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“Run the Burbs” star Andrew Phung is widely considered to be one of Canada’s biggest sneakerheads. But his former “Kim’s Convenience” co-star Simu Liu is no sneaker slouch either, having famously rocked some ultra-rare Jordans in “Shang-Chi”. So whose kick game reigns supreme?
If you ask Phung, it’s not even a debate: Kimchee all the way.
“Oh yeah,” says the actor when asked by ET’s Carlos Bustamante if his shoe appreciation is above and beyond Liu’s. “I think he would even admit to that. Look, Shang-Chi is wearing some Jordan 1s in the movie, I respect that. But even he would admit to it.”
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Still, Phung admits Liu’s “leveled up” his sneaker collection in recent years. “Sometimes I’ll see a photo of him at a Clippers game or something and I’ll text him saying, ‘Yo, nice sneakers.’ His game is evolving. But the flash was always Kimchee’s jam.”
We’re hanging out with Phung at OD Toronto, one of the city’s biggest sneaker consignment shops, as he does a little sole searching. It’s not uncommon to tune into “Run the Burbs” — the CBC comedy series he co-created, which was just picked up by The CW in the U.S. — and see his character Andrew Pham rocking some heat (he wears the Jordan 1 “Mocha” in the pilot). The show’s inspired by his own life, after all. And with a collection of over 600 sneakers, he’s made a name for himself not only as one of TV’s funniest suburban dads, but as a bona fide footwear aficionado.
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“I love that it’s become part of my persona,” says Phung. “Even walking here, people were like, ‘Yo, you
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