Jason Sudeikis is defending “Ted Lasso” from haters.
The 49-year-old star and co-creator of the Apple TV+ series addressed criticisms of the show’s third season in an interview with reporter Jeremy Aigner, which is featured in his new book. “Believe: The Untold Story Behind Ted Lasso, the Show That Carved Its Way into Our Hearts,” Which has been released today.
During the interview, Egner suggested to Sudeikis that “a small but vocal group of dissenters” criticized “how [show’s] The main cast was dispersed into separate storylines,” complaining that the narrative had become “too broad and unfocused” – particularly in regards to Keely and Nate’s arcs.
Sudeikis disagreed with critics’ assessments and said that some viewers lack “imaginations”.
Starr responded, “Like live theater, the show, especially Season 3, was asking the audience to be an active participant.” tvline“Some people want to do it, some people don’t. “Some people want to judge—they don’t want to be curious.”
Fans of “Ted Lasso” will recognize Sudeikis’ nod to Coach Lasso’s motto: “Be curious, not critical.”
Sudeikis said, “I will never understand people who will talk so shamelessly about something that, in my opinion, they clearly don’t understand.” “And God bless them for it; It’s not their fault. They don’t have imagination and they’re not ready to experience what imagination feels like.”
Referring to how the show’s characters ended the season, the Emmy winner said, “Everyone is in a better place than when they started. Like a good Boy or Girl Scout at a campsite, we left it better than we found it. And if you don’t see that in that show, I don’t know what show you’re watching.
The third season of “Ted Lasso” was believed to be its last season, however recently, rumors have spread. A fourth season is on the horizon.
according to deadlineWarner Bros. Television – which produced the hit series – optioned original cast members Hannah Waddingham, Brett Goldstein and Jeremy Swift.
In August, co-creator and executive producer of “Ted Lasso” Bill Lawrence exclusively told The Post The fate of a potential season four rests in Sudeikis’ hands.
While promoting her latest Apple TV+ show, Lawrence said, “You can ask anybody who has written on a show, or starred on a show, or produced a show, and we’ll all say the same thing, That’s up to Jason Sudeikis.” “Bad Monkey.”
“Because, by the way, he’s not only the co-creator of Ted Lasso and the author himself – but he’s the guy who has to uproot his whole life and family, you know?”
Filmed in the UK, “Ted Lasso” required Sudeikis, who lives in the US and has two children – son Otis, 10, and daughter Daisy, 8 – with his former fiancée, American actress Olivia Wilde, 40, to Had to relocate. Atlantic to work on the show.
