John Abraham gets 'red card' for World Cup commentary
Fans express disappointment with actor's commentary during the World Cup pre-show
Mumbai: While the world was glued to their TV screens watching the FIFA World Cup kick-off, India was quite disappointed with Bollywood actor John Abraham’s skills as a commentator during pre-show last night.
After purchasing a franchise in the upcoming Indian Super League, John was lucky to part of the commentator panel of The World Cup on prime time along side Gaurav Kapoor, England footballer Peter Crouch and Mikael Silvestre.
Fans even took to Twitter and other social media sites to express their disappointment last night.
The actor also showed up on set, with a runny nose, making it difficult to watch.
Some of the tweets read, “John Abraham in the panel is more embarrassing than India’s rank in FIFA”.
Take a look at the hate the actor got last night.
John Abraham as football pundit explains a lot why we are sulking at 154th rank. #India #FifaWorldCup #Brasil2014 #caferio #BRAvsCRO
— varun chaiwallah (@varun_sharma07) June 13, 2014@IamMSilvestre Sir... I know u must be having a torrid time at #CafeRio where the hosts are more interested in Cars, bikes n J.Lo .!!!!
— Omk-r Eichh (@omk_r) June 13, 2014#Sonysix and #CafeRio.Boring to he core.Guys this is not IPL.Crouch and Sylvestere deserve better than ur Gaurav and the really funny lady
— Arun Krishnan (@arunkrishnank) June 13, 2014Still reeling from that horrendous pre show last night. Scarred me for life. #CafeRio #SonySix
— Yash Sharma (@YashSharma) June 13, 2014Peter Crouch missing out on the WorldCup with England & now suffering the pain of #SonySix #CafeRio. Doesn't look like a good year for him.
— Naveen J. Shetty (@shettytweets) June 13, 2014#CafeRio Jhon Abraham as a analyst you must be crazy ! better get bhutia on it !
— Talib Rouff (@RouffTalib) June 13, 2014Peter Crouch will never forgive himself for agreeing to do this stint. #CafeRio #WorldCup
— Chetan Narula (@chetannarula) June 12, 2014That scary moment when the match is over and we have to listen to expert comments by Gaurav Kapoor and John Abraham ~ #mercy #CafeRio
— Swapnil K (@swapnilk27) June 12, 2014Indian commentators talking over #FIFA2014 seems like housewives discussing investment banking #caferio
— Gold Hassan (@Golddidit) June 12, 2014They should rename the show #CafeRio to #CafeRahneDio #FifaWorldCup
— CricCrazyMaNiks™ (@CricCrazyNIKS) June 12, 2014Craziest explanation: its full moon and friday the 13th, hence the horror show on #caferio #sonysix
— Sunayana Suresh (@sunayanasuresh) June 12, 2014The Best Part of #CafeRio on @SonySix is here, the commercial break.
— It wasn't me who (@gupta_kaushal) June 12, 2014haha john is actually talking about his film goal !!!! both the film and this is show is #EpicFail #CafeRio @SonySIX
— Puneet Barjatya (@PNTBA) June 12, 2014Can this be reported as violation of TV guidelines and to get this panel off air? #CafeRio pic.twitter.com/DXx25s9FqL
— Sum1 (@sum1) June 12, 2014You wait for 4 years for the world cup and then you see some dumb chick and John Abraham talk football and the feeling dies. #CafeRio
— Bhavesh (@Bhavesh_038) June 12, 2014