Micah Richards reveals he lied to CBS bosses after wild Super Bowl night out ‘like never, ever before’
MICAH RICHARDS has revealed he lied to CBS Sports bosses after a wild night out in Las Vegas earlier this month.
Former Manchester City and England man Richards, 35, is a part of CBS Sports’ Champions League coverage alongside presenter Kate Abdo, Arsenal icon Thierry Henry and Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher.
And the ex-full-back enjoyed a flying visit to Las Vegas earlier this month as he made the trip across the Atlantic with Abdo and Henry ahead of Super Bowl LVIII – which was won by the Kansas City Chiefs.
While in the US, Richards was due to fulfil media obligations discussing both the Champions League and Super Bowl.
But he ended up having to conduct those duties after getting in just a few hours earlier from “one of the best nights” of his life.
Speaking to Gary Lineker on The Rest is Football, he said: “I am with [Thierry] Henry, [Kate] Abdo, the [CBS] producers, and everyone knows what Big Meeks is like. I like to get into a little bit of trouble every now and again.
“I just thought, ‘Do I keep it professional and stay in, or do I go for a little wander?’
“So it’s about 1am in the morning, I go for a little wander down the strip. We’re staying in the Virgin Hotels. One of my old mates is staying at the Wynn. I go there and have a few drinks.
“It’s then 4 or 5am in the morning, and I’m thinking to myself, ‘We’ve got media at 11am. What do I do here?’ It’s only light stuff, we’re talking about the Champions League, promoting that and then the Super Bowl.
“Then we went to a place, I’m not naming no places but wowsers. Gary, do you want me to spell it out for you? The scenery was like never, ever before.”
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Richards then went on to describe how he lied to his CBS bosses the following day to avoid getting in trouble.
He added: “So I get there in the morning and everyone was like, ‘How was your night’, this that and the other, ‘good sleep?’
“I was like, ‘Yeah, I went to sleep really early, I couldn’t find anything to do, I went downstairs to get a drink’, and they all thought I stayed in.
“But they don’t know I had one of the best nights of my life.
“Everyone thought I had jet lag. It had nothing to do with jet lag, it’s because I was out until eight o’clock in the morning.
“Oh my God. God bless America.”