Douchebag of the Week (July 4-10)
When you think of the life Earvin “Magic” Johnson has lived and the phenomenal basketball career he had, it’s easy to understand how it might be difficult for the man to pick which one of the many awesome moments he had as being “the greatest.”
Was it one of those five NBA Championships? Or was it being awarded one of the three MVP trophies? Any one of those dozen All-Star Game appearances? Could it be when he was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History? Perhaps even the NCAA Championship he won at Michigan State could be a contender. Or what about that gold medal?
But as it turns out, during the memorial for the late Michael Jackson last Tuesday, Magic instead actually claimed that the single greatest moment of his life was watching the King of Pop eat from a bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken:
I went crazy, like, “Wait a minute. Michael, you eat Kentucky Fried Chicken?” That made my day. That was the greatest moment of my life.
Ugh. That’s finger-lickin’ bad.
We heard plenty of ridiculous statements made in the wake of Jackson’s passing. But if Magic was hoping to try and make us all forget how much whiter Jacko grew with each passing year by utilizing a classic stereotype of blacks, then we’re quite confident that adding this week’s award to his list of accomplishments will, in his mind, pale in comparison to watching a guy eat poultry.
