Peyton Manning once again took his comedic talents to Saturday Night Live with a special appearance on “Weekend Update.”
The legendary quarterback stopped by the Weekend Update desk under the guise of discussing this weekend’s playoff games, but ended up spending most of his segment gushing about his obsession with the Netflix series Emily in Paris. After introducing the Hall of Fame quarterback, co-anchor Colin Jost asked him about his thoughts, as far as last weekend’s matchups.
“I heard they were incredible,” Manning said, with Jost then asking, “You heard they were incredible?”
“Yeah, sounds like all the teams did a great job,” said Manning. “Lots of passing, and all the touchdowns were in the end zone.”
Jost then wondered whether Manning watched the games at all.
“Well, I planned to, but I had an hour to kill before the first game, so just for fun, I put on the first episode of Emily in Paris Season 2, and I watched the entire season straight through,” admitted Manning. “Oh my god, Colin. This show has everything: romance, adventure, sensuality, culture, a fresh take on feminism, finally, not to mention a culinary tapestry so rich, I could only describe it as ‘food porn.’”
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Manning was then asked on the recent rumors that Tom Brady may be retiring.
“Yeah, I’m not sure it’s true. I think it’s probably just speculation. But if it were me, I probably would retire, too, if it gave me more time to watch Emily in Paris,” said Manning. “I really think for Tom right now, it’s just a tough decision between balancing his career and relationships, sort of like Emily.”
It was on Saturday when ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Jeff Darlington reported Brady planned to retire, but the quarterback’s agent and father later said it has not been confirmed.
The retirement may indeed be coming, just on his terms.
