{"id":61537,"date":"2025-08-12T03:21:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T03:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/61537\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T03:21:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T03:21:09","slug":"tyrese-maxey-spent-an-hour-on-ig-live-asking-fans-how-to-use-a-can-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/61537\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyrese Maxey spent an hour on IG Live asking fans how to use a can opener"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tyrese Maxey<\/a> is the new face of the Philadelphia 76ers with a $204M contract kicking in this season coming off his first NBA All-Star appearance in 2024. He needs to use $24.95 of that maximum salary buying an automatic can opener from Amazon \u2014 because the 24-year-old spent an hour on Monday trying to figure out how to use his old fashioned one and failed miserably. <\/p>\n

Entering his sixth season in the NBA, Maxey took to Instagram Live to ask fans for help, proving he did not take home economics in his eight months on campus in Lexington. <\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t even get on (IG) Live, but I need your help. I need to feed my dogs. Normally (my) chef helps me use the can opener for my dogs. Tell me what I need to do,\u201d he begged. \u201cSomebody on here, help me out. Show me how to work this thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maxey then began stabbing the opener into the side of the can and slapping it on top, hoping a simple handle twist would magically open the lid. It did not.<\/p>\n

The former Wildcat stressed that his personal chef was out of the house and neither his girlfriend, Myra Gordon, nor his mother, Denise Maxey, were around. Without them, he was totally helpless and comfortable admitting that.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Dude doesn\u2019t know how to use a can opener?\u2019 No, I don\u2019t. Sorry. I spent all my life working out. \u2026 Everybody over here trying to laugh, I\u2019m being so serious. Everybody\u2019s gone,\u201d he continued. \u201cMyra\u2019s gone, chef\u2019s gone, my mom\u2019s not here. I\u2019m trying to open this can.\u201d<\/p>\n

For some reason, he flipped the can upside down and thought that\u2019d be an efficient way to open the dog food. Then he got it back rightside up and started stabbing the top with a knife? Watching his struggles unfold, one fan recommended he use DoorDash. <\/p>\n

Probably a good call.<\/p>\n

Tyrese Maxey on live trying to use a can opener for the first time to feed his dogs \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n

“Everybody over here trying to laugh, I’m being so serious. Everybody’s gone. Myra’s gone, chef’s gone, my mom’s not here. I’m trying to open this can.”<\/p>\n

Tyrese, we\u2019ve all been there fam\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/kYhqMZ1zIE<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Vince Wolfram (@vincewolfram15) August 11, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Maxey then took to Twitter to let the rest of the world in on his struggles that also include fixing his smoke alarm. So much for a relaxing day off playing video games, eh?<\/p>\n

\u201cBeen on IG live the past hour\u2026 Trying to open a can, feed the dogs, and clean the dog room!\u201d he wrote. \u201cI\u2019ll be back on around 9:30 to fix the smoke alarm and play video games for the first time in like 5 years.\u201d<\/p>\n

At long last, Maxey got it fixed \u2014 but blamed it on the can opener. He found a newer one and that one worked for him, apparently.<\/p>\n

\u201cI figured it out,\u201d he said. \u201c\u2026 That one was old. This one is new. It wasn\u2019t me. Y\u2019all tried to make it sound like I was the problem. I was not the problem. Whatever.\u201d<\/p>\n

Operator error, I\u2019m afraid. At least he got the job done and his dogs are getting fed, though.<\/p>\n

Former Kentucky wing Justin Edwards<\/a> \u2014 Maxey\u2019s current teammate in Philadelphia \u2014 was quick to tease him in a follow-up IG Live for some Cat on Cat crime.<\/p>\n

\u201c(You know) how to open a can now?\u201d he joked.<\/p>\n

Not your best moment, Franchise. <\/p>\n