Opliskins

Patrick Stewart once told a room that the hand he was holding had been in Lionel Messi’s hand the night before and not because he wanted to meet him. His wife did. He said he promised her that if Messi was at the event, he would do everything in his power to get the two of them face to face. When she asked what would happen if Messi became her celebrity pass, Stewart’s answer was immediate: “That’s fine by me. The line lands because he doesn’t dress it up or play it cool. He just owns the situation soccer is his thing, but the meeting was for her, and the possible outcome doesn’t bother him at all. It’s the kind of dry, unbothered delivery that makes the whole thing funnier the longer it sits. The clip mixes that moment with the usual head-polishing banter people always did with him, then ends on a quiet “Godspeed.” The humor and the tribute sit right next to each other, which is probably why the short is circulating the way it is. youtube.com/shorts/35AZLshC3…