Jared Leto has recorded an introduction to the Components One Las Vegas Grand Prix, and it’s honest to say followers are having a combined response.
The 90-second-long video was recorded by the Thirty Seconds To Mars frontman, and noticed him recall his favorite issues in regards to the historic metropolis. It additionally served because the introduction video to the current occasion, which happened in Nevada between November 16 and November 18.
Speaking on to the digicam, the clip sees Leto eerily recite the lyrics to Elvis Presley’s iconic 1968 music ‘Viva Las Vegas’ with no emotion. It additionally options clips of the Las Vegas strip and contained in the casinos, in addition to photographs of well-known Components One drivers.
“How I wish there were more than the 24 hours in the day. Even if there were 40 more, I wouldn’t sleep a minute away,” he says. “Oh, there’s Blackjack and Poker and the roulette wheel. A fortune won and lost on every deal. All you need is a strong heart and a nerve of steel.” Take a look at the clip in full beneath.
Following the clip, each followers of Components One and followers of Thirty Seconds To Mars took to social media to share their responses to the unconventional introduction to the occasion – with some praising it as creative whereas others are considerably much less impressed.
“Had SportsCenter on mute and looked up from my computer to see a super zoomed-in Jared Leto making eye contact with me through the TV. Absolute shit-your-pants moment,” wrote one person on X/Twitter, whereas one other mentioned they “can’t tell if it’s cool or just weird af”.
Elsewhere, one person claimed that they’d “never heard a more poetic version of ‘Viva Las Vegas’,” earlier than. Nonetheless, others blasted it as being “beyond cringe” and “Mildly Unsettling & Uncomfortable”.
Discover extra reactions to the spoken phrase rendition beneath.
This Jared Leto opener for #FormulaOne Vegas is past cringe. Who signed off on this?
— Unhealthy Feels Productions (@FeelsLlc) November 19, 2023
By no means heard a extra poetic model of “Viva Las Vegas” by @JaredLeto for the @F1 #Formula1 #FormulaOne #LasVegasGrandPrix
— Laura Dougan (@LauraDougan210) November 19, 2023
The who fuck thought that Jared Leto introducing the #LasVegasGP with a spoken phrase “Viva Las Vegas” wasn’t a cringe inducing second?
This complete weekend has been shockingly terrible.
— Envy ⁽ˢʰᵉ ¯ ʰᵉʳ⁾ (@missenvyadams) November 19, 2023
Jared Leto’s opening monologue to f1 vegas was sooo off-putting .
he offers me the creeps.— Chris Likes (Drama) Motion pictures (@cjmart1_) November 19, 2023
Me to ESPN on that bizarre Jared Leto spoken phrase Viva Las Vegas. pic.twitter.com/om7xsMQHWg
— Diana Gonzales aka dianagonzales77.bsky.social (@trojanchick99) November 19, 2023
why is jared leto doing a poetry rendition of viva las vegas am i nonetheless asleep and in some bizarre dream
— caitlin (@formula_caitlin) November 19, 2023
Jared Leto reciting the phrases of “Viva Las Vegas”. #Formula1 pic.twitter.com/XGBSI5ZqVw
— Christian Vidauri (@Escapechris24) November 19, 2023
I’ve watched the Jared Leto Viva Las Vegas video like 10 instances now and I nonetheless do not know what they had been going for
— Rory Clean (@BoneJail) November 20, 2023
how Jared Leto thought we’d react to him reciting Viva Las Vegas pic.twitter.com/VcD8MilQ8Z
— wyn (@BelovedBale) November 19, 2023
I Survived the Mildly Unsettling & Uncomfortable Spoken Phrase Viva Las Vegas by Jared Leto on the Las Vegas Grand Prix 2023
— celeste (@CeleryNewsies) November 19, 2023
who thought having Jared Leto doing slam poetry was a good suggestion? This protection for the Vegas F1 race is cringe as hell
— Blake in Cozy Mode (@PNW_Dude_18) November 19, 2023
In different Jared Leto information, the singer and actor lately climbed up the Empire State Constructing to rejoice the announcement of the band’s ‘Seasons’ 2024 world tour.
The ‘Seasons’ tour will see the band journey throughout the globe performing in Latin America, Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand. It additionally marks the band’s first headline tour in over 5 years.
“The building is a testament of all the things that can be done in the world if we put our minds to it, which is largely the inspiration behind our most recent album, ‘It’s The End Of The World But It’s A Beautiful Day’,” he mentioned of the stunt.
This isn’t the primary time that Leto has stunned followers together with his climbing expertise, again in June the singer and actor stunned passers by in Germany after he was noticed scaling the wall of a resort with no harness.