Clueless! John Legend and wife Chrissy Teigen show that not all Americans follow our beautiful game as she confuses 'underdog' Chelsea with Ipswich on Arsenal trip
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With half of the clubs in the Premier League now owned by Americans, you would expect some form of understanding of the English game. After all, Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have brought a large slice of Hollywood glamour to Wrexham. However, football fans tuning into Amazon Prime Video’s coverage of Arsenal v Ipswich on Friday night were treated to one of the worst examples of cluelessness from two members of American showbiz royalty.
![[Teigen confused Ipswich for Chelsea and claimed that she was ‘rooting for the underdog’.]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/28/20/93545513-0-image-m-42_1735416508371.jpg)
John Legend, the famous singer known for his hit All of Me, and his wife Chrissy Teigen were involved in an excruciating interview live on the streaming platform, with Teigen confusing Ipswich for Chelsea and claiming she was ‘rooting for the underdog’.
![[Teigen shared a throwback picture of herself in a football kit, adding: ‘Does this look like the face of someone who doesn’t know soccer?’]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/28/20/93545527-0-image-m-44_1735416607729.jpg)
Teigen, who made the trip to the Emirates with Legend and her children for their ‘first Premier League game ever’, had been posting on her social media throughout the day in a Chelsea shirt — albeit covered by an Ipswich scarf. After Arsenal’s narrow win, thanks to a Kai Havertz goal, the couple were invited on to the pitch to reflect on the match.
John Legend and Chrissy Teigen showed their lack of football knowledge. Teigen confused Ipswich for Chelsea and claimed that she was ‘rooting for the underdog’. Legend was honest enough to admit: ‘I don’t know the league very well, and my friends were like, well, Arsenal is going to win by like, you know, six goals. But it was a closer match than we expected.’.
But the interview took a turn for the hilarious worse when Teigen was asked why she supports Chelsea. ‘Listen, I love an underdog,’ she said. ‘I love coming in and being surprised by how much a team can do and it was so much fun for us to root for them, because everyone was on Arsenal’s side.’.
