Miss Femi George @_GeorgeFemi

Giannis Antetokounmpo was born in Athens, and the Greek state registered him as a citizen of nowhere. Not Greek. Not Nigerian. Stateless, on the municipal register, from birth. He stayed that way for eighteen years. Tonight he makes his debut for the Miami Heat. Greek citizenship passes by blood, not by birthplace. His parents came from Lagos in 1991 and had no papers. So their son, born in the Sepolia neighborhood of Athens, belonged to no country on earth. Angelos Syrigos is the Interior Ministry official who handled the file. Here is how he describes it. They "had been registered as stateless in the municipal register." His school leaving diploma recorded his nationality as Foreigner. He could not leave the country, which meant NBA scouts could not watch him play anywhere but Greece. Here is how he describes that. "We didn't have the opportunity to be who we were destined to be, because we didn't have the piece of paper." "They couldn't deport me. But they could deport my parents." "So we were afraid as kids that one day we could wake up without our parents." Sean Gregory at TIME is the one who got him to say that. Now here is the part almost nobody tells. In 2013 the NBA started calling, and so did somebody else. The Nigerian embassy in Athens offered to issue him a Nigerian passport, so he could get an American visa and go to the draft. Greece moved in seven weeks. Here is what the Greek Interior Ministry said about it afterward. The state's "only intervention was to accelerate the procedures." He became a Greek citizen on May 9th. Milwaukee drafted him on June 27th. Forty nine days. A country that had him on file as belonging to nobody made him one of its own in seven weeks, once another country wanted him first. Then America said no. Twice. His brother Kostas has described it. "We were denied twice and if you are denied the third time, you have to wait like 10 years." So he played half of his first season alone. His parents and younger brothers finally landed in Chicago in February 2014. "I don't have to worry about nothing anymore. Not what I'm going to eat, not what I'm going to wear, nothing." Here is the part that says the most. His mother Veronica arrived in Athens in 1991. She did not become a Greek citizen until September 2021. Thirty years. Two months after her son won the Finals. He is one of the wealthiest athletes alive now, and Greece has since given him every honor it has. Plenty of stateless children never get a basketball career to force the question. But they had him down as nobody's for eighteen years, and it took another country's offer to change it. Tonight he plays in Miami.

This was nasty.

100% convinced that the universe made this show so that this specific couple could meet, it should’ve been scrapped after this

pettyondemand @famousbutnotme

2 weeks ago

Love is blind has not hit like this in a long time

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Guys are so easy to entertain

Ranking the best impressions of Matthew McConaughey Starting off strong with Kate Hudson..😍😍

Kids making fun of influencers just restored my faith in humanity. Nature is healing🤣

In 2019, Tobey Maguire won $15.6 million playing poker against billionaire Andy Beal. Beal delayed payment and asked for a discount. Maguire spent $500,000 on a lawyer and collected his full $7.8 million share. In the video below, private poker organizer Molly Bloom describes what the Spider-Man actor was like at her table. She recalls him saying: “It’s not really about money. It’s more about crushing souls.” Bloom remembers Maguire assuring an opponent during one hand: "Listen, I have the top hand. I swear on my mother's life". The man agonized, eventually folded, and Maguire revealed the bluff. According to Bloom, he made a different demand of her: to receive a tip, she had to climb onto the table and bark like a seal. Bloom refused. She says the standoff lasted 35 minutes: the game stopped while everyone at the table watched. A few weeks later, Bloom says, Maguire arranged for one of the wealthy players to host the games at his house. The other players followed, leaving her without the game she had been running. Then Maguire called her: “You’re done. You’re over.” Lawyer Tom Goldstein helped Maguire collect the money from Beal. In January 2026, the actor described the arrangement in court, where Goldstein himself was facing tax charges. Beal had lost money to Maguire and owed him payment. Bloom refused to be humiliated and lost the game she organized. Was winning the money enough for Maguire, or did he need the people at the table to feel defeated?

Pelumi Joseph on why Dangote is selling his Refinery IPO He says it's not doing it because he needs the money. His target of 10 million investors is an equivalent of an electoral base. Which gives him insurance against government intervention and protects his refinery.

Kid Stars growup & be so Unpredictable 😂

tony gonna throw up lmaooo

Kerry Washington Updates @KerryWUpdates

4 weeks ago

Kerry Washington and Ben Affleck for the Animals premiere 🖤

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😭😭😭😭😭😭 MY ANGEL

Tony Goldwyn is about to crash through the roof

Envy @ElieJow

4 weeks ago

BEN AFFLECK WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT 😭😭

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nba on my timeline again. used to pray for times like this

“I didn’t leave my family to lose in the 2nd round” - LeBron 💀

Mf, that’s APC

Catwoman @SelinaSaysMeow

a month ago

I need a team of villains who pretends to be heroes. They should do every crimes but blame other guys

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We’re not gonna have one fucking drop of drinkable water by 2028.

Linus ✦ Ekenstam @LinusEkenstam

a month ago

This meme has gone VIRAL, with artists, actors, and even animals recreating it! but… the winner is the Obama version! 😂🔥 Michelle & Barack really captured the flow, persona, and message of Offset & TakeOff’s Color Studios performance. The energy is unmatched

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bro this is lit u betta get it fitz… 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😆🔥

"The fish is not fuckin DEBOOONEDUHH"

fran ♡ @vioIethearts

a month ago

that black guy who imitates gordon ramsay with cultural foods on tiktok is SO funny😭😭

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