New LSU coach Brian Kelly reflects on attempt at southern accent: 'I'm from Boston. We don't have strong accents.'
When you think of Boston, one of the first things that probably pops into your head is the accent, right?
Well, according to new LSU Tigers football coach Brian Kelly, Bostonians just don’t have accents.
On Tuesday, during LSU’s game against Kansas State in the Texas Bowl, ESPN had a small chat with Kelly during the game on the broadcast. During his guest segment, Kelly brought up his now-infamous bizarre accent change during one of his first public appearances to LSU fans in early December. Twitter tore into Kelly’s strange new southern accent pretty hard at the time and since then, it’s yet to make a reappearance.
The weirdest part of Tuesday's on-air discussion, however, was Kelly’s insistence that Bostonians don’t have accents.
"Listen, whether it was dancing (with QB recruit Walker Howard) or I couldn't get my accent down with 'family.' Listen, I'm from Boston. We don't have strong accents," the native of the Boston area said while reflecting on two viral moments from his short tenure at LSU.
Look, I get that we might not recognize our own accents when we’re speaking because it sounds normal to us, but .... really? Boston accents aren’t strong?
Either Kelly has really bad hearing or his joke just fell incredibly flat – which wouldn't be the first time.