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Zlatan Ibrahimovic: LeBron James, Other Athletes Should 'Do What You're Good At,' Stay Out of Politics

Zlatan Ibrahimovic doesn't believe Lakers star LeBron James and other athletes should engage in politics, saying in a recent interview that they should "stay out of it."

"[LeBron] is phenomenal at what he's doing, but I don't like when people have some kind of status, they go and do politics at the same time," Ibrahimovic told Discovery+ in Sweden. "Do what you're good at. Do the category you do. I play football because I'm the best at playing football. I don't do politics. If I would be a political politician, I would do politics.

"That is the big first mistake people do when they become famous and they become in a certain status.