Christian McCaffrey got a haircut while he was in Australia with the San Francisco 49ers, and his barber had a distinctly Down Under comment for him.
“I was getting a haircut a few days ago and one of the barbers looks at me and says, ‘Looks cracker,’” McCaffrey, 30, told reporters after the 49ers’ 27-7 win over the Los Angeles Rams in Melbourne on Thursday, September 10. “I said, ‘Sorry, what did you say?’ I didn’t know what it meant, I guess that means it looks good. But that was funny.”
McCaffrey added that the comment was one he was used to hearing at home, albeit in a different context.
“He said it again, I said, ‘Dude, I hear that every Sunday,’” he joked. “That was good, we had a good moment. I enjoy all the slang.”
The term “cracker” in Australia has quite a different definition than in the United States. In Australia, it’s used to mean something great, according to Charles Stuart University’s guide to Australian slang. Stateside, it’s often used as a derogatory term for a white person.
Overall, McCaffrey spoke glowingly of his experience in Australia. In a press conference on Monday, September 7, he lauded the country’s coffee and food.
“It’s been great. The coffee’s unbelievable,” he said. “I don’t know why nobody talked about that as much as they should have beforehand. Coffee’s been great, the food’s awesome, the people are really nice. It’s been a really, really cool experience for all of us.”
While McCaffrey and his team were in Australia, his wife, Olivia Culpo, supported him from home. The pair welcomed their first baby, daughter Colette, in July 2025, and Culpo, 34, is now pregnant with their second.
The running back spoke to Us in February about watching Culpo become a mom and how he has embraced fatherhood.
“Watching Olivia become a mom has been so cool,” he said. “We had [Colette] in July, which was right before training camp, so I was kind of in go-mode and went through the whole season. There’s challenges that come with that. So, to now take a breath and be able to be a dad has been really, really fun.”
McCaffrey added, “We have the same values in life, there’s never really any conflict when it comes to [parenting]. Obviously, I can’t be there for most of the day, and she really does love it. As a girl dad, you definitely get softer. I don’t care what anyone says.”
