Jason Kelce had a small cameo in Welcome to Wrexham when celebrating Rob McElhenney’s birthday.
Since turning into the cochairs of the Wrexham soccer membership in 2020, McElhenney, 47, and Ryan Reynolds have celebrated one another’s birthdays within the type of a long-standing prank warfare.
The brand new episode of Welcome to Wrexham, which premiered on Thursday, Could 16, began with Reynolds, 47, singing the “Completely satisfied Birthday, Rob McElhenney” music. Whereas singing the tune — primarily about find out how to pronounce McElhenney’s final identify — a number of the actor’s well-known mates make an look. As a result of the It’s At all times Sunny in Philadelphia star is such a Philadelphia Eagles soccer fan, it’s no shock that Kelce, 36, had a short look. (Kelce tweeted earlier this month that he’s a “huge Wales man.”)
The previous NFL star was standing in what gave the impression to be the Eagles’ facility and sang the road: “Like a deal with once we take ‘em to the bottom.” Whereas the music video for McElhenney’s birthday was initially launched in April 2023, the Welcome to Wrexham episode provided extra perception on the way it was created.
It’s revealed that Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award winners Benj Pasek and Justin Paul — sure, those who wrote the music and lyrics to Pricey Evan Hansen — had been behind the monitor.
“Final yr, Ryan conjured up some Hollywood magic by mobilizing a musical military,” a voice over could possibly be heard saying. Pasek and Paul chimed in, including, “It’s known as ‘It’s McElhenney.’ Hopefully that’s truly the way you pronounce it. We wrote the entire music.”
Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney on ‘Welcome to Wrexham.’ Patrick McElhenney/FX
At one level, Reynolds could possibly be heard joking: “Is Rob adequate for this?”
Elsewhere, McElhenney was making ready Reynolds’ reward, a memorial park in Wrexham. (Sure, Chris Pratt additionally made a short look to assist make that specific announcement.)
On the soccer aspect of issues, Wrexham is on a sizzling successful streak — after which goalie Arthur Okonkwo obtained injured.
Initially, the goalkeeper was spitting blood and continued to play the sport, regardless of grabbing his jaw.
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“I used to be actually in ache. I couldn’t speak anymore, however I simply didn’t need to come off the pitch,” Okonkwo, 22, stated throughout his confessional. “I actually needed to remain on and attempt to assist the workforce as a lot as I can.”
Okonkwo finally left the sport and found that he had a fracture by means of his jaw.
“We began off the season with an damage to Paul Mullin and we suffered mightily,” Wrexham govt director, Humphrey Ker, stated throughout his confessional. “Hopefully, Arthur’s damage tonight doesn’t have the identical impact.”
New episodes of Welcome to Wrexham premiere on FX Thursdays.
