{"id":3559,"date":"2023-10-22T22:47:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T20:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=3559"},"modified":"2023-10-22T22:47:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T20:47:00","slug":"kyrgios-blasts-arrogant-narcissist-usa-star-as-pitiful-moment-resurfaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=3559","title":{"rendered":"Kyrgios blasts \u2018arrogant narcissist\u2019 USA star as \u2018pitiful\u2019 moment resurfaces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Megan Rapinoe\u2019s past has come to bite her.<\/p>\n<p>The United States Women\u2019s National Team star is facing a backlash online after a video of her ignoring a fan while signing a soccer ball resurfaced this week, the NY Post reports.<\/p>\n<p>Internet personality Oli London tweeted the video, which has more than 16 million views.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImagine being such an arrogant narcissist that you don\u2019t even look at a young fan and acknowledge them when signing a ball,\u201d London wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is Megan Rapinoe in a nut shell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The video shows Rapinoe, 38, sitting in the crowd at the 2019 ESPY awards in Los Angeles when a young boy comes over to her and asks for an autograph on the ball.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Imagine being such an arrogant Narcissist that you don\u2019t even look at a young fan and acknowledge them when signing a ball. <\/p>\n<p>This is Megan Rapinoe in a nut shell\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GKf6QFhDTO\">pic.twitter.com\/GKf6QFhDTO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Oli London (@OliLondonTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OliLondonTV\/status\/1688571805622263809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The two-time World Cup champion takes the ball, signs it and turns to speak to someone walking up the aisle while never acknowledging or interacting with the fan in front of her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoesn\u2019t even look at him. Diabolical arrogance,\u201d Piers Morgan wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios tweeted: \u201cHahahahahaha one thing me and piers agree on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPitiful,\u201d one user commented.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s just so sad. That kid really looked up to her, to ask her for an autograph. She\u2019s a classic narcissist. I feel bad for the kid,\u201d another wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNever meet your heroes guys,\u201d a person tweeted in response.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot_2913.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"271\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3560\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a tough go for Rapinoe and the USWNT as they were ousted from the World Cup on Sunday after falling 5-4 in a penalty shootout against Sweden in the Round 16 match \u2013\u2013 marking the squad\u2019s earliest exit from the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Rapinoe missed the fourth penalty kick, sending it straight over the net, and Sweden later ended the USWNT\u2019s run for a three-peat.<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump went on a rant on the Truth Social platform, blaming the U.S. loss on the team\u2019s wokeness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe \u2018shocking and totally unexpected\u2019 loss by the U.S. Women\u2019s Soccer Team to Sweden is fully emblematic of what is happening to our once great Nation under Crooked Joe Biden,\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWOKE EQUALS FAILURE,\u201d he continued. \u201cNice shot Megan, the USA is going to Hell!!!! MAGA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The striker smiled and laughed after the miss, which confused those watching the heartbreaking loss.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s like a sick, sick joke. I\u2019ve never hit it over, when I miss they are saved. That\u2019s why I had that smile on my face,\u201d Rapinoe said. \u201cI\u2019m like, \u2018You\u2019ve got to be f***ing kidding me.\u2019 I\u2019m going to miss a penalty?\u2019 Honestly, I can\u2019t remember the last time I missed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared in the NY Post and was reproduced with permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Megan Rapinoe\u2019s past has come to bite her. The United States Women\u2019s National Team star is facing a backlash online after a video of her ignoring a fan while signing a soccer ball resurfaced this week, the NY Post reports. Internet personality Oli London tweeted the video, which has more than 16 million views. \u201cImagine [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3559"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3561,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3559\/revisions\/3561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}