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âI always felt bad for the boom guy or gal [on set],â Sudeikis says, Hollywood preened and gleaming in front of a so-unreal-it-might-as-well-be-greenscreen view of New Yorkâs Hudson river. âItâs like, theyâre holding that microphone up. And this is not easy to do. If you and I held our arms up like this â¦â and then we both hold our arms up in the air for about a minute while he talks about his years doing improv in Chicago, and heâs right, it isnât fun. It isnât fun at all.
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By Vivian KaneJul 16th, 2021, 4:55 pm
This past weekend, three Black English soccer players were subjected to horrific racist attacks on social media. As our Princess Weekes explained earlier this week:
Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka, three of the team’s Black players, missed penalty kicks that “cost” England the win. Never mind that if the English team had played better defense, it wouldn’t have even gotten to that point, but still it was the Black players who suffered abusive language so much so that, according to the
New York Times, the London Metropolitan Police are investigating “offensive and racist social media comments being directed towards footballers.”
Jason Sudeikis Dons Jadon Marcus Bukayo T-Shirt to Support Black Soccer Stars Over Racist Abuse
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The Ted Lasso actor publicly declares his support for England s three soccer players after they were targeted by online racist trolls following Euro 2020. Jul 17, 2021
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Jason Sudeikis has shown his support for the three England soccer players who faced racist abuse in the aftermath of their EURO 2020 final loss to Italy last weekend (11Jul21).
The
Ted Lasso star wore a top with the words Jadon & Marcus & Bukayo on the front to the second season premiere of his hit AppleTV+ series in West Hollywood, California on Thursday (15Jul21).
Updated: July 16, 2021, 9:18 am
Jason Sudeikis (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Ted Lasso star Jason Sudeikis has shared his support for the England players subjected to racist abuse after the Euro 2020 final.
The US actor plays a folksy American football coach parachuted into a struggling English soccer side in the hit Apple TV+ comedy.
At the season two premiere in Los Angeles on Thursday, Sudeikis, 45, wore a black shirt bearing the names “Jadon & Marcus & Bukayo” in white letters.
Jadon Sancho, Marcus Rashford and Bukayo Saka were racially abused on social media after missing penalties in the final against Italy.
Sudeikis told the PA news agency he felt “horrible” about the abuse and said “(I) disagree with it”.