Lionel Messi Says Two Words In English, Entire Soccer World Collectively Loses Its Mind

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Lionel Messi has spoken English in public for the first time ever, which has led the soccer world as a whole to lose its mind and proclaim that the soccer superstar is the greatest athlete to ever grace the planet.

Just as everyone could have predicted, Messi's English debut came in the new ‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ movie trailer with Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. Arguably the most famous athlete in the world breaking out his English while appearing on the big screen for a sequel of a movie that originally came out nearly 30 years ago is about as random as it gets, but here we are.

With ‘Bad Boys’ taking place in Miami and Messi now playing for Inter Miami, the crossover makes sense, sort of.

So, what did Messi say in English?

"Bad boys." That's it, that's all he said, but based on the internet's reaction, you would have thought he put in the performance of a lifetime and The Academy had already sent him a gold statue.

Wow, what can't Messi do? They don't teach that type of genuine, heartfelt acting anywhere, he's just that talented.

The reaction to Messi's English debut on X, formerly Twitter, did not disappoint.

We even have Goal dot com, a huge publication in the soccer-sphere, posting full-blown stories about how "Lionel Messi hilariously shut out by Will Smith & Martin Lawrence as Inter Miami superstar shows off comedic chops."

Comedic chops! The man said two words in English, the title of a movie, and we're calling this man funny.

This is the perfect representation of just how ridiculously famous Lionel Messi truly is. He pops up in a movie trailer for four seconds, says two words, and shuts down the soccer world for a few minutes in the process.

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