemingly constant adrenaline-pumping 1-0 matches.
The interview went fairly well for approximately the first two minutes. However, in the final minute is where Lalas seemed to get irritated.
He said, "I pity you (Colbert), because you don't understand the beautiful game of soccer..."
He also had this to say - "It takes a superior intellect to understand the beauty of the game..."
Then shortly after the show, I'm assuming the soccer commentator heard from someone that he shouldn't have taken Colbert too seriously, because Lalas then tweeted, "Wait, Stephen Colbert is just a character?"
Ah, yes... ...as you were saying about superior intellect?
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/424002/february-20-2013/sport-report---international-soccer-corruption---alexi-lalas
https://twitter.com/AlexiLalas
He made his third guest appearance on The Colbert Report last night, to defend the sport of soccer in the face of recent news that hundreds of games all over the world may have been fixed. Colbert preceded the interview by poking fun at the sport, its over-dramatic actors, I mean, players, and its seemingly constant adrenaline-pumping 1-0 matches.
The interview went fairly well for approximately the first two minutes. However, in the final minute is where Lalas seemed to get irritated.
He said, "I pity you (Colbert), because you don't understand the beautiful game of soccer..."
He also had this to say - "It takes a superior intellect to understand the beauty of the game..."
Then shortly after the show, I'm assuming the soccer commentator heard from someone that he shouldn't have taken Colbert too seriously, because Lalas then tweeted, "Wait, Stephen Colbert is just a character?"
Ah, yes... ...as you were saying about superior intellect?
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/424002/february-20-2013/sport-report---international-soccer-corruption---alexi-lalas
https://twitter.com/AlexiLalas
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