What do Alvin Gentry, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Mike Schur have in common?
The three appeared on a Zoom call for Always Late with Katie Nolan.
Nolan, who hosts the show for ESPN, got together a panel of journalists to take part in one task: Get the most famous person you know onto this Zoom call.
The group texted around and celebrities — the majority of which were figures in the sports world — popped on with confusion about why they were joining a call with 20 random people.
Gentry made a brief appearance with about three minutes left in the segment with the Golden Gate Bridge as his background. Nolan excitedly welcomed him, but the clip quickly cut when half of Clayton Kershaw’s face popped onto the screen.
"Who's the most famous person you could get to join this zoom call?"
The answer(s) are amazing 😂 pic.twitter.com/4PBleGGYDe
— Always Late with Katie Nolan (@AlwaysLateESPN) April 9, 2020
Who was the most famous person? It’s likely Dwyane Wade, invited by Adam Lefkoe, though Lin-Manuel Miranda’s non-sports following could give him a case. He was invted to join by Shea Serrano.
Tom Brady did not appear, but Andrew Siciliano did hold up a brand-new Brady Tampa Bay Buccaneers jersey while on the call.
Gabrielle Union didn’t join either, but not for lack of trying. “Dwyane, I just texted your wife, I hope that’s OK,” Lefkoe said to laughter from all around.
It’s a 10-minute clip, but apparently it was trimmed by quite a bit: Nolan tweeted that the whole Zoom call was three hours long.
That’s a lot of time spent to interrupt a lot of celebrities — but it’s not like they’re doing anything that important with their time. As Kendrick Perkins mentioned when he appeared, “I’m just in the house man, kids driving me crazy.”
If your choice is between wild children stuck in their third week of quarantine and an unsolicited Zoom call with 20 random participants … well, to be honest, that’s a tough decision.
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