Dave Portnoy has revealed he had a shock encounter with David Beckham earlier this week – and that the soccer legend approached him first.
The Barstool Sports activities founder says Beckham was out getting some pizza together with his sons when he ran into him at a restaurant on Wednesday, though spouse Victoria was not with them.
‘Somewhat humble brag. I had dinner final night time, David Beckham is in there,’ Portnoy mentioned on Barstool’s The Unnamed Show. ‘[He] comes up, he is like, “Nice to see you Dave.” David Beckham.
‘That is like when [Wayne] Gretzky requested for my image.’
Whereas it’s unclear the place precisely they crossed paths, Portnoy shared movies from two totally different pizza joints in Chicago on Wednesday, which means Beckham was most probably within the Illinois metropolis too.
‘I used to be like, “Nice to see ya,” [and gave him a] hug,’ he continued. ‘I met him as soon as earlier than, however I wasn’t gonna say good day to him, as a result of I used to be very very like [to myself] who’re you?’
Dave Portnoy has revealed he had a shock encounter with David Beckham earlier this week
Portnoy mentioned on Barstool’s The Unnamed Present that Beckham was the one who got here as much as him
Portnoy then added: ‘He was together with his household. He introduced his sons for pizza.
‘He is the best man there may be by the way in which, tattoos all over the place, the accent… cool man.’
Beckham, who performed in MLS with LA Galaxy throughout his iconic profession, is now a membership proprietor after launching growth group Inter Miami again in 2020.
Three years later his franchise added one of many best gamers of all time to its roster when Lionel Messi arrived from Paris St-Germain, earlier than his former Barcelona teammates Luis Suarez, Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba quickly adopted.
Earlier this month, Messi and his star Miami teammates all attended Beckham’s fiftieth celebration within the Florida metropolis.
The Inter co-owner stood for an image with all 4 gamers earlier than spouse Victoria joined him in posing for a separate one with Messi, Suarez and their wives.
David was laughing out loud as they posed with Leo, his spouse Antonela Roccuzzo, Luis and his spouse Sofia Balbi.
The England soccer legend could properly have been in Chicago after they bumped into one another
The previous England soccer captain, who does not truly flip 50 till Could 2, posted a number of photos from the bash on the Cipriani Downtown Miami.
Amongst them was an image with Tom Brady, the seven-time Tremendous Bowl champion and NFL legend, and basketball nice Shaquille O’Neal.
Brady, 47, and Shaq, 53, who stand at 6ft4 and 7ft1 respectively, each towered over 5ft11 Beckham as they stood collectively for the image.
He took the sizeable peak distinction in good spirits although, posting ‘I am so small’ alongside the image on his Instagram story.
