Although it at first appeared to be an impromptu statement by the mercurial Mr Lee, some sort of change has been in the air.
And today King Juan Carlos, who was on the Spanish sailing team in the 1972 Olympics, made a rare impromptu statement to the press on Barcelona's application.
In a rare impromptu statement, Egypt's top military officer, Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, vowed in a phone call to Al Ahly's satellite channel that the military would apprehend those responsible and that the victims would be compensated.
Romney tends to avoid the press as much as possible and it is a sign of the seriousness of the situation that he had to make an impromptu statement.
It all started early at Glasgow Airport when the Scottish Football Association chief executive, Stewart Regan, rushed up the escalator to surprise a bleary-eyed media pack with an impromptu statement.
"We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence," Trump said in an impromptu statement on Monday after returning to the White House from his golf club in New Jersey.
Impromptu political statements by Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon, Richard Gere and the winner of a controversial documentary at Monday's Academy Award broadcast led to some grumbling Tuesday from the show's organizers.
Minutes before the final result, the MDC's chairman, Morgan Komichi, made an impromptu televised statement at the commission, saying the election was "fraudulent" and that the party would challenge the results in court.
Bonds made an impromptu emotional statement on the field, with Willie Mays, his godfather, at his side and thanked his teammates, family and his late father.
Meanwhile, Nigel Farage holds an impromptu press conference to defend his statement about Romanian babies with cancer being the true enemy of the UK.
From statements of celebrity splits to impromptu break-up texts, to speeches in front of middle-school lockers, there is a notion in our culture that breakups should be sweet and amicable.
