7 celebrities who wants to be Ted Lasso’s friend in real life

From Dolly Parton to Ryan Reynolds.

Yes, Ted Lasso isn’t real.

But one of the quirkier and more fun phenomena that’s emerged from the Emmy-winning Apple TV+ series is that people tweet at the character and show on Twitter like the coach played by Jason Sudeikis is a real person, or a shoutout in an episode results in an emotional moment.

You get it, though. There’s something about Ted Lasso that feels real and relatable, in part because of the celeb name-drops, or because it’s so feel-good that in the middle of a rough year, we want it to be.

With that in mind, let’s run down some awesome celebrity tweets about the series as it gets toward the end of Season 2.