Alexi Lalas shocked his fellow World Cup pundits with a vulgar jab at James Corden during their pre-opening ceremony coverage.

The New England Revolution star blasted the former “Late Late Show” host as a “wanker” after fellow presenter Rebecca Lowe brought up Corden’s recent FIFA World Cup bit for Fox Sports.

“Can we talk about James Corden for a second?” Lowe said, seemingly attempting to line up a plug for Corden’s appearance on “FIFA World Cup on FOX After Hours.”

Before Lowe could even shout out the cross-promotion effort, Lalas chimed in with, “What do you guys call him? A full kit wanker, right?”

Lowe, along with fellow presenters Thierry Henry and Zlatan Ibrahimović, were visibly stunned by the remark.

Lalas attempted to clarify his meaning, noting, “When he’s all dressed up and ready to go?” However, his peers were forced to explain that a “wanker” in British slang is not a nice descriptor.

“Lucky we’re on American television,” Lowe responded. “‘Cause the W-word on British TV …”

A representative for Corden did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.

For those wondering, a “full kit wanker” is a British insult about a person dressed in a soccer get-up in public, despite not playing the sport. Lalas’ swipe at Corden wasn’t entirely wrong, however, as the “Cats” star did don a soccer uniform for his new Fox Sports project. Though, we assume Corden still didn’t appreciate the comment.

Nonetheless, World Cup fans had plenty to say about the moment, with one fan on X commenting alongside a photo of Henry’s shocked face, “The next meme of the World Cup.” Another chimed in with, “So much respect for Alexi Lalas after this.”

Watch the exchange, as well as Corden’s soccer segment, above.

The Kennedy Center said that it will remove Donald Trump‘s name from the facade of the arts complex — but that may not happen until early Saturday morning.

As a court-ordered deadline passed midnight, Justice Department attorneys asked a judge for a 12-hour extension of time, saying that thunderstorms earlier in the evening delayed the construction of scaffolding so crews could begin the process of removing the letters.

With the center’s appeals exhausted, crews are expected to take down the words “The Donald J. Trump And,” leaving the center with its original designation: “The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts.”

Throughout the day on Friday, news crews and hundreds of spectators gathered to watch the moment. C-SPAN and some independent content creators, such as Jim Acosta, streamed the scene.

“Take it down. Take it down,” many in the crowd shouted during the day and into the evening. They cheered at moments of progress during the construction of the scaffolding, and should out which letters they wanted to go first.

The center officially had until midnight to remove the president’s name and comply with a judge’s order. Last month, U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled that the center’s board, controlled by Trump, lacked authority to add the president’s name to the complex, and that only Congress could do so. While the center removed Trump’s name from its website and on social media earlier in the week, it had remained on the front of the complex.

Trump and the board sought a stay that would have allowed them to retain the name beyond the deadline, but Cooper rejected it. They then appealed to the D.C. Circuit, but a three-judge panel denied that motion as well.

In their appellate motion, parts of which seemed to be written by Trump himself, the center argued that “millions” raised via the Trump Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Foundation would have to be returned. They argued that “people and companies, who have given, or will be giving, millions of dollars to the Center were only willing to do so with the name ‘Trump’ on the Building.”

Just weeks into his second term, Trump took control of the center’s board, ensuring that he would be elected its chairman. In December, the board voted to add Trump’s name to the complex, generating an outcry from Democrats and members of the Kennedy family.

After the new branding, the center saw another round of artists canceling bookings. Ticket sales already had declined following the Trump takeover, which was not a big surprise given the core audience for the arts complex: Residents of Washington, D.C., northern Virginia and Maryland, which noted heavily against Trump in the 2024 election.

Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH), an ex-officio member of the board, filed suit to remove Trump’s name and halt plans to close the center for two years for renovations. Cooper also ruled that the board was “derelict” in voting to close the center without fully considering its impact on things such as programming. Beatty was outside the center on Friday evening.

Per the DOJ, Beatty’s legal team responded to the request for a time extension by noting that the center “had two weeks to comply with the order, and only need an extension because of their inexcusable delay.”

“Plaintiff also has concerns that this fits a patten of non-compliance on Defendants’ part,” the DOJ told the judge. “But under the circumstances, Plaintiff takes no position on a 12 hour extension. Plaintiff would strongly oppose any further extensions.”

In their coverage of the pending removal of Trump’s name from the center, CNN and MS NOW coverage also noted the symbolic meaning of the scene, of a successful pushback on a president who has tried to remake D.C.

That said, Trump is continuing to shatter norms this weekend, after he invited Ultimate Fighting Championship to hold a weekend of events tied to the 250th anniversary of the United States. Nearby the Kennedy Center earlier on Friday, UFC held a press conference at the Lincoln Memorial, a prelude to the cage match at the White House on Sunday, held in a giant makeshift arena.

The Trump administration sought a 12-hour extension as the deadline to remove President Donald Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center crept closer Friday evening.

In a new filing obtained and viewed by TheWrap, the Trump administration argued, “Defendants respectfully request a brief extension of time to file the compliance declaration required by this Court’s May 29, 2026 permanent-injunction order … as one task – the removal of signage from the Center’s front portico ‘that purports to rename the Kennedy Center after President Trump,’ id. – has been delayed because of thunderstorms in the District of Columbia that presented safety concerns for workers.”

The document defended that “the removal work is presently ongoing, and Defendants expect it will conclude in the early hours of the morning of June 13, 2026.”

They added: “Defendants reached out to Plaintiff when it became clear later in the evening of June 12 that progress on removal of the letters had been sufficiently hindered to threaten the midnight compliance deadline.”

However, Trump’s DOJ noted that the Plaintiff remained unmoved by their position, reportedly telling them that they “had two weeks to comply with the order, and only need an extension because of their inexcusable delay.” However, Trump’s camp noted the Plaintiff didn’t take a position on the 12-hour extension outside of “strongly” opposing “any further extensions.”

Matt Floca, the COO of the Kennedy Center, co-signed this reason for the delay in a declaration filed by the Trump administration on Friday.

The update came as a large crowd of spectators, including Rep. Joyce Beatty (who sued Trump and his Kennedy Center board over the rename) gathered outside the famed arts venue to watch the president’s name be taken down.

Earlier on Friday, the D.C. appeals court rejected the Kennedy Center Board’s attempt to halt the court-ordered removal of President Donald Trump’s name from the arts institution.

The judges denied the center’s request for an immediate administrative stay that would have put on hold a district judge’s order that Trump’s name be removed from all references to the name of the Kennedy Center by the end of the day on Friday.

The president’s name has been removed from the website and social media, but it has remained etched onto the building itself.

More to come…