Is This The Reason Behind Antoine Griezmann's Bizarre Celebration?

Antoine Griezmann made Euro 2016 his tournament after bagging a brace in the competition's second semi-final - and once again showed off his weird celebration, which could be inspired by Ben Stiller.

Earlier in the competition, when Griezmann found the net against the Republic of Ireland, he stood in front of the French fans and performed a funny little jig with both his thumbs up, as captured in the main image above.

Griezmann

No one thought much of it, but after hitting the back of the net twice against the Germans in his countries 2-0 win, the Ateltico Madrid striker gave us another showing of his little dance, and he's also done it on several occasions for the La Liga giants.

But where does it come from and what does it mean?

Well, could it be inspired by a 2004 Ben Stiller movie? It sounds a bit far fetched, but here's footage of Stiller performing the same dance in the film, which co-starred Jennifer Anistonvia GIPHY

So, is this the origin of Griezmann's celebration?

Is he really a such a big Ben Stiller fan?

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Jack Kenmare

Jack Kenmare is a writer at SPORTbible. He's interviewed some of the biggest names in sport, including Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Pele, Carles Puyol and Tim Henman. He dabbles in all things sport but football is his biggest passion. He was once hit in the head by a wayward strike from Nicky Butt and lived to tell the tale.

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