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Stephen Curry is sharing his response to being called “the devil” by a French broadcaster through the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Curry shepherded Team USA to gold through the men’s basketball final against France with a 98-87 victory in August, winning his first Olympic medal. Nonetheless, Curry’s prowess through the game was not so well-received in France. A clip went viral last month of a French TV announcer declaring, “The devil named Curry is hurting us!”
The purpose guard clearly saw the humor within the comments, though, telling Stephen Colbert on the Thursday, September 5, edition of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert that he found the clip “hilarious.”
“I watched a number of the highlights from it. The French broadcast was hilarious,” Curry said.
Back in August, after Curry knocked down one in all his 4 three-pointers in the ultimate 2:58 of the sport, the French TV announcer said, “The devil named Curry is hurting us!”
Watching Curry destroy the French team’s shot at a gold medal was demoralizing for the TV crew, who continued to bemoan his dominance.
“Beware, watch out for Steph’s shot!” the French broadcaster said at one point through the late game barrage. “Oh no! But noooo! But noooo!”
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He also marveled, “Steph Curry. He got the recent hand, he got the recent hand! How is that this possible?!”
The broadcaster wasn’t the one Frenchperson to reply negatively to Curry’s supremacy, as McDonald’s France jokingly announced plans to discontinue the restaurant’s curry sauce after the sport.
“For obvious reasons, we’re considering removing this sauce,” the corporate wrote via Instagram. “For 4 years minimum.”
Stephen Curry and Adam Pally in ‘Mr. Throwback.’ David Moir/Peacock
Curry brought his gold medal along to The Late Show on Thursday and told Colbert that it isn’t removed from his side.
“It’s been a few weeks and I don’t think it’s been outside of arm’s length,” he said as he pulled the medal out of his pocket. “I definitely brought it, obviously.”
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Pally, 42, was in the gang when Curry scored his gold medal in Paris last month and exclusively told Us Weekly that his friend took a moment to acknowledge him through the game.
“Being at the sport when Steph won the gold medal, he was talking to me from the stands, and he made the sign for chubby cheeks, which is like our sign up the show for a celebration,” Pally said. “I felt like I used to be dreaming. [It] just doesn’t feel like my life for somebody who loves basketball and comedy.”
