Kristen Bell had revealed on the Ellen Show last year that she has a crush on Charles Leclerc
Kirsten Bell was on The Ellen Show in 2021 with her husband Dax Shepard to talk about Netflix’s Drive to Survive series. She also talked about her friendship with McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo and revealed that her celebrity crush is F1 driver Charles Leclerc.
Charles Leclerc is regarded as one of the best-looking drivers on the Formula One grid, and American actress Kristen Bell revealed that she has a crush on the Ferrari driver. She admitted that she tried to give the Ferrari race driver her phone number at the United States Grand Prix in 2021. It was at that moment when speaking about Leclerc that Bell botched up his name’s pronunciation. F1 fans continue to have a good laugh about it.
Talking on the Ellen show, Bell said, “I mean I did watch Drive to Survive which got me into Formula One. I don’t sit down and watch the entire race, but Danny had gotten us tickets to come to the grid. ”She further added, “And, after watching DTS, there are some visually stimulating people on that show. Well yeah so there is another driver, I mean I adore Danny but there is a driver that’s just got a face, it’s Charles Leclerc.”
Fans on Twitter were quick to point out Bell’s error in the pronunciation of ‘Leclerc’. Here are a few of the funniest reactions.
“Only an American would pronounce his name with the hard C on the end. Maybe he should change it to Leclair”, wrote a fan, clearly taking a dig at the American style of pronouncing European names.
“Lol easy to remember you should pronounce it like an ‘eclair’”, tweeted another fan, correcting Bell’s error.
“Not Kristen Bell pronouncing it “Leclerk” – wrote another fan, echoing similar sentiments.
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