Our first guest is an Emmy award winning
actor who made us laugh for years on Modern Family.
But much more importantly, his Kansas City Chiefs
are in the Super Bowl this weekend.
Please welcome my friend Eric Stonestreet.
[APPLAUSE]
Look at your mustache.
How long have you been doing that?
Well, you know what?
I started doing this as a, guess what, a practical joke
on my girlfriend.
And then we started winning with the Chiefs right
before the playoffs.
So I thought I would keep it in solidarity with--
solidarity with Head Coach Andy Reid.
So it is my Andy Reid mustache.
Go Chiefs.
[LAUGHTER]
How are you feeling?
It's a few days away now, how are you feeling?
I'm feeling good.
It's weird having won a Super Bowl last year as a fan.
It's a different feeling this year because of that,
and then obviously because of the pandemic.
I don't know if you're aware of we are in a pandemic?
What?
When did that start?
It's here-- yeah, yeah, yeah.
It's weird that way as well, but I'm nervous.
I'm optimistic because we have the foundation
here in Kansas City to keep winning football games.
So I think we're going to win on Sunday.
I do.
I think we're going to turn the chapter on Tom Brady.
We weren't able to turn the chapter on him
necessarily in the AFC, the year we wanted to,
but we were able to last year.
And then this year going against him in the Super Bowl,
hopefully we'll score one for the good guys.
They're in their hometown though.
That's a tough one.
They're like, it's Tom Brady, and they're in their hometown.
That is very tough.
Yeah, it's going to be even tougher
to lose in your hometown.
[LAUGHTER]
Oh, boy.
What are your plans for the big day?
Obviously, you're probably not going.
You're going to stay home?
Yeah, after the AFC Championship here in Arrowhead,
Lindsey and I looked at each other.
And just we were like, this is what it
would be like being in Tampa.
It's just like sort of anticlimactic.
So we decided right then and there
that we weren't going to try to weather it and go down there.
We're just going to hunker down here at the house.
She allowed me to buy a recliner chair when we moved
into this house in Kansas City.
So I have a nice recliner.
I'm going to have some cheese fries, some nachos,
some hot dogs, things that I would normally have
at Arrowhead or at a stadium.
And I'm going to sit-in front of my TV
and watch it just like everybody else.
I like to watch games alone though.
I don't like a crowd around me, Ellen.
Yeah, I understand.
I know.
Portia and I are watching alone too because we like to focus.
We don't need the talking.
You're not going to be in a recliner.
You're going to be on the edge of your seat,
or you're going to be standing up.
You're either going to be cheering or screaming.
One, you're not going to be in a recliner.
Well, I do get up.
And I sometimes have known to get in a three point stance
and help out the team.
[LAUGHTER]
I'll get down there, and it's a goal line situation.
Or when it's a third and short, and we bring in--
I bring in the heavies.
I'll get down at a four point stance
and add myself to the defensive line [INAUDIBLE]..
Please take some selfies.
So obviously, the Chiefs won last year.
You were at the game, you ran into Andy and Kalen.
You must have been happy to see them there.
Oh, yeah.
I love seeing those guys, and I love--
I have a saying in my life.
I love dominating Andy.
[LAUGHTER]
I love dominating Andy globally, mentally.
We text every once in a while and he always tells me
he's my best friend.
And I say, you're my mild acquaintance.
Don't forget that.
[LAUGHTER]
And then seeing him there and roughing him up a little bit
was pretty fun.
I think I got some good chest bumps on him.
I posted on Instagram of me just bringing the boom.
[LAUGHTER]
Boom.
[LAUGHTER]
I love Andy.
He will always have that tape of me saying I love him.
He's a special guy.
Eric, let's talk about-- so you think right now
the Chiefs would be stressed out.
They're like working hard to get ready for the game focus,
but they just pulled a prank that is crazy.
I can't believe what--
I heard this this morning.
Tell everybody what happened.
Well, it's a testament to that locker room.
So former punter Dustin Colquitt was signed back
to the team, and James Winchester the long snapper,
along with Adam Roche who's a former Major League Baseball
player and really good guy.
Anthony Sherman messed with Adam a couple of years ago,
and he messed with the wrong guy.
So Adam decided it was time to get Anthony Sherman back.
So there's nothing more in the world
that Anthony loves than his beloved truck.
And when Anthony went out to practice last Friday,
they had a website ready to go and they auctioned off
his truck to benefit human trafficking here
in Kansas City.
[LAUGHTER]
The Human Free Foundation.
So they created a whole website shermfightsforfreedom.org
fights for freedom dot org.
You go to donate.
Get your chance to win Anthony Sherman's struck.
He will fly you and someone else to Kansas City,
hand you the keys to his truck, or you can take a $40,000
payment.
Your choice.
And they did this without him having any idea.
And let me tell you, it couldn't have happened
to a more perfect person.
[LAUGHTER]
Sherman is the king of practical jokes,
he is the king giving everybody trouble.
And that's just a testament to everyone.
They called me in and they're like Mahomes is retweeting it,
Kelsey's retweeting it, will you do it?
I'm like, I am in on this big time.
So it's great.
They think it could raise a ton of money.
I think it's already up to 80,000.
So people have a chance to go try to win Anthony Sherman's
pickup truck right now.
That's a great idea.
Hey, before we go--
because we have to go.
And should they win-- by the way,
because you're friends with Mahomes.
Should they win, you and Mahomes please come on the show
so we can talk about it after the Super Bowl.
I would love that.
I would love to do that, but hold on, Ellen.
Did you see my dog statue back there?
That's what I was just--
[LAUGHTER]
First of all, that's what I was just going to say.
And then I just want to make sure you
and Mahomes because you claim to be good friends with him,
that you're going to bring them on the show.
So when I first-- when you first started,
I thought it was a statue.
And why is he punished?
Why is he up at the top of the steps?
Oh, he's not punished.
He was sitting there.
Roscoe, come say hi.
Come here.
Come on.
[LAUGHTER]
Why does he like to sit up there?
Because I wanted him there for--
so he could see.
Jump up here.
Hi, buddy.
Say hi.
That's a good looking dog.
That's Roscoe.
No.
I had him there so you could see him,
and then hopefully you were going
to say is that a dog statue back there?
Then I was going to bring him to life.
I was going to say it, but then I
was interested in the football.
But yes, he's a he's a good dog to stay up
there the whole time.
Very well behaved.
He's well trained.
He's a good little fella.
Eric, great talk.
I'll bring Mahomes on.
I'll do my best.
Well, if you're good friends with him, he'll be on.
[LAUGHTER]
I never said I'm best friends with him.
You kind of have.
You've said it many times.
[LAUGHTER]
Good luck to you and your Chiefs.
We'll be back.