7 Instances when Managers and Players Answered the Phone at a Press Conference

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Jose Mourinho’s press conference was interrupted when a reporter’s phone placed on the table rang

2) Neil Lennon

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While Mourinho was interrupted by just the one call, former Celtic boss Neil Lennon had to pause his press conference twice to answer a phone ringing on his table. And it wasn’t the journalist’s office calling but his wife!

You know a phone call is coming even before the phone rings as the signal interferes with the microphone and a buzzing sound is audible. When the phone does ring, Lennon ignores it for the first few seconds before picking it up and answering it as the reporters have a good laugh.

However, the caller hangs up the first time and just as Lennon gets ready to resume, the phone rings again! This time he asks around and finds out that it is a reporter’s wife who is calling and finds out her name.

“You’ve got to stop interrupting my press conference,” he says. The caller obviously asks who it is on the other end of the line and Lennon introduces himself after which she hangs up while Lennon shares a laugh with the media.

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