LeBron James goes undercover as pizza store employee in California
PASADENA, Calif.-- The employee working at a pizza place in this Los Angeles suburb called himself Ron.
Sure, he was significantly taller than his colleagues, but there he was, working alongside them carrying pizza boxes and taking orders on March 11 at the Blaze Pizza store.
But Ron is no ordinary employee. He is LeBron James, the basketball superstar and, as CBS Los Angeles reports, an investor in the Blaze Pizza franchise.
And James wasn't just working, he was also filming a commercial for Blaze.
Cleveland.com reports that some of the customers didn't recognize the four-time NBA MVP.
In a video, one customer says James "looks like Dwyane" - presumably referiing to Dwyane Wade, James' former teammate in Miami. LeBron answers back: "I heard of that guy."
In a video, James bantered with the customers. When a customer named Fernando orders spicy sauce for his pizza, he says: "With a name like Fernando, it's got to be spicy."