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Kevin Sweeney

Kealia and J.J. Watt Found a Hilarious Way to Make Sports Ownership Announcement

Former NFL star J.J. Watt and his wife, Kealia, who is a professional soccer player, announced Monday they’ve become minority investors in Burnley Football Club in England. 

In a hilarious video that the couple shared on social media, Watt announced that he’s “officially retiring from retirement” because of his love for football … this time, the European kind. 

At one point, the video jokes that Watt “wants to be Ryan Reynolds,” the co-owner of Welsh football club Wrexham AFC, which has been the subject of the docuseries Welcome to Wrexham. 

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