The Internet Is So Convinced That Roy Kent From Ted Lasso Is CGI That The Actor Who Plays Kent Had To Release A Statement About It

Clem9/03/2021 7:35 PM

Ahhhh the internet. Home of unlimited HD streaming porn and countless conspiracy theories that are all fun and games until it sends the world spiraling into some sort of chaos!

Now while I've personally never fallen for some of the bigger conspiracy theories that have sent peoples' brains going down YouTube rabbit holes at 4 in the morning, I have been hoodwinked, bamboozled, led astray, run amok, and flat out deceived by Reddit conspiracy theories forever. Whether it was the real identity of the Yellow King in True Detective Season 1, the imminent appearance of Mephisto in Wandavision, or my boy KFC moving to South Carolina (only the OG Stoolies know that one).

Nonetheless, I have never believed any of those conspiracy theories more than I believe that Roy Kent is CGI.

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I mean look at that perfectly manicured, slightly glowing bloke with eyes that are neither alive nor dead. The lad is the Pixar lamp with just a couple extra legs, arms, and pixels. I always figured the good folks at Ted Lasso wanted to have a star player that appeared to be something slightly superior to humans so us folks on this side of the pond could recognize how Brits view their footballers while the pitch (field for us layAmericans) always seems to be something out of Toon Town since a soccer field is basically the Hollywood of Europe.

As is the case with most of this stuff on the internet these days, the actor who plays Roy finally addressed the rumors.

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As usual, ol' Theodore said all that needs to be said. And if that's a real statement by a fake boy like Pinocchio or Rico Bosco, I love it even more.

I'm not one of those people that's going to complain about Ted Lasso having one of the main characters being CGI either. Everything about that show is absolutely delightful. The 30 minutes I spend watching it during my week is like a breath mint for my brain that has ingested nothing but terrible real world and sports news for 7 days straight. If they needed to enlist the help of CGI to nail the essence of Roy Kent, an M&M of a man with a hard shell on the outside but a delightfully sweet inside, sign me up. I won't even judge Keely for hopping on Roy's 0s and 1s in the throes of passion since Wandavision showed how beautiful love between woman and machine can be. I just want everyone in that show to be as happy as the show makes me as I watch it.

If you agree, buy a shirt of your favorite maybe/maybe not CGI former midfielder now.