John Legere strikes back

Berit Anderson

Berit Anderson Jul 4, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h2><p>T-Mobile CEO John Legere (pronounced Ledg-er) stole the show at the Geekwire Summit yesterday, waxing comedic about bendy iPhones ("That is such horses—t."), his strategy in the face of merger rumors ("Continue to grow, focus on what we're doing. I don't want</p></h2>
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            <p>T-Mobile CEO John Legere (pronounced Ledg-er) stole the show at the Geekwire Summit yesterday, waxing comedic about bendy iPhones ("That is such horses—t."), his strategy in the face of merger rumors ("Continue to grow, focus on what we're doing. I don't want my employees to get their heads on sideways."), Asian karaoke ("You want to sing after the sh—ttiest singers."), his sudden transformation to a CEO who wears pink t-shirts and tennis shoes almost exclusively ("John Legere meets Deutsche Telecom has to be one of the funniest things that has ever happened.") and his customer service strategy ("I think last night I had a little too much to drink and there was some guy who was complaining about things in our pricing, and I said, 'What's your number? I'll call you.' And I think I was slurring into the phone to the guy, but the net result was he was pretty impressed that I called.")You can watch the full video, courtesy of Geekwire, below. Trust me, you won't regret it. — B.A.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-embed-card"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8TPfpNgKlSE" width="560"></iframe></figure>
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T-Mobile CEO John Legere (pronounced Ledg-er) stole the show at the Geekwire Summit yesterday, waxing comedic about bendy iPhones ("That is such horses—t."), his strategy in the face of merger rumors ("Continue to grow, focus on what we're doing. I don't want my employees to get their heads on sideways."), Asian karaoke ("You want to sing after the sh—ttiest singers."), his sudden transformation to a CEO who wears pink t-shirts and tennis shoes almost exclusively ("John Legere meets Deutsche Telecom has to be one of the funniest things that has ever happened.") and his customer service strategy ("I think last night I had a little too much to drink and there was some guy who was complaining about things in our pricing, and I said, 'What's your number? I'll call you.' And I think I was slurring into the phone to the guy, but the net result was he was pretty impressed that I called.")You can watch the full video, courtesy of Geekwire, below. Trust me, you won't regret it. — B.A.

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By Berit Anderson

Berit Anderson was Managing Editor at Crosscut, following tech, culture, media and politics. She founded Crosscut's Community Idea Lab.   Previously community manager of the Tribune Company’