The crossed arms gesture was not political, just ill-judged

Thanks to The Spoiler’s extensive sleuthing (we read a newspaper), the mystery surrounding Salomon Kalou’s goal celebrations on Wednesday night has been solved.

The crossed arms gesture was not a controversial “shout out” to a friend in the slammer or a show of support for Ivory Coast political activist Antoine Assale Tiemoko, but simply a replication of the design of the Konvict Muzik logo.

For those who aren’t cool (or who didn’t just look it up on Wikipedia), that’s a record label that has fifteen-minutes-of-fame-are-nearly-over electronica artist Lady Gaga on its books, and is owned by Akon.

Kalou met the annoying rapper at a show at the IndigO2 earlier this week, and was presented with a commemorative disc by his American pal.

Spoiler bonus: If you attend an Akon concert, don’t throw stuff at him. His bodyguards will bring you to him and he’ll bodyslam you. He’s that tough…

Crossed arms gesture arouses controversy

Thanks to Middlesbrough’s laughable attempts at defending corners, Salomon Kalou bagged both of Chelsea’s goals at Stamford Bridge last night (see the other one here). He followed each with a ‘hand face mask’ and ‘crossed arms’ celebration.

Some are saying it was a gesture in support of Ivory Coast political activist Antoine Assale Tiemoko, while others believe he really likes the X Factor. A spokesman from Chelsea’s Incredulous Exuse Department, however, believes it was a completely arbitrary celebration:

“He was just trying out a new celebration and it was a crossing of the arms.

“He also sometimes puts his hand over his face like a mask.”

Just trying out a new celebration? Did he hold a focus group afterwards, to help him develop new celebrations for future games?

If anyone knows what it was really about, pray tell below…