Don't you know who I am? LeBron James asked for ID by bartender at Florida hotel

  • 29-year-old Miami Heat basketball star player LeBron James was in Orlando to watch the Orange Bowl
  • He ordered a drink at a hotel bar and the bartender asked him for his ID to check his age
  • LeBron reportedly laughed at the incident and told the bartender to 'look at my beard!'

By Daily Mail Reporter

PUBLISHED: 13:55 EST, 5 January 2014 | UPDATED: 03:35 EST, 6 January 2014

Basketball star LeBron James had a shock recently when he was carded at a hotel bar on Friday night in Orlando, Florida.

The 29-year-old Miami Heat basketball player was in the city to watch the Orange Bowl when the incident happened.

A sports writer for the Bleacher Report tweeted about the incident on Saturday, which has since gone viral on social media.

Old enough: Basketball player LeBron James, 29, was carded by a bartender at an Orlando hotel on Friday

Old enough: Basketball player LeBron James, 29, was carded by a bartender at an Orlando hotel on Friday

Surprised: The Miami Heats star, seen here with Savannah Brinson in October last year, reportedly laughed at the request

Surprised: The Miami Heats star, seen here with Savannah Brinson in October last year, reportedly laughed at the request

Ethan Skolnick tweeted: ‘Now that he talked about it, I’ll tweet it: strangest thing I’ve seen was LeBron getting carded at hotel bar last nt. Bartender was serious.’

One person commented on the tweet, asking if LeBron reacted in a ‘posh’ way or ‘just laughed at it’, to which Skolnick responded that he had simply laughed.

 

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It is not apparent whether the bartender did not recognise the celebrity basketball player, or whether he was simply ‘doing his job’.

According to the Miami Herald, LeBron didn’t tell the employee who he was but was surprised to be carded. ‘Look at my beard!’ he said.

Eye witness: Sports writer Ethan Skolnick tweeted about the incident on Saturday

Eye witness: Sports writer Ethan Skolnick tweeted about the incident on Saturday

Famous: LeBron is one of the country's most recognizable sports stars

Famous: LeBron is one of the country's most recognizable sports stars

It is not known in which hotel the incident happened.

LeBron, nicknamed ‘King James’, is one of the most recognizable sports stars in the country.

The Orange Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, which has been played annually since January 1, 1935

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Good for James. If a bartender, hostess, vendor, waiter, waitress can't tell the difference from a 20 years old kid from a thirty, 40, 50 years old man then they should not be selling alcohol. I DO NOT get carded. I DO NOT need that $8.00 beer enough to be humilate by some kid with a GED.

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He seems like he's grownup a lot in the last few years. Doesn't alter that fact that basketball is a pointless "sport" though...just play the last minute...that's when it all happens, if anything is going to happen...

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I know who he is !!! He's a fat prat.

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Well what have you done for them Tony???? other thanB itch on DM?

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Why is this news. People are dying freezing starving ect and you feel this is a more important story well done dm

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What have done Tony except whine on DM?

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I'm 50 and was carded last week, I took it as......................GOD DAMN I look that goooooood................. lololololol

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I wouldn't know what he or any other sports star looks like because I never watch sports. I suspect I'm not alone in that.

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Smile & know how young you must look :)

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Who is he? Not a fan of sports, have not a clue who this person may be.

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It is one thing if the person is Mike Tyson or Taylor Swift. They are highly recognizable but if I saw Lebron James walking past me in the street... I'd keep walking. I'd have no clue who he is. I used to work at a bar and I carded everyone who wasn't old and gray. That is part of the job. You never know who is under cover. I'm so sick of this celebrities using the ever famous line, "Don't you know who I am?"

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Who? Is that the dude from Star Trek?

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