Rudy Giuliani greeted with 'thunderous boos' at Yankee Stadium after announcer wishes him happy birthday
The Yankees might have wished Rudy Giuliani a happy birthday through the tanoy at a game but the former mayor of New York was also plagued with raucous boos on his 74th birthday.
“The New York Yankees wish a very happy birthday to Mayor Giuliani,” an announcer said over the loudspeaker during the game.
The birthday greeting prompted the crowd to erupt into noisy and sustained boos – with the footage widely shared on social media.
Mr Giuliani, who joined Donald Trump’s legal team last month to represent him through the Justice Department’s investigation into Russia meddling in the 2016 presidential election, was accompanied by his son at the baseball ground.
At Yankee stadium: “The Yankees wish a happy birthday to former Mayor Rudy Giuliani.”
Thunderous boos rained across the stadium.— Adrian Carrasquillo (@Carrasquillo) May 28, 2018
Mr Giuliani, a longtime fan of the New York Yankees, recalled pitching in a celebrity softball event at the Yankees stadium.
“We won. I’m 1-0 here,” the politician said on the field before the game.
Mr Giuliani, who was mayor of New York from 1994 to 2001, said he liked the look of the current team but wound up seeing the Bronx-based baseball team lose 5-1 to the Houston Astros.
Since joining the US president’s legal team Mr Giuliani has made a series of notable television appearances.
This includes making the bombshell admission Mr Trump repaid his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, for the $130,000 payment to adult actor Stormy Daniels as part of a nondisclosure agreement related to an affair Ms Daniels says she had with Mr Trump in 2006.
But Mr Giuliani was later challenged over how his statement appeared to contradict Mr Trump’s earlier denial of knowledge of the payment to Ms Daniels.
Mr Giuliani responded by saying the talk of a $35,000 a month retainer was just “rumour” – despite him having said days earlier it was fact.
The Republican also revealed the president recently ordered a hamburger – one of his favourite dishes – with just half a bun.
He told The Washington Post the duo dined together on 6 May at the president’s golf club in Virginia.
While Mr Giuliani enjoyed a light Cobb salad, Mr Trump, whose weakness for fast food has been widely documented, ordered a well-done burger with half the bun, a choice which The Post claims was “in service to his health”.
“I do that, too, sometimes. It’s a good way to do it,” Mr Giuliani said.
