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Behar said earlier this week that she was offered to play Ted Lasso's mother in the series Ted Lasso creators Jason Sudeikis and Brendan Hunt were baffled by Joy Behar‘s claim that she was offered a role in season three of the Apple TV series. Speaking with People Magazine during a panel at a pre-Emmys event on Thursday night, the co-creators expressed their surprise when asked about Behar’s assertion. “I, no. Joy Behar from The View?” Sudeikis asked. As Hunt added: “Respectfully, it would be…

Ted Lasso Star Jason Sudeikis just got the hopes of millions of fans up, only to dash them immediately. Speaking to Variety at the Golden Globes, he raised eyebrows with only a few words — "a bunch of our writers are getting together next week" — only for those eyebrows to go straight back down as he continued his interview.The phrase above made a few fans excited for the potential of a season four or spinoff, including our very own news editor Stephen, and, given his wording, this is understandable. Writers for a hit…

Jason Sudeikis is weighing in on his hometown of Kansas City’s newfound celebrity after visits from Taylor Swift amid her romance with Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. Sudeikis — who returned to Kansas City on Nov. 11 to host his annual Thundergong! benefit concert in support of Steps of Faith, which helps amputees get the prosthetic limbs they need — tells THR that he saw Swift over the summer and thanked her for bringing her Eras tour to the city. Sudeikis notes that he often expresses gratitude to…

The duo performed the Lady Gaga-Bradley Cooper duet at Kansas City's Thundergong Jason Sudeikis reunited with his Ted Lasso co-star Hannah Waddingham over the weekend for a memorable rendition of Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s duet, “Shallow.” Taking the stage with Wille Forte on Saturday, Sudeikis’ announced the surprise performance during his annual Thundergong! charity show in Kansas City, Missouri. “There is nobody I would rather sing this song with,” Sudeikis said to his former Saturday…

Image via Warner Bros. Pictures Coming off of his big win with Ted Lasso, Jason Sudeikis is enjoying the spotlight as his name’s being thrown all around the internet. Netflix thought they would capitalize on it by bringing back a fan-favorite movie he stars in but that’s backfiring as customers are letting the streaming platform know that its peace offering is doing nothing to repair the latest betrayal it has served to its subscribers. When Ted Lasso came to an end with no promise of a future or a spinoff in…

‘Ted Lasso’ Jason Sudeikis Reveals Being A ‘Sneaker Head’ Since The 80s (Photo Credit: Bang Showbiz) Actor Jason Sudeikis, who plays the titular character in ‘Ted Lasso’ – has revealed that he’s a huge fan of sneakers and he occasionally wears them on the sports comedy-drama show. Discussing the fan reaction to his on-screen attire, he said, “We’re all so flattered by it. It’s something that we were intentional about from the get-go, before we thought anyone would notice.” Despite this, Jason admits there’s one…

Jason Sudeikis changed Ted Lasso's "belligerent" character after realizing the world didn't need more Donald Trump.In a recent interview with The Guardian (opens in new tab), Sudeikis spoke about how the main character of Apple TV Plus' most successful show was initially more comically aggressive. But when Donald Trump started to gain momentum in 2015, Sudeikis decided to change Ted Lasso completely.Sudeikis decided to make Lasso more bubbly and cheerful because of "the culture we were living in,""I'm not terribly active…

Jason Sudeikis felt, weirdly, not that weird when he stepped into the Oval Office of the White House, back in March. Before he was the creator and star of Apple TV+’s feelgood global sensation Ted Lasso, he spent almost a decade writing and performing sketch comedy on the US show Saturday Night Live. One of his beats was impersonating politicians, and Sudeikis made recurring appearances as George W Bush and Joe Biden, when he was vice-president to Barack Obama, in a mocked-up version of the same room. So while his Ted…

In formally asking a judge to order Jason Sudeikis to start paying child support, Olivia Wilde has opened a window into how the rich and famous spend their money and perhaps get in over their heads when it comes to monthly expenses. In legal documents related to Wilde’s bitter and protracted custody fight with ex-fiance Sudeikis, the actor and director said she “has borne the lion’s share of the expenses” for their 8-year-old son and 6-year-old daughter since she and the “Ted Lasso” star split in November 2020. This has…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeJason Sudeikis wants his child support payments to be “financially fair” after ex Olivia WIlde claimed he does not pay child support, a source has claimed.The former couple dated from 2011 to 2020 and share two children, an eight-year-old son and six-year-old daughter.Earlier this week, new legal documents showed that Wilde had asked a judge to order the Ted Lasso star to pay her…