The meeting with the captain of the Argentine National Team was in September 2023 in the victory of Inter Miami against Los Angeles FC.
The renowned American actor Owen Wilson He was invited in the Jimmy Kimmel Live program! And there he told the scene of his meeting with Lionel Messi.
The meeting with the captain of the Argentine National Team was in September 2023 in the victory of Inter Miami against Los Angeles FC, as a visitor.
How was Owen Wilson’s encounter with Lionel Messi
“We were very excited. I, particularly, was like outside me, totally exalted,” said the protagonist of Marley and I and explained: “When Messi was coming out of the field, everything looked like a scene from a John Hughes movie: something sweet, emotional, like a beautiful and pink movie.”
Continuing with his story and awakening the laughter, he added: “In a moment, I felt that I was looking at me, and I thought ‘Are he looking at me?’. I turned to see if it was another person … but no, it was us. Then he started walking where we were. ”
It was at that time that the Argentine signed his children’s shirt and then hug the actor. “Sincerely it was the time when I got most excited to meet someone, it’s like having Michael Jordan there,” he said.
When they showed him the photo of the hug with Messi after the game, Wilson had his talk with his children. “They told me ‘Messi signed the shirt’ and I told them ‘They did not see that he hugged me,’ the classic son of the medium”he said.
On the other hand, he made a revelation that aroused the laughter of the public: “The first thing I noticed when I hugged him was that his skin was very soft, I told my children. Not only is he a great soccer player, he has a very beautiful skin”
Source: Ambito
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