Awkward!
An NBC Interviewer was asking people outside of Buckingham Palace what they thought about the opening ceremony.
One of those people was former heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield.
The interviewer apparently didn’t recognize Holyfield and referred only to him as a “tourist.”
The network even employs Holyfield as a pundit sometimes, but he still wasn’t recognized.
The interviewer must not have been a boxing fan.
Holyfield, being a great sport, tweeted:
Hey, hey, There’s no way the
@todayshow could’ve known who I was yesterday. I was in disguise. It was all fun!!— Evander Holyfield (@holyfield) July 30, 2012
Look, the
@todayshow did a good job. It was hard to recognize me with the baseball cap. This could happen to any reporter. LOL!!— Evander Holyfield (@holyfield) July 30, 2012
Ha!
He was a really good sport about it!
It must’ve been a little embarrassing so we’re glad he handled it so well!
Way to be a good sport, Evander!
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