Flanked by his Ted Lasso castmates, star Jason Sudeikis told a packed room of reporters at The White House today, “I truly believe that we should all do our best to help take care of each other.”
In the show, Sudekis plays a soccer coach beset by panic attacks. As part of President Biden’s “unity agenda” of issues with broad bipartisan support, he invited stars Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham, Jeremy Swift, Phil Dunster, Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunt, Toheeb Jimoh, Cristo Fernandez, Kola Bokinni, Billy Harris, and James Lance.
Sudeikis said:
“No matter who you are, no matter where you live, no matter who you voted for, we all probably – I assume, we all know someone who has or had been that someone ourselves actually, that’s struggled, that’s felt isolated, that’s felt anxious, that has felt alone. It’s actually one of the many things, that believe it or not, that we all have in common as human beings.”
President Biden teased the visit yesterday with the famed “Believe” sign that hangs in the AFC Richmond locker room on the show.
The show’s themes of kindness and friendship struck a chord among fans when it debuted during the first summer of the pandemic. The show has been explicit about trying to destigmatize mental health concerns. Via US Weekly, Sudekis said during season 2:
“People have really responded to that. And myself and other people in the cast and the writing staff get messages daily from people thanking them for really opening their eyes to what it means to go to therapy and what it means for someone in their own life to go to therapy and just speaking about these things and taking the stigma off of any form of health whether it be nutrition or mental, emotional health.”
Season 3 is now streaming on AppleTV+. Check out the trailer.
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