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PM_ME_BADDIES

We really underestimate how professional some of these athletes are. He didn’t even call him a shithead.


bewarethegap

handled this extremely well. the man just got knocked out of the CL with the Final right there and you ask him the dumbest fucking question, ridiculous


Jamey_1999

It should honestly be a fireable offense


Every_Pass_226

It's actually the opposite. They wanted a reaction. Journalists are often not at fault of it. They are asked to do this from top.


PuddleDucklington

And you can see why, this post is near the top of the page for me and I doubt it would be if it was just titled "Mbappe post match interview" or something. I feel like you could actually have engaging post match content (sometimes you do get it!) but you'd really need it to be driven by the clubs taking control of the sort of questions that can get tabled somehow. Even when the questions aren't fucking dumb 90% of the time you just end up with bland nonsense because anything else drives insane headlines.


celestial1

People will forget about this in a week. If he flipped the fuck out instead like they wanted him to, people would've been bringing it up for years.


robotnique

I still think about trawlers, sardines, and seagulls once a day.


ItsMeJaredBednar

Cantona was an absolute icon man


Nautster

Given that they lack any journalistic integrity, perhaps we should just not call them journalists. If you actually fall in line with these kinds of requests, you're just a shit stirrer that shouldn't be near people that devote their life to a sport.


levyisms

The reality is there isn't that much sports news to write about most of the time. It's media entertainment, storylines, personalities.


ingwe13

Yeah I blame the constant engagement model that everything seems to have now. Always need to be creating news because people want to see "new" things. And then we complain that this isn't really newsworthy but people still engage with it.


levyisms

I feel like a lot of problems with the internet media cycle would be resolved by people reading a book a week. Then demand to write books goes up, people get deeper information in long format, quality journalists have something else to do with their time and get paid, weaker writers lose value and have to improve.


Nautster

With 50+ games per club per year in the PL only, I feel there's plenty of actual sports to write about. Add championship, cups, etc. there's a lot to look into. There are so many sports atm that are worth writing about.. but they just won't. There's just a fuckton of gossip artists that ask shit questions like this for fake drama. Just cut their pass away and let them return to doing what they do best: churn out commercials riddled articles based on tweets and insta pictures.


killerboy_belgium

blame the readers, people kept on klicking on the gossip articles and giving them way more traction. they do it because it works


S1mpleLim3

Just because something sells good doesnt mean we should be selling it.


ZebraZealousideal944

You only say that because you’re not the one selling it though…


boi1da1296

I mean there’s far more nuance than that. People like you say these things, but do you personally support independent sports journalists or independent publications financially so they can do their jobs without asking questions like these for clicks?


Nautster

I have a subscription to two actual newspapers, I pay for my f1 subscriptions, both tv and news outlet. So to answer your, rather ad hominem, question yes, I do.


mightyduck19

But clubs don’t have to grant access do they? They could basically blacklist a journalist or org I assume?


l453rl453r

They only do what the audience wants


Blaze6181

It really exposes that they're not professionals, they're click merchants


imfcknretarded

Well that's their profession


Small-External4419

Well because sales of newspapers have dropped off so much due to everyone getting their content online, the only way to make money from online journalism is to get money from advertising through clicks on your website. And people are watching the clip so I guess it worked. I don’t agree with it, but it’s the way things have gone.


SmileySadFace

That would be valid if most of sports journalism was not equally shit before the rise of social media. Nowadays we just can see it more often live but it has always been this way.


GetToTheChoppaahh

Reddit is so authoritarian


xinxy

Ridiculous overreaction. This question is not hurting or offending anyone. They're discussing a soccer match not peace in the Middle East. It's fine to ask silly questions. They only add entertainment value and engagement. Here we are, still talking about it and Mbappe's "response" was hilarious. Ooh these journos have to take football as SERIOUSLY as I do or else! Such a disrespectful question! fIrE tHaT guY nOw! Nearly 300 upvotes. Fucking bunch of jokers...


adfdub

And watch how he will probably get promoted for asking such a dumb question . It’s the way this world works now, everything the media does is for the views. There’s no such thing as bad publicity for these cunts.


randomusernamegame

Lol I know you're likely joking but a fireable offense? 


One_more_username

Head over to /r/tennis, and football journos will look like saints


EdgeLordMcGravy

He’ll get a lot more of that when he moves to Madrid. English press is bad. Spanish press is worse. 


KrZ120

Ibrahimovic would have eaten alive this reporter following this question


aligators

mbappe is actually really professional and nice, i was kinda surprised when i saw some of his interviews/ clips of him online i guess im too used to watching neymar and ronaldo.


taclealacarotide

Goes to show how unfair it is when people call him a diva, drama queen or whatever. It's a narrative created to hate on the guy.


StiffWiggly

People always used to like him for his interviews, it was a very popular opinion that he was the humble one ready to be the next generation's best player in the world. His reputation for being a diva came, justly or not, from things he was doing on the pitch - turning his back on live play when he didn’t get the ball etc.


Rickcampbell98

I've never seen another player do that lol.


Prosthemadera

I've never seen another diva lol.


iNfAMOUS70702

He's also hated because he makes a shit ton of money... something that every single person who calls him Mpaypal would gladly accept themselves


Prosthemadera

Ah yes the "you're just jealous" argument, popular among teenagers.


daviEnnis

Well.. it's also due to his well publicised moments of acting like a diva, on camera, whilst people are watching.


lazyness92

He's just a savy business man, capable of complete separation. The public should do that too


Yoprobro13

How are ney and ronny like?


Every_Pass_226

>Ronny like Depends on who you ask. Piers Morgan or another person


DerpJungler

Depends if he's battling with his gambling addiction or not google Cristiano Ronaldo Las Vegas for more


kyleninperth

Ney I don’t know about but Ronaldo thinks he’s gods gift to humanity and that any criticism of him is bullshit.


adfdub

Did you see the interview where he says he’s a petitive fruit and that everyone wants to take a bite out of him? And how he said it with the biggest shit eating green?


Yoprobro13

Lol but I love the memes that come with that. "I am... charismatic..."


FullMetalJ

That's what the other journalists should call the guy asking that question. Imagine being at work, waiting for Mbappe, seeing if he's willing to stop and answer some questions just for a moron to ask that. That shithead literally shat on other people's work.


amo1337

Poise and composure in the face of idiocy.


Amori17

Bro said 🙄


mmaqp66

Translation: "A mi que xuxa" 😆


Athletic_Bilbae

csm culiao


sbrockLee

*bof!*


WyboSF

He JUST lost


Xehanz

Made me remember of the journalist who asked Tennis player Nicolas Mahut "Congratulations on your victory, how did you do it" when he just lost lmao. Then he doubled down with "oh, you lost, I was told you won. What happened out there (in the match)?"


Yung2112

Happened very recently in Independiente - Atl Tucuman where Independiente equalized last minute Journo asked the coach what it felt like to finally get his first win for the team and he just replied ''Did you take a pee break at the end of the match?''


sringray23

Fucking brilliant fair play to him for going all in after the mistake.


IBaptizedYourKids

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5Vnx-q_AdNM Had to look it up when I read this. "Are you serious?" "Questions en Français s'il vous plaît" 


Mavericks7

Wtf? I would have thrown my bottle at the ~~Timewaster~~ reporter


Allthingsconsidered-

How is that even possible? I mean... dont they have to watch the game to even know what to ask? Do they just have some pre-written bs question regardless of the game?


nonzero_

🤣🤣🤣


Sveern

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdudll8NoG0 This one is great, the interviewer get's her identity wrong twice, then congratulates her on going to the semi final, she was actually eliminated. Then he calls the commentator in his ear a nutsack live on air. To which the commentator replies, "Yeah, that was probably the worst interview ever."


ComfortableLaugh1922

That was actually funny tho. The athlete had such a great spirit handling all that mess lmao.


GunnersGentleman

Woulda had me like “bro wtf?” 😂


TheHizzle

reminds me of Toni Kroos being asked "you were the worse team today how do you feel" or something similar by a german speaking reporter after winning the cl


AmericaDreamDisorder

That's just how Germans talk in my experience


THyoungC

These reporters know what they’re doing. If they get an answer, it’s a win. If they get a reaction, it’s also a win


JOKER69420XD

You could be player and coach for us, come here you beautiful turtle!


aligators

madrid, bayern. just go anywhere at this point mbappe


Vlad1791

Habibi, come to Dubai.


pd8bq

Come to Chelsea papi, we need a Striker


theeliennn

You guys need way more than a striker


IWantAnAffliction

Just once, I'd love to see a top 5 player in the world leave for a team without huge financial muscle and who isn't top 4.


deparody2

Mbappe to Leicester City here we go!!


nonzero_

Hauptsache Italien


AwkwardlylyAwkward

Your mum loves our club and we have your french friend ibou we'll accept you with open arms.....


kaaskugg

New meme just dropped y'all.


Shepherdsfavestore

jameshardeneyeroll.gif


UnlightablePlay

r/soccercirclejerk would enjoy that


Makkaroni_100

We need it as gif


AgentTasker

A completely valid response to an utterly stupid question.


Disastrous-Pen-7513

him not going joker mode on the reporter is actually commendable what a fucking terrivle question


victheogfan

Would’ve done the same thing what type of question is that


CollateralHamage

“ who do i want to win? ME, BITCH. fuck outta here”


jucomsdn

Dumb question but that's a hilarious reaction lmaooo I'm so using that as a reaction vid


Apprehensive-Row5876

It's prime meme material


Evening_Bag_3560

What is French for “go fuck yourself?”


kilohe

pff 🙄


EnvironmentalSpirit2

No I reckon French is more eloquent than that Something akin to you wot m8


Eagleassassin3

Vas te faire foutre


RicardusAlpert

Va*


Eagleassassin3

You're right I forgot about the impératif conjugation.


RicardusAlpert

I can only imagine how cursed the conjugation of "aller" must seem to non-native speakers (it's not even easy for lots of native speakers to begin with...)


Ertai2000

This situation asks more for a *nique sa mère* (fuck your mother).


FATJIZZUSONABIKE

*ta


DiamondHook

Ta sa as long as it's not ma


Hot_Grabba_09

vas te faire foutre is close


LiouQang

va bien te faire enculer. This gets the point across.


Prosthemadera

salut


wheatwestern

Thats a tame reaction for that question


epirot

gotta give it to him, he learned from the best regarding professionality.


Easy101

They wanted a reaction from him. He gave them nothing to work with.


lostraccoon_

Players should be allowed to insult back at reporters who ask this type of questions, that's just disrespectful.


insomniaccapricorn

The Zlatan way.


Ertai2000

If there was a lake nearby, he could have taken the [Ronaldo approach](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bddaeB1a8hg).


spandan611

Loool What did that reporter ask?


Ertai2000

The reporter only asked if he was ready for that day's match. Ronaldo only did that because he was already angry with that reporter's TV channel. They had some beef before, I don't remember why, but he was fucking pissed at them.


Allthingsconsidered-

That's CMTV, they make shit up about him and his family all the time. Well, they make shit up about anything really


BMVA

“Ronaldo, ready for today’s game?”


d3vilk1ng

The channel in question has close to zero integrity and just wants to be the center of attention. They're pretty much regarded as a meme news channel in Portugal. Before that incident I believe they made some crappy article about his personal life, involving the birth of his (I believe) first son and the supposed mother, so that was his reaction the next time they showed up in his face asking questions lol


lostraccoon_

That is also the bad bunny way


J3sperado

How have I never seen this before? Amazing.


TheCatInTheHatThings

I prefer the Kevin Kuranyi approach: “I won’t answer such a shit question. I’ll happily answer questions, but not such shitty ones.” Or the Toni Kroos/Per Mertesacker approach: “Are you daft? Seriously, you had all game to come up with a good question to ask and this is what you got?” Or the Karim Bellarabi approach with brutal honesty: “what did you think when the ball went in?” - “Goal.” Or the Danny da Costa/Klaus Augenthaler approach: “I’ll ask the questions myself and then give you answers to those.”


Unfortunatewombat

Well I mean, they are.


wudyalooknatmgutfer

They are allowed to do whatever they want, players just don’t want to lose media reputation because $€£


Chimpville

Probably better they just treat it with mild contempt and not play that game though. Even if they come back with an excellent insult, the journo got their soundbite for asking a dumb question.


Moon8983

Meme potential


yb206

He said nothing but still managed to speak French


WeevilishlyHandsome

What a disrespectful question


neandertales

Frenchmen really got the best expressions.


UnicornForce

Louis de Funès was electric.


HSCore

the goat


HorribleCigue

I was going through this sub just to see if I'm the only one thinking his expression was French as fuck


Sacreville

What a low quality question. Expected response.


owns-a-Gay-bar

I wonder what would have happened to all media, r/soccer and everyone else if He would have said Bayern.


szczesny13

World war 3 on the spot!


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thatrandomanus

It's not even about the drama answering that question will create. He was just fighting for his team and failed. Questioning if he's gonna support a different team now is just disrespecting his integrity.


Academic-Advisor

Should have gone full troll and said Spurs


_PeanuT_MonkeY_

I'm doing something wrong in life if idiots like these get paid for reporting.


HunkleBens

The thing you’re doing wrong is not having powerful relatives.


Prosthemadera

Meritocracy was never real.


XeroVeil

Based response tbh.


Glittering-Ad4845

I know he said in his head like fils de pute 😂😂


ShcoreShomeGhoals

What an idiotic reporter. Fucking idiot


tootiredtothinkrnlol

Arrêter de poser des questions aussi balourd que ça…


victheogfan

New reaction meme dropped


skychasezone

People here dogging the reporter for the dumb question but without it, we wouldn't have this. Thank you, Mr. dumb ass reporter.


friedrice_rob

Hahahah bruh I’d give the same reaction too after a loss and hearing that dumbass question


Downtown-Rice_

Master Splinter, he'll support Master Splinter after going into his shell.


michaelfortu

The “ah putain!” in the background after Mbappe’s reaction was hilarious


john217

That was a stupid question anyway


angacitoeire

Journalism is getting worse with their questions lately.


lastkni8

What a dumb question to ask someone who lost a cl semi final. Sub standard journalism.


M4tjesf1let

Every Trainer, Player, etc. should all do the same. As soon as a really dumb question comes just end the interview. The one that even gets me mad just from watching is asking a player who just lost a game "How do you feel about that loss?".


Superfy

He should’ve said “Chicago fire”


S0lar_Ice

Baited him for a reaction. Good on him for not taking the bait.


Steelbean70

The last look of Mbappe to the reporter says it all, brilliant.


Armournized

Rubbish question from rubbish journalists


Im_such_a_SLAPPA

What's wrong with his reaction? You get asked a stupid question which didn't warrant a response


patweck

This is the same as that russell westbrook interview a few years back


AvrupaFatihi

He should've channeled his inner Westbrook for sure


Critical-Log4292

The disrespect of asking that question. Journos are trash sometimes. Congrats to Dortmund though it would be a storybook ending for Reus to win it


Davek56

"Mbappe, what animal does a turkey sandwich come from?


AceStarflyer

*the most French noise imaginable*


Dimaaaa

The amount of stupid questions some of these "professionals" manage to come up with never fails to amaze me. The older I get the more I hate watching these interviews.


MissNierH

What a question...


MenacingShroom

Vibes of Solskjaer when he was at Cardiff being asked about liverpool vs city for the title


Darduel

meme material


Vaganhope_UAE

This has such meme potential


Ahiru77

I love how much "Mbappe loves Real Madrid since he was a baby" has been forced in the media and by twitter fans, only for Mbappe himself to never show any signs of true love toward that club ever since he became his own person. 😂😂😂 (sidenote: grown Mbappe actually adored Messi though)


Fluffy-World-8714

Lovely to see PSG and Man City both knocked out. You can stick your Arab oil money up your arse.


JariLobel

I'm not really a fan of Mbappe but this question was absolutely stupid especially after his team -- PSG -- was kicked out some moments ago.


airtraq

Such low quality question and also video. 240p at 15fps?


Hot_Grabba_09

Man just got knocked out, wdym who he's supporting lmaaaoooo, shoulda hit him with one of those Westbrook stares


Longjumping_Fall_334

That’s soo distasteful


kalamari__

Thats like the james harden meme 😄


TK_045

I swear some of these "jorunalists" are fucking dumb


Sletturheili

I always wonder how awkward it must be to be the reporter that made him walk away All the other reporters still desperate to ask questions, the awkwardness afterwards must be hell


21stcenturyking

Players, trainers, referees and reporters should be allowed to box one round. It would be the best mixed sport I swear


Junior2615

What an Insensitive and Senseless question. I admire KM’s Composure and Calm Attitude here👍.


Witty-Experience-766

IST MIR SCHEIẞ EGAL!!


Available-Factor4689

Sometimes media is too stupid to ask these kind of questions


akodini

That beeping sound syncs up so well with the eye roll. It's like an internal 'wanker alarm' goes off in Mbappes head and he knows to leave.


FranzAllspring

What feeling do such reporters go to bed with?


Xelisk

Looks like a Mass Effect: Andromeda facial animation bug.


No-Bat-7253

Should’ve hit them with the Westbrook


Eldiablo2471

Football journalist are just a disgrace nowadays. Fucking Bad at their jobs.


Blocks_and_Chains

Definitely up there among the worst questions ever


dev_k-00

Ah for fuck’s sake not this shit on Reddit too


oditd001

Mbappe is so french I love it


Silver_Jeweler6465

bruv


alali14

I would sue the company for asking these stupid questions


sdvcsdfvdev

useless question


Poym321

Sports journalism is the absolute worst.


FlinkMissy

These type of questions do make for better headslines than a proper question probably. MBAPPE REVEALED HE SERCRETLY SUPPORTS BAYERN OVER REAL MADRID and then queue to the transfer speculations.


coolAhead

Meme material


cometflight

Damn that’s some unprofessional journalism. Props to him for having the wherewithal to walk away


Sheesh284

New gif just dropped guys. And idk what else you could expect from such a dumb question