{"id":424415,"date":"2023-05-06T16:14:30","date_gmt":"2023-05-06T16:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=424415"},"modified":"2023-05-06T16:14:30","modified_gmt":"2023-05-06T16:14:30","slug":"espn-abruptly-announces-jj-watt-as-the-co-host-for-pat-mcafee-show-things-got-uncomfortable-real-quick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/espn-abruptly-announces-jj-watt-as-the-co-host-for-pat-mcafee-show-things-got-uncomfortable-real-quick\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN Abruptly Announces JJ Watt As The Co-Host For Pat McAfee Show &#038; Things Got Uncomfortable Real Quick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During his appearance as a guest on ESPN&#8217;s &#8220;First Take&#8221; earlier this week, JJ Watt had an unpleasant moment, and the network has provided an explanation.<\/p>\n<h2>ESPN Abruptly Announces JJ Watt As The Co-Host For Pat McAfee Show &amp; Things Got Uncomfortable Real Quick<\/h2>\n<p>The former Defensive Player of the Year has several new ventures planned, host Molly Qerim remarked during Watt&#8217;s interview on &#8220;First Take&#8221; on Wednesday. The first item Qerim listed\u2014Watt becoming the new co-host of &#8220;The Pat McAfee Show&#8221;\u2014seemed to be important breaking news. Stephen A. Smith applauded and complimented Watt on his significant new position.<\/p>\n<p>According to Qerim, one of Watt&#8217;s retirement jobs was co-hosting &#8220;The Pat McAfee Show.&#8221; Chris Russo and Stephen A. Smith both expressed astonishment and congratulations to the potential Hall of Famer.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">First Take announced that JJ Watt was becoming the co-host of the Pat McAfee Show.<\/p>\n<p>Except, he\u2019s not.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B1xiwHHxP1\">pic.twitter.com\/B1xiwHHxP1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Front Office Sports (@FOS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FOS\/status\/1654509134216085505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have a lot of exciting new projects, beyond being a new dad: You\u2019ll be the new co-host of \u2018The Pat McAfee Show,\u201d Qerim said.<\/p>\n<p>Only Watt himself may have been more shocked than Smith and Russo. Watt asked upon informed of his new position: &#8220;Am I?&#8221; Watt responded that it wasn&#8217;t the case when Qerim claimed to have been assured such was the situation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Did you send me a contract that I&#8217;m unaware of?&#8221; said Watt. &#8220;This is great for television.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JJ Watt was baffled when ESPN First Take Asked About His Pending Deal With The Pat McAfee Show<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pF68D11X3u\">https:\/\/t.co\/pF68D11X3u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; OutKick (@Outkick) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Outkick\/status\/1654577577791455234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>She also stated that Qerim felt quite uncomfortable at the time. Despite the Wisconsin Badgers alum&#8217;s desire to enter the podcasting world, it clarified the potential of Watt joining &#8220;The Pat McAfee Show&#8221;. The details of Watt&#8217;s plans are still unknown.<\/p>\n<p>At the conclusion of the 2022 season, J.J. Watt&#8217;s illustrious but injury-marred NFL career came to an end. With his current free schedule, the former defensive end for the Houston Texans and Arizona Cardinals wants to try something new.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ESPN Congratulates JJ Watt As New Co-Host Of \u201cPat McAfee Show,\u201d To Which He Hilariously Responds \u201cAm I?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/497MTfjutI\">https:\/\/t.co\/497MTfjutI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Jv8nvqGqWD\">pic.twitter.com\/Jv8nvqGqWD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Chapa Music (@DavidChapaMusic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidChapaMusic\/status\/1654584908172627968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Watt made cameos in sitcoms, most notably in many episodes of The League in 2014 and a 2015 episode of New Girl. In 2016, he also made his acting debut in the comedy flick Bad Moms, playing the part of Coach Craig.<\/p>\n<p>The five-time Pro Bowler has also served as a TV program host on occasion. In 2016, he shared hosting duties for the CMT Music Awards with Erin Andrews. In 2020, Watt co-hosted Saturday Night Live on NBC alongside J.J. Watt and Luke Combs. Additionally, he and his two brothers, T.J. Watt and Derek Watt, are rumoured to have hosted the Ultimate Tag in 2020.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v1UxgrXW_Qw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"After Being Bailed Out By Former NFL Player Ryan Grant, Nelson Pizarro Is Now Working\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/after-being-bailed-out-by-former-nfl-player-ryan-grant-nelson-pizarro-is-now-working\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">After Being Bailed Out By Former NFL Player Ryan Grant, Nelson Pizarro Is Now Working<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During his appearance as a guest on ESPN&#8217;s &#8220;First Take&#8221; earlier this week, JJ Watt had an unpleasant moment, and the network has provided an explanation. ESPN Abruptly Announces JJ Watt As The Co-Host For Pat McAfee Show &amp; Things Got Uncomfortable Real Quick The former Defensive Player of the Year has several new ventures [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":413293,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[7928,4362,7930,7929],"class_list":["post-424415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-espn-jj-watt","tag-jj-watt","tag-jj-watt-co-host-pat-mcafee-show","tag-jj-watt-pat-mcafee-show"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}