Diane Sawyer responds to “Ted Lasso” pickup line: “I’m in”

You got me to … hi, all of you?

The beloved Apple TV + comedy series Ted lasso aired its Season 2 premiere on Friday, kicking things off with one of Coach Lasso’s trademark joke responses. When AFC Richmond boss Rebecca Welton (Hannah Waddingham) asks what he said about the post-game cocktail, the sane Midwesterner (Jason Sudeikis) retorts: “Oh, the same thing I would say to Diane Sawyer if she asked me on a date: Yes, please. “

Looks like some acclaimed broadcast reporter was watching.

On Sunday, Sawyer, 75, shared a snippet of the scene, responding shyly, “Dear Ted Lasso, I’m here.

Newly divorced (but, alas, fictional) Lasso wasted no time shooting his snap with the ABC veteran, widowed since the death of her husband, director Mike Nichols, in 2014.

Ted lasso fans, for one, choose to “believe”.

Even grumpy professional Roy Kent (Brett Goldstein) “sends this one:

As for Lasso’s alter ego, Emmy nominee Sudeikis recently opened up to GQ about being newly single after his split from longtime fiancée Olivia Wilde, with whom he shares two children, last year. (E! News also reports that he and Ted lasso Co-star Keeley Hazell has ended their brief relationship.)

“It’s an experience you learn from or apologize for,” he said of his relationship with Wilde, who is now dating singer Harry Styles. so also strive to get something out of it beyond the obvious.