Lionel Messi spoke English publicly for the first time ever when he made a brief appearance in a commercial for Will Smith and Martin Lawrence’s new Bad Boys movie.
The Inter Miami player, who moved to the United States last year, has only ever spoken Spanish in interviews, leaving fans floored by his cameo Tuesday morning.
The short clip, which was posted to the Bad Boys Instagram page, showed Messi walking up to Smith and Lawrence’s doorstep.
‘Bad boys?’ he asks the pair, uttering just two words of English.
The comedians, who portray Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnette in the iconic film series, hilariously tell the football legend he’s at the ‘wrong house’ and slam the door.
Lionel Messi spoke English publicly for the first time ever during a new Bad Boys commercial
‘I never thought this day would come,’ another commented.
A third chimed in, ‘Messi going to the MLS might be one of the best decisions he made,’ while another fan joked, ‘They should give Messi the Oscar already.’
Although the eight-time Ballon d’Or winner doesn’t speak English publicly, his teammate Julian Gressel recently revealed he’s been conversing in English on the pitch.
Messi was heard saying two English words – ‘bad boys’ – in the funny social media clip
Meanwhile, Messi has started giving his Inter Miami teammates tactical instructions in English
He has been learning the language after arriving in the United States last year
‘Between me and Leo we’ve had this running joke a little bit ever since the the first few days,’ the German full-back said on the Player Manager podcast in March.
‘I asked him if he speaks any English and he was like “no, not really, your Spanish is probably better than my English,”‘ he went on.
‘There was one moment in Saudi … he came over to me and spoke to me in English. He covers his mouth and says “now, we change. You stay and Jordi (Alba) runs, Jordi goes more in behind.”‘
‘After, he goes “English, pretty good, no?” I was like “yes, very very good! I understood everything.”‘
