Speaker 1: You're listening to Comedy Central. Wow. The twenty two World
Speaker 1: Cup is being hosted by Kata, Middle Eastern country with
Speaker 1: a deep and rich history of having oil and uh.
Speaker 1: If you've been following the news, you know that there
Speaker 1: has been some controversies over Qatar hosting the World Cup.
Speaker 1: You know, like, did Qatar offer bribes to FIFA to
Speaker 1: be the host? Did Qatar exploit migrant workers to build
Speaker 1: the soccer stadiums? Are we pronouncing kutar rights, is it Qatar?
Speaker 1: Or is it Cutter or is it cut her? And
Speaker 1: if we mumble it, do you think they'll notice? All
Speaker 1: of these are questions for one of the biggest controversies
Speaker 1: that Qatar has has been the fact that they have
Speaker 1: very strict laws prohibiting same sex relationships. And these anti
Speaker 1: gay policies are causing some tension on the pitch amid
Speaker 1: the cheers of World Cup. Band controversy is simmering. It's
Speaker 1: over the host country, guitar and other nations treatment of
Speaker 1: LGBTQ people. Rainbow Imagery a sudden flash point after FIFA
Speaker 1: demanded the captains of seven europe In teams not where
Speaker 1: this arm band in support of lgbt Q causes insisting
Speaker 1: the captains where FIFA sanctioned bands. The team captains of
Speaker 1: several countries say they will not be wearing the rainbow
Speaker 1: colored one Love arm bands as they had intended after
Speaker 1: FIFA threatened to give players yellow cards just for doing so.
Speaker 1: After receiving two yellow cards, of course, a player will
Speaker 1: face a one match suspension. Yeah, that's right. The captains
Speaker 1: of seven European teams planned to show their support of
Speaker 1: the LGBTQ community by wearing rainbow armbands, but then when
Speaker 1: FIFA threatened them with yellow cards, they scrapped the idea, which,
Speaker 1: in my opinion, shows that you're not the ally you
Speaker 1: claim to be right. Just like, hey, I support your
Speaker 1: right to live free from prosecution unless I get a
Speaker 1: warning in a game where I kick a ball, then
Speaker 1: I'm out your gaze on your own. I'm just saying
Speaker 1: that's a yellow card. I mean, it's like a yellow cards,
Speaker 1: not even like you out just a warning and you're like, yeah, no,
Speaker 1: I'm no, I cat I try. And by the way,
Speaker 1: the rainbow band has got to be hard for the
Speaker 1: referees too. You know, that's risky because the referees are
Speaker 1: out there and they're like yellow god red cord. Oh wait,
Speaker 1: we just started a rainbow. No, don't take me away.
Speaker 1: Oh A little crazy story as well. If you happen
Speaker 1: to be in China watching the World Cup, um, you
Speaker 1: probably are missing some things because on the government TV
Speaker 1: network you'll barely see any footage of the fans at all. Yeah,
Speaker 1: because China doesn't want its citizens to see people from
Speaker 1: every other country enjoying themselves without wearing masks. Yeah, because
Speaker 1: they're like, they just don't want them to know that
Speaker 1: that's possible, you know. Yeah, I mean, I it sounds crazy,
Speaker 1: but it's the same way Canadian TV sensors their footage
Speaker 1: shoull never show fans behaving rudely because then Kennies will
Speaker 1: be like, wait, other people are telling other stuff off.
Speaker 1: We didn't know we could do that. Hey. But maybe
Speaker 1: my favorite part of the World Cup is seeing how
Speaker 1: people from different parts of the world find ways to
Speaker 1: yell at each other. Because I remember a lot of
Speaker 1: the teams have coaches who are not from their country,
Speaker 1: you know, like, for instance, Saudi Arabia's coach is actually French.
Speaker 1: He doesn't speak Arabic, but the Saudi translator doesn't speak French,
Speaker 1: so when the coach got mad at the team's performance
Speaker 1: in the first half, he had to yell at them
Speaker 1: in English so that the translator could yell at them
Speaker 1: in Arabic. Are we doing here? You stay of the defense?
Speaker 1: You like your phone? You can make a features mind
Speaker 1: you all? Yes, Oh, you see, this is the magic
Speaker 1: of the World Cup people. A Frenchman yelling in English
Speaker 1: to a group of Saudi's about a British sport. It's beautiful,
Speaker 1: also wondering if the translate is augmenting the message so
Speaker 1: he doesn't lose any friends. He's like, you are terrible.
Speaker 1: You are sucked. You should be ashamed of yourself, is
Speaker 1: what he said. Because you know me, I love you guys.
Speaker 1: I thought you would in the the First Cup. I thought
Speaker 1: you guys are great now. So far this World Cup
Speaker 1: has had a lot of great moments. You know. Saudi
Speaker 1: Arabia pulled off a huge upset over powerhouse Argentina, Mexico
Speaker 1: had a heroic penalty save against Poland. Wales proved to
Speaker 1: the whole world that they are a different country than England,
Speaker 1: and one of the most exciting moments was when Japan
Speaker 1: defeats a Germany in an incredible match. But my favorite
Speaker 1: part of that game was what the Japanese fans did
Speaker 1: off it. When Japan beat in Germany, fans were a static, right,
Speaker 1: but instead of leaving after the match to celebrate, hundreds
Speaker 1: of Japanese fans stayed in the stadium and picked up
Speaker 1: the trash that other fans left behind. Pictures on social
Speaker 1: media so the Japanese fans threading their way through the seats,
Speaker 1: making sure the stadium was tidy before leaving some online
Speaker 1: comments calling them the best guests in the world. Wow,
Speaker 1: that is amazing. Unfortunately, all of those Japanese fans were
Speaker 1: arrested because the Qatari police deemed the act of tiding
Speaker 1: up quote kind of gay. Now I'm not gonna lie.
Speaker 1: This is one of the most amazing things to see.
Speaker 1: And you see that every world couple will be Japan,
Speaker 1: will be South Korea, and I think it's a valuable
Speaker 1: listen to all of us. If you're throwing a party,
Speaker 1: make sure you invite Japanese fans to your house, because
Speaker 1: then you don't have to clean up. And you know,
Speaker 1: if you ask me, though, this is a huge flex
Speaker 1: from the Japanese fans. Everyone's like, oh, it's so humbles. No,
Speaker 1: it's a flex. What is it? More boller move, then
Speaker 1: beating somebody and then cleaning up after them. Here but here, Oh,
Speaker 1: let me take out your trash. Did you drop this?
Speaker 1: Did you drop this? Oh yeah, no no no, we'll
Speaker 1: clean up. You guys can go and figure out how
Speaker 1: play soccer. Yeah, we'll just do that. What's the Daily Show?
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