Jamie Carragher revealed his wife Nicola said he had gone 'too far' with his cheeky joke about Micah Richards' new haircut when they co-hosted the Champions League coverage.
On Tuesday evening, the quartet of Carragher, Richards, Thierry Henry and Kate Scott presented CBS' coverage of the Champions League.
It was the first match of the year when Liverpool took on Lille in the league stage. With their 2-1 victory they have now qualified for the last sixteen.
But the focus wasn't just on football on the CBS show. Almost immediately, Richards' look was questioned as the crew addressed the elephant in the room.
And Carragher wasn't willing to hold back in his analysis of the look, delivering a brutal assessment and leaving his fellow expert in stitches when he told Richards his haircut was 'terrible'.
While Carragher and his co-hosts laughed at Richards' charges, the former Liverpool defender revealed just a day later how his wife disapproved of his jokes.
Richards said on CBS Sports: “You ruined my confidence yesterday, Jamie!” Carragher then replied: 'Can I say something? My wife Nicola told me last night [that] I went too far.'
“Is that what she said?!,” Richards said in disbelief. Carragher responded with a nod before shaking hands with the former Man City defender.
“Thank you Nicola, I love you!” Richards jokingly stated.
Carragher, Scott and Henry had all teased Richards for debuting his new look.
“New you, who's here?” Abdo asked Richards during the show. 'I look fantastic, don't I? ' he responded. Carragher then said: 'It doesn't suit you. I say that as a friend.'
Richards burst out laughing, shocked by Carragher's input, and added: “Can't you just say that off the air?”
After Carragher asked why Richards changed his appearance, the ex-Manchester City man explained: 'I, you know. New year, new me.'
Abdo explained that she was a fan of the look and described it as 'nice and crunchy'.
The broadcast then cut to a photo of Richards' former appearance next to his new one, and Carragher said, “Honestly, you look awful.” You look so cool on the other one. Not cool. Why did you do that?'
After Carragher called him an 'act' for wearing contact lenses instead of glasses, Richards said he was 'more than happy' with the look and didn't cast a vote to find out what the general reaction was .
Abdo wondered if he had had a hair transplant, to which Richards replied: “I haven't been to Turkey, not a chance.”
In a poll asking CBS followers on
After Carragher continued to insist that Richards had had a transplant, they responded to the poll, with Richards saying: 'Way to undermine someone's confidence. I tried, but it didn't work, right?'
Carragher then pulled out a measuring tape and insisted: 'Something isn't right.' He measured two and a half inches between Richards' eyebrows and his hairline, and insisted he measure again at a later date.
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