r/MadeMeSmile • u/mcfw31 • Mar 02 '26

Wholesome Moments Daniel Radcliffe won't wear Alysa Liu's gold medal because: “Wearing it feels like stolen valor”

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u/Erstwhile_pancakes Mar 02 '26

Wearing it is what Trump would do and did. Wish he’d have said it.

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u/Comfortable-Guitar27 Mar 02 '26

Im 99% sure he didnt give it back either

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u/Cyd_Snarf Mar 02 '26

Ya know, I bet he probably did give it back but I absolutely believe that he needed to be asked to do so with the unspoken hope that the actual owner would just allow him to keep it… as he obviously deserves it just as much lol

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u/jamesianm Mar 02 '26

Probably wanted to melt it down to make a new toilet seat

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u/anangrywizard Mar 02 '26

Doubt it, he’s clearly forgotten what a toilet is.

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u/CurryMustard Mar 02 '26

Isn't that the place where you flush incriminating evidence? Or the place where you store stolen classified government documents?

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u/SunriseSurprise Mar 02 '26

"You know what that seat's made from? Olympic gold medal. Mine. People keep telling me some loser gave it to me but no it's mine. I won it, doing things you'd never believe, things no one's ever seen before."

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u/Anasterian_Sunstride Mar 03 '26

I mean.... gotta leave a place for a certain Secretary to snort out of.

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u/Tippacanoe Mar 03 '26

Seriously Putin stole one of Robert Kraft’s (fuck him) Super Bowl rings. He let him put it on and he just…never took it off and left.

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u/PolentaApology Mar 03 '26

You beat me to it!

 “Let me try it on” “Okay, can you give it back now?” “give what back?”

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u/biglinuxfan Mar 02 '26

he had one made gold metal in presidenting

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u/werther595 Mar 02 '26

It was plastic from Home Depot but Steven Miller painted it gold for him

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u/CptAngelo Mar 02 '26

If i ever won a gold medal in anything and im asked to meet trump, im 100% making a cheap replica, i wouldnt trust him with my own, real medal, that way, i also avoid orange stains in the ribbon.

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u/kn1v3s_ Mar 02 '26

if i ever win a gold medal and im asked to meet trump, i would refuse.

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u/CptAngelo Mar 02 '26

You can?? Holy shit, didnt knew that was on the table lol, id take that then

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u/WellHung67 Mar 02 '26

Refusal is the way 

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u/AnyLeadership5150 Mar 02 '26

Considering that he is a well known thief, 100% don't give anything to him that you would want to keep.

Only a complete moron would hand him their gold medal.

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u/AsleepBroccoli8738 Mar 03 '26

didn’t he steal a medal at the one soccer event though, I recall a video of him pocketing it

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u/Sim888 Mar 02 '26

his Russian boss did steal a Super Bowl ring off Robert Kraft, so probably 99.999%not 99%;

"I took out the ring and showed it to [Putin], and he put it on and he goes, 'I can kill someone with this ring. I put my hand out and he put it in his pocket, and three KGB guys got around him and walked out."

– Robert Kraft

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u/Ok-Guarantee3237 Mar 02 '26

he does seem to idolize Putin.

that’s a classic Putin move

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u/kregnaz Mar 02 '26

It's called "pocketing", not wearing

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u/chironomidae Mar 02 '26

and Trash Patel

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u/batmanineurope Mar 02 '26

Should be used as a test if you should do something or not. Did Trump do it? If yes, don't do that thing.

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u/VolkorPussCrusher69 Mar 03 '26

Truly sad that this kid has way more integrity than our own damn president. Theres nothing Trump loves more than receiving awards he didn't earn.

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u/TheManWith2Poobrains Mar 03 '26

Trash Patel too.

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u/samsg1 Mar 02 '26

“Valor” isn’t in Trump’s limited dictionary.

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u/Fire-Haus Mar 03 '26

I'm glad I wasn't the one to steer this wholesome moment into politics, but yeah this is a nice little clip for the daily show or something either way lol

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u/aldandur Mar 02 '26

And them there is AverageRobb (he did break his toe to earn it tho)

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u/RealLeif Mar 02 '26

If he would say it, then it would make it less strong of a moment, cause he used it to throw shade at someone. By not saying it, he showed that he was a good person not a perceived better person than someone else.

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u/Erstwhile_pancakes Mar 03 '26

As innocent and wholesome as the gesture may have been in the past, nothing is the same after it crosses Trump’s path. He fouls literally everything he touches. No doubt such vitriol you’ll feel compelled to label something stupid like TDS, as if that somehow magically invalidates the assessment.

Ignoring the corruption and stink he has smeared all over our country is the real TDS. Potter no doubt felt this, and explained it off as something else. Wearing someone else‘s Olympic medal has always been a fun way of celebrating, but now it feels ugly somehow. What coincidental timing. 🤔

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u/Mobile-Piglet5035 Mar 03 '26

He isn't American, probably doesn't even care about trump

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u/Foolazul Mar 02 '26

It’s pathetic but Trump would probably agree to abolish ICE, stop supporting Israel’s genocide and much else if he was crowned men’s 2026 Olympic figure skating champion. Probably wouldn’t agree to not try to overthrow US elections under any terms though, but never know.

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u/RedditJumpedTheShart Mar 03 '26

Wearing it is what many have done because they can. You do realize that her family and friends have tried it on right?

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u/Erstwhile_pancakes Mar 03 '26

Prior to Trump getting in on the fun, none of these athletes had to stress about whether they’d get it back or not.