Hakeem OlajuwonEating 100 McDonald's chicken nuggets in 5 hours is an epic story that doesn't get talked about enough.
Hakeem Olajuwon is one of the most respected players in NBA history. The Dream took his craft seriously, honed his incredible talent to perfection and claimed two NBA championships for the Houston Rockets. Olajuwon was an international star who came to the United States in college before joining the league. It seems there were parts of the American experience that he thoroughly enjoyed.
The United States is home to some of the most popular fast food chains in the world, and perhaps none are as famous as McDonald's. The burger franchise has almost 40,000 locations around the world, everyone knows what it is. And they have a long history with basketball, sponsoring the high school All-American game.Bronny James was just named a McDonald's All-American, e.g. And the coming together of the burger giant and Olajuwon led to a very funny story at the time.
Hakeem Olajuwon took five hours to taste a McDonald's commercial dish and ended up eating 100 McNuggets
Chicken McNuggets are a popular item on the McDonald's menuHakeem OlajuwoThe man was chosen at the time to promote them in an advertisem*nt. However, photographing turned out to be much more difficult than you expected: it took 5 hours. The story that emerged from that is quite interesting.
"Akeem Olajuwon did a McDonald's commercial where he had to dunk shots with Chicken McNuggets, using his mouth as a hanger. It took five hours and more than 100 takes to get the spot just right. With each take, Olajuwon jammed another chicken McNugget.
Concerned that Olajuwon was heading toward an overdose, a producer asked Olajuwon if he would use an inedible substitute for McNuggets. “No man,” said Olajuwon, as his dunk fest neared the century mark, “I love these items. Let's keep doing it. ''
The idea of Hakeem Olajuwon eating nugget after nugget as he puts them in his mouth is funny, but he clearly enjoyed it. Superstar big men enjoying fast food seems to be a tradition in the NBA at the moment, as Giannis Antetokounmpo also celebrated his birthdayfirst championship and finals MVP by defeating Chick-fil-Athe next day.
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