Reporter Tells Brian Kelly, 'Maybe If You Win I'll Be on Time"
The Brian Kelly Era at LSU got off to a rough start on Sunday as the Tigers lost to Florida State 24-23 after a late, chip shot field goal attempt was blocked. Things didn't get much better at Kelly's press conference on Tuesday.
The 60-year-old head coach made an opening statement, then as he opened the floor to questions he mentioned a "late arriving media crowd" and claimed those who were late owed him $10. The Baton Rouge Advocate's Leah Vann then piped up and said, "Maybe if you win I'll be on time."
Check it out:
Brian Kelly pokes fun at someone entering his press conference late.
— that SEC podcast (@thatSECpodcast) September 7, 2022
Their response was savage:
“Maybe if you win I’ll be on time”
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Vann later took ownership of the remark, claiming she was cutting the press conference close after a doctor's appointment. She also said it was meant in jest and that Kelly took it as such. So this wasn't some dramatic moment.
Here is what she said about the exchange:
Press conference was at noon, I was running from a doctor’s appointment. Got there at 11:57. Brian Kelly called me out, said jokingly I owed him $10, I said if he won maybe I’d be on time. Not my finest hour. I apologized afterward, he was super chill and said I still owe him $10 https://t.co/6zsp6k9PuL
— Leah Vann (@LVann_Sports) September 6, 2022
He said he needs $10 so he can afford his new jackets and I said he has $90 mil for that and he said that’s a smoke screen and I said that’s fair and I liked his new jacket and he thanked me. If y’all want all the details.
— Leah Vann (@LVann_Sports) September 6, 2022
This was a really funny moment and a good exchange. In the end, it seems like there's no harm, no foul here. All in good fun.