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7 celebrities who want to be Ted Lasso's friend in real life

Yes, Ted Lasso isn’t real.

But one of the quirkier and more fun phenomena that’s emerged from the Emmy-winning Apple TV+ series is that people tweet at the character and show on Twitter like the coach played by Jason Sudeikis is a real person, or a shoutout in an episode results in an emotional moment.

You get it, though. There’s something about Ted Lasso that feels real and relatable, in part because of the celeb name-drops, or because it’s so feel-good that in the middle of a rough year, we want it to be.

With that in mind, let’s run down some awesome celebrity tweets about the series as it gets toward the end of Season 2.

1
Dolly Parton

Let’s start with a recent one that has more to do with a tweet sent by the Lasso Twitter account:

 

2
Rick Astley

I’m going to try hard not to spoil anything here, but there was an episode recently with a lot of Rick Astley in it, and the singer replied with an emotional video:

Hannah Waddingham was very excited about this one:

3
Diane Sawyer

She would be down for a date with Ted! This came after a shoutout on the show.

 

4
Reba McEntire

Ted had said he left AFC Richmond tickets for Roy Kent under famous singers, and McEntire was the one used when Kent realized he wanted to coach the team and he went to will call.

So McEntire sent this:

5
Drew Barrymore

In the rom-com-centric episode, she got a shoutout. So Barrymore screamed:

6
Ryan Reynolds/Rob McElhenney

The two of them invested in Wrexham AFC, a real soccer club. So when Higgins (Jeremy Swift) says he can’t tell if the two actors buying the club “is a joke or not,” Apple TV+ received a hilarious mock cease and desist:

Well, Wrexham got their biscuits.

 

7
Brene Brown

The author and social work expert was very excited for her shoutout:

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