Mick Jagger visits UK athletes, and Brazilians save rocker’s ‘cool’ reputation.

You Paris Olympics It hasn’t even officially started yet. Mick Jagger He has already become the butt of jokes due to his reputation as having “cold feet”. The rocker met with athletes from the UK team that will compete in the World Championships starting next Friday 26, and the Brazilians highlighted the potential bad luck the singer will bring to the competitors.

The artist posted photos from the meeting, which took place on Thursday, the 25th of this month, at the British Embassy in France, and said that he spoke with the athletes. He wrote: “It was great to meet and support the UK team.”

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It didn’t take long for the veteran’s followers to chime in on the encounter with Jagger: “Zico of men,” one netizen joked. “Don’t men know he’s the biggest badass on the planet?” another asked.

Rock’s reputation for bad luck in sporting competitions began at the 2010 World Cup, when teams he supported suffered consecutive defeats. At the 2014 Copa do Brasil, the singer also watched the 7-1 win from the field, and at the following World Cup, in 2018, he watched England go out in the semi-finals after losing to Croatia.