- John Legend and Chrissy Teigen showed their lack of football knowledge
- Teigen confused Ipswich for Chelsea during an awkward interview live on TV
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With half of the clubs in the Premier League now owned by Americans, you would expect some form of understanding of the English game.
After all, Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have brought a large slice of Hollywood glamour to Wrexham.
However, football fans tuning into Amazon Prime Video’s coverage of Arsenal v Ipswich on Friday night were treated to one of the worst examples of cluelessness from two members of American showbiz royalty.
John Legend, the famous singer known for his hit All of Me, and his wife Chrissy Teigen were involved in an excruciating interview live on the streaming platform, with Teigen confusing Ipswich for Chelsea and claiming she was ‘rooting for the underdog’.
Teigen, who made the trip to the Emirates with Legend and her children for their ‘first Premier League game ever’, had been posting on her social media throughout the day in a Chelsea shirt — albeit covered by an Ipswich scarf.
After Arsenal’s narrow win, thanks to a Kai Havertz goal, the couple were invited on to the pitch to reflect on the match.
John Legend and Chrissy Teigen showed their lack of football knowledge on Friday night
Teigen confused Ipswich for Chelsea and claimed that she was ‘rooting for the underdog’
Teigen shared a throwback picture of herself in a football kit, adding: ‘Does this look like the face of someone who doesn’t know soccer?’
Legend was honest enough to admit: ‘I don’t know the league very well, and my friends were like, well, Arsenal is going to win by like, you know, six goals. But it was a closer match than we expected.’
But the interview took a turn for the hilarious worse when Teigen was asked why she supports Chelsea. ‘Listen, I love an underdog,’ she said. ‘I love coming in and being surprised by how much a team can do and it was so much fun for us to root for them, because everyone was on Arsenal’s side.’
Legend quickly corrected her, saying, ‘She was rooting for Ipswich today’, but Teigen persisted, adding: ‘When you said Chelsea, I was like, is Chelsea Ipswich? I don’t know.’
Legend summed up the confusion when he said: ‘You had one Chelsea scarf on today. It was very confusing. Same colours basically. We’re clueless.’
The awkward exchange drew criticism on social media, with one user posting: ‘Think @primevideosport coverage has been really good tonight, but what was the point of talking to John Legend and his family?? She didn’t even know what team she was watching.’
Teigen later defended her football knowledge on Instagram, saying: ‘You know who the biggest k***s and t***s are? The people who don’t like soccer as much as I do.’
She also shared a throwback picture of herself in a football kit, adding: ‘Does this look like the face of someone who doesn’t know soccer?’
