If You Missed It: The Ard Matthews Video & Nandos Ad
August 25, 2011 by Brown Shuga
If you missed it:
His name is Ard Matthews and he joins Ras Dumisani in the list of people who have butchered the National Anthem. Ard was singing the national anthem (or rather supposed to sing) at an event where our squad for the Rugby World Cup was announced. This was a Supersport live broadcast. Here is the video:
Before we get to discuss the video, how come we didn’t have a LIVE broadcast for the announcement of our 2010 Soccer World Cup squad?
Okay, back to this Ard guy… shame, I can’t believe he laughed and I guess his tweet after this blunder made it worse. He said
“I thought the team were gonna join me like the Standard Bank ad. Haha. Huge apologies SA. Please forgive me…”
Supersport later sent out a statement apologising for this incident. This also included an apology from Ard Matthews.
“I’ve sung it my whole life and was overcome with emotion. It wasn’t intentional . . . I support everything about this whole country. This was the worst moment of my life. I was so frozen and nervous and my nervousness came out as a laugh. This was no attempt at humour, but a nervous response to an awful situation.” Ard Matthews
Supersport spokesman Clinton van der Berg said:
“SuperSport unconditionally apologises to all South Africans, SA Rugby and the Springbok team and management for the regrettable incident. SuperSport is equally embarrassed by this and wishes to point out that this is in no way a reflection on SA Rugby.”
Nandos ngoku phapha entered the spotlight with this ad:
… and I don’t find if funny.
Well, personally I don’t believe this guy forgot the words, he just doesn’t know them and really, this clip was not funny like Ras Dumisani’s this was embarassing…
Interesting how these blunders always happen at rugby events.
Your thoughts?
RexonaABC on Thu, 25th Aug 2011 1:21 am
This guy should atleast wrote some notes, Ras Dumisani s version was kinda bopostola, next time they should record the song, or get Dr Sis Ribs to sing.
Rugby rugby guys should think again, “cheat me once shame on you, cheat me twice shame on me”.
facebook on Thu, 25th Aug 2011 1:39 am
Everytime I see the clip I just burst out and laugh. This guy is so f**kn ignorant.
The Nandos ad kwaaa its so kak funny.
Qha abantu aba naar(ayo) ngooDj Fresh who are white ass lickers.
dejane on Thu, 25th Aug 2011 2:19 am
Its actually the FNB and not Standard bank ad.
Shem must be hard being Ard right now. Did they not have rehearsals? It aint like they called him ka quarter to what what to tell him he gotta sing the National Anthem. Which makes me believe he doesn’t know it at all. Why did they have to get someone to do an acoustic version of the song? Y not sing the anthem as it is, without ama remix. Think they should’ve opted for Soweto gospel choir or the Bala Brothers just to be on the safe side..
Ntlantla on Thu, 25th Aug 2011 2:58 am
Lmfao Nandos! Trust them to come up wth smthng that hilarious!
sindarella on Thu, 25th Aug 2011 6:05 am
He can’t even recognise dat its an FNB ad *SMH* da rugby keeps embarassing themselves wit these peeps in front of da world nogal? I’m so dissapointed shem
blaque on Thu, 25th Aug 2011 7:01 am
I know the 2 word that Nandos forgot, ke ‘Fu*k you’
DexterSUPERIOR on Thu, 25th Aug 2011 7:08 am
Kwaaaaaaahaaaahaaaa! Ay, that Nando’s ad just killed me. Nando’s ads are clearly not for the uptight.
I just realised that I also don’t know the Afrikaans part of the National Anthem. This is bad. I must say it would’ve been easier to remember had the whole anthem been in English.
Bootylicious on Thu, 25th Aug 2011 7:22 am
Off the topic pls guys: my friend slept over at my place, this morning when I was in da shower I received an sms to inform me my salary has been paid in, now sistas read da sms and she now knows how much I earn. I am not happy at all with what she did, do I tell I am not happy about it and tell her not to read my stuff again or do I just let it go?
pastor chic on Thu, 25th Aug 2011 7:29 am
I can’t shake the feeling that this matthew person did this on purpose for publicity *smh*
bongi on Thu, 25th Aug 2011 7:56 am
@ Bootylicious personally what she did is not acceptable at all..besides the fact that it showed your salary – but reading someone’s sms’s is not right at all. Tell her that you not happy with what she did without being harsh.
Polly on Thu, 25th Aug 2011 8:03 am
LMAO @ Nandos’ ad. I hope SARU has learnt a lesson.
@Booty, Tell her that you are not happy. What the hell was she thinking reading your sms?
Ndesheni on Thu, 25th Aug 2011 8:05 am
Hahahaha… Nandos is da bees knees (pun/ no pun intended)…
@Bootylicious… Ur frnd uphume elaynini & u need to tell that. I also had a frnd who used to open my mail, lyk WTF…
Lekker dag peeps
prettylicious on Thu, 25th Aug 2011 8:18 am
@bOoty hay shem ur frend iwrongo, bt u shuld tell her tt u dnt lyk wht she did , jst in a pleasant manner.
miss_a on Thu, 25th Aug 2011 8:30 am
Another HEEEEEELARIOUS ad from Nandos LOL! Love it! I really wanna work for Nandos’ marketing department, would love to be exposed to the great minds that come up with this stuff!
@Bootylicious; tell her! Uyajwayela, how dare she read your sms! That’s so disrespectful! If you don’t tell her she’s gonna keep doing it.
jolene on Thu, 25th Aug 2011 8:34 am
@Booty- tell her uthi it’s wrong and she disrespected u by going through yo sms’s. She shouldn’t do it again without yo permission. Phela SMSs r not like phonecalls, u can read them anytime.
This Aard guy jus want to be know n remembered- andithi bad publicity is still publicity? Typical Nandos…
Cutypie on Thu, 25th Aug 2011 8:36 am
@Booty that friend of yours uyaphapha shem and you need to tell her. Coz she’s gonna make u feel like u overreacting but be firm and stick to your words.
Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaa at the Nandos Ad, these guys are gud shem. LMAO
I have no comment for that punk..I’m only hearing about him for the first time nje futhi.
eve nings on Thu, 25th Aug 2011 8:36 am
The boks must forget about winning the world cup
Bootylicious on Thu, 25th Aug 2011 8:52 am
Thanks guys I will adress it later when I get home, lol @ the Nando’s add trust them to come up with something like these, I love them shame
Ms. T on Thu, 25th Aug 2011 9:05 am
Typical Nandos ads, always hilarious!
Zest on Thu, 25th Aug 2011 9:14 am
Uyas’qhela lo mjita… nyan’ nyan…
kakapana on Thu, 25th Aug 2011 9:27 am
how come we didn’t have a LIVE broadcast for the announcement of our 2010 Soccer World Cup squad?
My question exactly.
Okuka Ras Dumisani shame I understood ngoba he was just bimbaring, but nje u Ard wangakhona..ayi
Mapakisha on Thu, 25th Aug 2011 9:28 am
I was annoyed by that lagging of his, what is so funny about not knowing the national anthem. Hayi suka maan, makgowa a ha a na respect.
promisez on Thu, 25th Aug 2011 9:30 am
kwaaaaaaa @ the Nandos ad, they just the best!!!
as for Ard, aint nothing wrong about forgettin words/lines in a song, and laughin it off was just his way of dealing with it,,,, come now people stop being uptight!!!!
knowing the nationl anthem off by heart is not a getaway to HEAVEN!!!!!
facebook on Thu, 25th Aug 2011 9:52 am
@Promisez yes its not gateway to heaven but the guys should not agreed to sing it if he does not know the whole Anthem.
Some people are just ignorant.
Lustagp on Thu, 25th Aug 2011 10:07 am
i dont balme the guy, i blame the stupid ignorant organisers, how can you pay someone again to sing a song they dont know???? i also dont sing along in the Afrikaans part and i will never caught dead singing for the nation singer or no singer!!
Nomaha on Thu, 25th Aug 2011 10:07 am
Another embarassment to the Nation! Kunzima inene.
@Booty your friend flies (uyaphapha). I would have sorted her out right there and then. Salary is private.
—–>knowing the nationl anthem off by heart is not a getaway to HEAVEN!!!!!
Tjo!!!!!
My sense of humour has ran away with me, I dont get the Nando’s ad.
LadyM on Thu, 25th Aug 2011 10:19 am
flipping hell, what was Ard thinking! yes we laugh when we are nervous! but shem, he made a mockery of the national anthem, the rugby peeps,SARU etc! he should be ashamed
how come we didn’t have a LIVE broadcast for the announcement of our 2010 Soccer World Cup squad?—>Good Q @BS
On a lighter note, Nandos ad done killed me! wahahahhahaha. Love their creatives!
softnfree on Thu, 25th Aug 2011 10:20 am
@Booity I know the inner venomous violation of privacy and sanity very well….
My liver was even on auction at how dare you??
Twice nogal!!
I would never in my entire existing remains of living forget how I felt when she undressed each and every sense of dignified privacy I stored in my phone..
Hence tot vandag, I made an oath, be a prison warder, a lover or a foe, I the soft one will never ever go through someones phone even if its to look at time!!!
Dumelang kaofela!!
Nandos ad’s have mi’crazy wit sense of rye humor written all over..
#classic#
softnfree on Thu, 25th Aug 2011 10:24 am
@Booity I know the inner venomous violation of privacy and sanity very well….
My liver was even on auction at how dare you??
Twice nogal!!
I would never in my entire existing remains of living forget how I felt when she undressed each and every sense of dignified privacy I stored in my phone..
Hence tot vandag, I made an oath, be a prison warder, a lover or a foe, I the soft one will never ever go through someones phone even if its to look at time!!!
Dumelang kaofela!!
Nonkuku on Thu, 25th Aug 2011 10:27 am
Why is it always at rugby events?? that our national anthem gets butchered.
Hay ndanele, ndawyeka nobukela lo rugby mna! Nxa!
softnfree on Thu, 25th Aug 2011 10:27 am
@Booity I know the inner venomous violation of privacy and sanity very well….
My liver was even on auction at how dare you??
Twice nogal!!
I would never in my entire existing remains of living forget how I felt when she undressed each and every sense of dignified privacy I stored in my phone..
Hence tot vandag, I made an oath, be a prison warder, a lover or a foe, I the soft one will never ever go through someones phone even if its to look at time!!!
Dumelang kaofela!!
Nandos ad GOL
facebook on Thu, 25th Aug 2011 10:35 am
Q: How come we never had a live squad announcement for 2010 soccer WC?
A: Ask SABC.
SuperSport have exclusive rights to rugby be it international or domestic games.
On the other hand, Sabc has rights to Bafana games.
If the heads at Sabc are lazy plz don’t blame everybody else.
Pule on Thu, 25th Aug 2011 10:47 am
Do you need to grow locks to butcher the national anthem.
@Booty,tell her off in very clear terms.
MissAN on Thu, 25th Aug 2011 1:40 pm
@ Pule… Ditto.. That is what I thought… phela locks go with something hence Standard bank being confused for FNB…and Ard made it worse by laughing…You know how they roll. SARU must NOT allow Bob Marley stans to sing for them.
@ Lungsta…mara people like double standards,like you I say the organisers are just incompetent,they knew what happened with Ras Dumisani why didn’t they make sure this Ard guy can sing ALL of the national anthem before ? This guy simply doesn’t know the words to the Sotho/Zulu parts and is making up excuses that he forgot the words,he has been part of a band for years!!! So nje,nami I would fumble at the Afrikaans part like many of us,I only know the words when I sing with many people not on my own!!
MissAN on Thu, 25th Aug 2011 2:05 pm
Lol @ my dad showing me a ‘Imlonji kaNtu’ cd that he just bought!! Guess what it’s about…6 songs of the National Anthem *calls Ard and Ras Dumisani for a listening session and instructs them to lay off that stuff*
GA on Thu, 25th Aug 2011 2:12 pm
Who recalls the 2003 rugby world cup national anthem singers. It was The two Pop star finalists. They sang the anthem so well i never forget.
Re Ard….just watched a vid of him on youtube singing the anthem properly now. And i think he has shown enough remourse, i forgive him.
The Nandos ad is funny. haha
B.MAG on Thu, 25th Aug 2011 2:42 pm
Ndumiso Ngcobo said yesterday “South Africa focus most of their energy on minor things like anthem whilst there s still people dying out of hunger, potholes on road”
B.MAG on Thu, 25th Aug 2011 2:44 pm
Ndumiso Ngcobo said yesterday “South Africa focus most of their energy on minor things like anthem whilst there s still people dying out of hunger, potholes on road”.
Pana on Thu, 25th Aug 2011 4:44 pm
i think the Nando’s ad is k.k funny. i love it.
Besides, the dude is sorry – what else can he do?
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Mabhebeza on Fri, 26th Aug 2011 2:13 pm
Mncim…Ard was high on something, but he made things worse by laughing. He showed disrespect. The organisers of the event are to blame for real. They should have hired someone who knows the anthem off by heart. They were ignorant.