Paul Pierce Honors His Bet and Walks 20 Miles to Work in a bathrobe barefoot

[Doobie Doo]

Paul PierceArrives At Fox Studios ...I Walked All 20 Miles, Truthfully!!!​

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Published May 8, 2025 1:27 PM PDT | Updated May 8, 2025 2:04 PM PDT







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Paul Pierce has finally clocked in for his day job at the Fox Studio Lot ... and he's adamant he walked the full 20 miles to get there.
The NBA legend told TMZ Sports as he was finishing up his trek that he paid off his bet to his "Speak" colleagues in full -- using no means of transportation other than his feet to get him from The Valley to West Los Angeles on Thursday.

He also said he doesn't regret making the wager -- which, of course, he placed on Wednesday afternoon when he believed his former Celtics team would beat the Knicks in Game 2 of their playoff series at TD Garden.
"I stand on 10 toes, dawg," Pierce said. "I stand on 10 toes."
Pierce told us he got up at 5 AM to accomplish the feat -- although there were many online who were skeptical he actually went through with it all ... as in some of Pierce's social media posts documenting his trip, the timing didn't quite line up.









DOWN BAD!!!
Still, Pierce insisted it was all real ... telling us, "I'm 'The Truth.' No cap."
He told us he's hopeful the now highly publicized, sweaty journey will motivate the Celtics.
As for any future bets -- he said ya gotta watch him on Fox to see what he's willing to put on the line going forward ... though he made it clear, a lengthy walk will never be involved again.

 

[Mass]

Barefoot a little unsafe but the rest is cool. Motivating and all of that.

 

[CHICAGO]

HES NOT BAREFOOT



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[Jaylen Tatum]

Kg just happened to be riding by?

 

[Doobie Doo]

Kg just happened to be riding by?

I'm gonna need you to stop acting like KG isn't an azzhole

 

[MustafaSTL]

I’m fighting anybody that believes he actually did walk the entire way.

 

[Geek Nasty]

Thats a 4-5 hour walk. Barefoot? Show me the tracklogs

 

[IIVI]

Yeah it’s 15-20 miles but that’s a long fukking walk from the Valley to Beverly Hills/West LA with all the lights too so you got to stand around.

 

[LowkeyD]

Paul is a real one.

 

[jdubnyce]

KG drove him for half of it

 

[Strapped]

Damn , I've never done 20 miles , I might do it in 3.5 hours

 

[hashmander]

claiming he did it barefoot shows he's lying. no one would hold him to the original terms if he wanted to wear appropriate footwear. your foot would be so torn up after 20 miles it's ridiculous.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Thats a 4-5 hour walk. Barefoot? Show me the tracklogs

Thats more than 5 hours bro

 

[TV]

Probably walked a mile

 

[cornercommission2k12]

claiming he did it barefoot shows he's lying. no one would hold him to the original terms if he wanted to wear appropriate footwear. your foot would be so torn up after 20 miles it's ridiculous.

He made the bet that he would do it barefoot but on his live he admitted he had shoes on and showed his shoes

I genuinely believe he did it, what he did is not as difficult as some may think if you are active and athletic. Once as a teenager I didn't have any money and got on the wrong bus and had to walk from 95th western to 61st Princeton. Took me about 2 hours to do it and I think that's half of what Paul had to walk. I was tired as hell but I def could do it I used to walk all the time