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Peyton Manningis owning up to a shocking truth after hisSaturday Night Liveappearance this weekend.
The former NFL quarterback, 45, appeared onThe Tonight Showon Monday night and admitted to hostJimmy Fallonthat he had in fact “never seen an episode ofEmily in Paris.”
“I’m not sure I’m going to in the future,” he continued. “I feel like I know so much about it now, Jimmy. But I think I’m going to be asked to be in Season 3, like a big part!”
The admission comes after Manning’s visit toSNL, where he participated in ahilarious interludeduringWeekend UpdatewithColin Jost.
While he was supposed to talk football, thetwo-time Super Bowl championinstead raved to Jost aboutEmily inParisand joked that the silver lining of potential retirement forTom Bradycould be “more time” to binge the Netflix hit.
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Joking that he “heard” the games were great, Manning said he used “an hour to kill” before the football game to tune into the comedy-drama and wound up watching the second season straight through.
“Oh my God, Colin, this show has everything: romance, adventure, sensuality, culture, a fresh take on feminism. Not to mention a culinary tapestry so intense I can only describe it as food porn,” the former Indianapolis Colts and Denver Broncos quarterback said.
Breaking down the drama, the ESPN analyst even used a football play chart to illustrate the strife in the titular character’s love life.
“Now, Emily wants to go deep on a relationship with Gabriel, and to get ahead at work, but as long as Camille’s blocking her, she’s got to go through her progressions and check down to Alfie in the flats!” he exclaimed. “Sure, it feels like a broken play, and she’s just dumping it off, but emotionally, she’s making forward progress.”
Later in the spot, Jost said he couldn’t believe that the NFL great spent a whole day watching the show when he could have seen Joshua Allen andPatrick Mahomesface off in “one of the best quarterback duels in history” when the Buffalo Bills played the Kansas City Chiefs.
Popping on Emily’s signature red beret, Manning explained, “Sure, watching football was the safe thing to do, that’s what everyone expected me to do. But if I’ve learned anything from Emily, it’s to follow my passions and always be true to myself,” he deadpanned. “The French have a saying —parlez-vous francais— which means: ‘You do you, girl.’ "
As for the prospect of Brady’s retirement, Manning had more to say about it to Fallon on Monday night, when he shared, “I think if Tom is going to retire, I feel like he’ll announce it himself.”
“That’s kind of the process that I went through when I retired,” he continued. “Jimmy, in 2011, when I got injured with the Colts, there were a lot of rumors whether I was going to come back for play or not.Rob Lowetweeted out that he knew firsthand that I was about to retire.”
“And I had to call a press conference to actually say, you know, I always thought I would announce my retirement, not the guy that played Sodapop Curtis inThe Outsiders!” he added jokingly.
Manning then went on to say he thinks Brady will “make the announcement at the appropriate time.”
“It might be tomorrow, it might be in April, it might not be till three years from now. He’s playing so well, so I don’t imagine Tom’s too happy with the news this weekend,” he said. “But I think he will announce it whenever, at the appropriate time, on his own terms. As he should.”
source: people.com
