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