Celebrities say weird sh*t to the press all the time. There’s no way around it. Sometimes, it’s just to keep things interesting for themselves after they’ve been asked the same three questions repeatedly. Other times, they’re trying to get some dope like me (or dopes of an equal or higher value) to write about them and how weird the thing they said is, so they can stay in the ole zeitgeist (and hey, mission accomplished). Other times, it may come out of genuine excitement, which makes it… weirder?
Somehow, Ted Lasso is returning. I’m honestly excited about that kind, mustachioed man making a return to my screen, especially after I’ve soaked up the goodness of the new Superman movie twice already (it’s so good, y’all). I didn’t even mind the last season of Lasso, even though I understand some of the complaints. Hell, I’ll add that, unlike others, I thought it was a good ending that left the characters in a place that moved them forward, but didn’t necessarily need to be explored. But, there’s profits to be had, so let’s dig that dead dog up!
What’s wrong? Your face suddenly dropped like I took a fun-loving show and compared it to the corpse of a lovable animal (especially egregious after mentioning Superman). Would it surprise you even more to learn that, when I compare Ted Lasso to a deceased dog, I’m saying that as a positive? Like, I’m excited for its return, so I think we take that canine cadaver (once again, talking about the AppleTV+ show, Ted Lasso) and dig it up so it can make everybody happy again? Well, Hannah Waddingham did it first, so there.
While attending the premiere for the new Rihanna-led Smurfs movie (what a sentence), Waddingham was asked about returning to Lasso, and she’s excited! I guess? “It feels like it was the most beautiful, beloved dog that was buried, and now we’ve exhumed it, and I am here for it,” Waddingham explained to, I assume, a surprised journalist. “I was hankering and hankering and hankering and hankering to see where Rebecca had gone, where she was going to. She’s my girl. She’s in my bloodstream, so I’m thrilled that it’s been exhumed.” That’s a weird way to say you’re excited, Hannah!
I’m happy she’s excited, but she sounds like someone who’s about to use the Pet Sematary but isn’t aware of how it works. What goes in that cold ground doesn’t come out the same, Hannah! Sometimes, dead is better!
