As if Bubba Wallace wasn’t already essentially the most polarizing driver on the circuit immediately, he could have kicked a hornet’s nest with a nuclear sizzling tackle maybe essentially the most beloved NASCAR film ever.
Showing on Bussin’ With The Boys, Wallace revealed that he hates the 2006 Will Ferrell comedy film Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.
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“It is the worst (expletive) film ever,” Wallace mentioned bluntly.
The present hosts have been outraged by Wallace’s opinion and demanded that he clarify himself. Wallace then defined that the movie simply makes a mockery of NASCAR and that the enduring “Shake and Bake” maneuver within the movie is a complete fantasy.
“Effectively it makes a mockery of the game,” Wallace mentioned. “Nobody (expletive) ‘shakes and bakes’ canine.”
Some extent?
As a lot as most individuals nonetheless adore the movie 20 years on, NASCAR followers have been prepared to agree with Wallace that the movie doesn’t pay respect to the game they love.
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“He’s proper. Talladega Nights was extra making enjoyable of the game vs being concerning the sport. Enjoyable in a gimmick method, however total a internet destructive imo,” one consumer remarked within the feedback.
“Pleasant reminder that Kyle Larson mentioned final yr that the movie “turned our sport right into a joke” and there wasn’t almost the identical outrage as Bubba Wallace not liking it,” wrote one other.
“I agree utterly and don’t suppose NASCAR ought to’ve ever tried to embrace it. It wasn’t good for the game,” a 3rd wrote.
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NASCAR Cup Sequence driver Bubba Wallace (23) celebrates Sunday, July 27, 2025, after profitable the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.© Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK by way of Imagn Pictures
Nonetheless, some dismissed Wallace’s feedback, asserting that the movie was a internet constructive and that he is taking it too significantly.
“Anybody who doesn’t like Talladega nights as a result of it makes a joke of the game doesn’t comprehend the style of comedy.”
“I get his take, nevertheless it introduced eyes to the game and clearly majority of individuals didn’t take the film actually.”
“The film is a comedy… Bubba Wallace is the worst.”
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“Now I see why everybody hates this dude.”
You actually cannot ever win them throughout with an opinion.
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