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Drunk Footballers Heckle Lionel Richie

British tabloids shouldn't be the only ones who have fun with this story. Chelsea star John Terry and his girlfriend, Toni Poole, got hitched over the weekend, and their big blowout wedding party just wouldn't have been complete until they spent half a million bucks to hire Lionel Richie to sing a few songs. Michael Jackson wasn't available, apparently.

As Richie sang, though, the behavior of some of the guests became ... wait for it ... outrageous.
Soon after singing his first song he had to request guests, including Wayne Rooney, Coleen Mcloughlin, Jamie Carragher and Frank Lampard, to calm down.

"It was really embarrassing. Toni was looking very anxious about the lads making a real fool of her. When he started singing Hello the boys started chanting back to him as if they were on the football ground terraces. They had downed so much champagne at the reception the guests became really lairy and started shouting over his set," the Sun quoted a witness as saying.
Maybe they mistook "Say You, Say Me" for "Celery! Celery!" and just tried to tell Richie he was singing it wrong. It happens sometimes, especially when alcohol is involved.

(H/T: Who Ate All the Pies)

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