Giannis Antetokounmpo It’s always “dad first” – but especially during spooky season!

Following a heavy loss to the Chicago Bulls on Friday, October 25, the 29-year-old Milwaukee Bucks player showed up to his usual postgame press conference at the Fiserv Forum in an unusual getup: a Mr. Potato Head costume.

When asked about her unusual print outfit, the star joked that when you’re married, “you don’t have a say in anything.”

Antetokounmpo – who I tied the knot with love for a long time Mariah Riddlesprigger In Greece earlier this year – he continued: “When the day starts, you have a schedule.”

“That’s what you’re going to do today,” he continued. “You’ll go to practice, you’ll come back, you’ll interact with the kids. Then you’ll take a nap, and then we have a costume ready for you.”

According to the NBA star, Riddlesprigger instructed him to wear the costume no matter how he felt. “Win or lose, you’re going to wear that costume,” he said. “Because at the end of the day, you’re a father and then you’re a basketball player.”

“So,” he finished, “I chose this costume because, first of all, I am a father. I have three children. I need to go entertain my kids.”

The toy-inspired outfit wasn’t a one-off look, but a coordinated costume with her three children (son Liam, 4, Maverick, 3, and daughter Eva, 13 months), who were seen dressing up as other kids. Toy Story According to the characters in the Bulls-Bucks match Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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The Mr. Potato Head costume wasn’t the first time Antetokounmpo celebrated Halloween at his post-game press conference, either.

Last year, the NBA star dressed as the Incredible Hulk before and after the game in October and even adopted the superhero’s voice. images Shared by ESPN.

When asked if he was reflecting his “inner Hulk” by nodding to the green costume on the field, Antetokounmpo repeated his Mr. Potato Head speech and stated that he was “doing it for my kids.”