Wait, WHY Did Derek Jeter Secretly Wear A Golden Thong During A Baseball Game?!
03.02.2023 - 06:41
/ perezhilton.com
Derek Jeter needed to get a hit REALLY badly, OK?!
The former New York Yankees shortstop went on The Tonight Show on Wednesday to hang out with longtime host Jimmy Fallon. And while he was on set, the former Yankee great revealed something very interesting — and salacious — about his playing career!
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At one point, Jeter sat down for an on-show game with Fallon and singer Rita Ora. The game was called “True Confessions,” and all three stars were given two envelopes — one containing the truth and one containing a lie. Then, they read out the chosen envelope, and the other two on stage have to figure out if they are lying or not.
Jeter went first, picked the second envelope, and read out loud:
Ummmm…. wow!
Ora and Fallon were thrown by the claim, and both responded that they thought the story was false. But Jeter revealed otherwise, saying:
Whoa!!!
Jimmy was beside himself, and said at one point:
So, the superstar shortstop settled in to tell the story. As he recalled, it all came about in 2004, when he was going through a miserable slump at the plate one summer:
Yankee Doodle DAMN!!
But is it actually true?!?! After all, there’s no way to verify it!
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So, as it turns out, the golden thong talk appears to be legit!! In a 2015 interview with the Newark Star-Ledger, former MLB slugger Jason Giambi — who played for the Yankees from 2002 through 2008 — explained that it was his golden thong. And he confirmed he actually gave it to Jeter during a miserable slump in 2004!!
Giambi said to the newspaper at the time:
The slugger also confirmed in that nearly eight-year-old