Jon Hamm has addressed why he was picked to introduce the Kansas City Chiefs at the 2025 Super Bowl.
“It was definitely a performance,” Hamm, 53, joked during an appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers on Wednesday, February 12.
The former Mad Men star was an unexpected choice to introduce Travis Kelce, Patrick Mahomes and their Chiefs teammates in the tunnel before their 40-22 loss to the Eagles in the Big Game on Sunday, February 9.
The NFL chose Bradley Cooper to announce the Eagles, which made sense because he grew up in Abington Township, Pennsylvania near Philadelphia. Hamm was a more perplexing choice for the Chiefs since he was raised in St. Louis, not Kansas City.
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Hamm quipped during his interview with Late Night host Seth Meyers that the NFL picked him because St. Louis is close enough to Kansas City, at around 240 miles apart.
“They wanted famous Philadelphian, Bradley Cooper, to introduce the Eagles and a famous St. Louisan to introduce the Kansas City Chiefs,” Hamm teased. “Let me explain this to you guys: St. Louis and Kansas City are both in Missouri. A lot of people don’t realize that. They get stuck in the ‘Kansas’ part of ‘Kansas City.’”
Hamm and Meyers joked that Kansas City may soon be renamed “America-Land” given President Donald Trump‘s controversial decision to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.
The Emmy Award winner confirmed to Meyers that he had absolutely no hesitation in agreeing to the Super Bowl offer, even if it came as a surprise.
“You know me long enough,” he told Meyers. “I say ‘yes.’ What’s the [improv] bit? ‘Yes and ….’”
Hamm grew up in the St. Louis suburb of Creve Coeur and taught acting at his local high school after graduating from the University of Missouri.
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One of Hamm’s acting students was his future Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt costar Ellie Kemper, who reflected years later on her teacher’s popularity among his students.
“In a room full of freshmen girls, he was definitely just as handsome back then,” she told The A.V. Club in 2010. “Having this grown, tall man teach you theater, it was like having a hunk in the class.”
As for Hamm’s Super Bowl counterpart, Cooper celebrated the Eagles’ victory with the team’s owner, Jeffrey Lurie, in a luxury suite inside Glendale, Arizona’s State Farm Stadium. Cooper was joined by his 7-year-old daughter, Lea de Seine, for the post-game celebration.
“I used to come with my dad and now I get to bring my daughter, it’s just a beautiful thing in life,” he told Fox Sports: NFL during a post-game interview. “It’s a miracle. I’m so blessed to be here and I love this team so much. What a squad.”
The 12-time Oscar nominee additionally expressed his gratitude for being “one of thousands and thousands that get the opportunity to love this team and live for this team, be a part of Philadelphia.”
Late Night with Seth Meyers airs on weeknights at 12:35p.m. ET on NBC.
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