Thursday night’s NFL matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Los Angeles Chargers marked the first time an NFL game was broadcast specifically on the Amazon Prime streaming platform. As a result, Amazon’s billionaire owner Jeff Bezos was in attendance.
Before the game, Bezos took some time to walk the sidelines and interact with some fans in the stands. But based on one of the photos that emerged from his appearance, he might have wished he hadn’t.
In a photo shared by Kansas City sports anchor Aaron Ladd, Bezos awkwardly posed with a group of fans sitting in the front row of arrowhead stadium while giving an extremely uncomfortable and unnatural handshake to one fan.
Instead of grasping the fan’s hand – as normal people do in normal handshakes – Bezos instead grabbed the fan by the wrist and held it for the picture.
It was certainly an odd sight, and the NFL world had plenty to say about the billionaire’s awkward antics, with many pointing out how robotic he seems in the photo.
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While Bezos’ photo might have drawn a lot of criticism, at least the game was entertaining as the Chiefs beat the Chargers by a score of 27-24 on Thursday Night. And only those making Bezos richer got to see it – so it looks like he got the final laugh.