Inside Chiefs Superfans Jason Sudeikis, Paul Rudd And Their Chiefs Text Thread

BusinessSportsMoneyInside Chiefs Superfans Jason Sudeikis, Paul Rudd And Their Chiefs Text ThreadByJeff Fedotin,Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeff Fedotin covers the Kansas City Chiefs and sports business.Follow AuthorMay 31, 2026, 10:30am EDTFrom left to right: Kansas City natives Eric Stonestreet, Paul Rudd, Rob Riggle and Jason Sudeikis promote the Big Slick charity.Jeff FedotinDuring Kansas City Chiefs games, who is the most frequent texter among their noted celebrity fans? Eric Stonestreet joked that it is actually Chiefs head coach Andy Reid.“He’ll ask for plays,” David Koechner said.“We tell him: ‘Please focus on the game,’” Rob Riggle chimed in.“He loves that Homer GIF when he goes into the shrub,” Jason Sudeikis said. “He overuses it.”In reality, Stonestreet, Sudeikis, Koechner, Heidi Gardner and Paul Rudd grew up in the Kansas City or Missouri area and cope with the ups — back-to-back Super Bowl titles — and downs — last year’s third-place finish in the AFC West — of the Chiefs via an active text messaging thread during games.“It helps with the excitement. It’s always a lot of fun,” Riggle said. “We’re all absolutely fanatics.”The comedic actors’ thread is just one of several Chiefs threads Riggle is on. He also has one with his Marine Corps buddies.To help with the multitasking during Chiefs game, Riggle joked that he will “cheat” on the threads and send the same thought to multiple groups.MORE FOR YOU“I’ll just write, ‘Holy s---, Mahomes,’ whatever,” he said. “I’ll make the thing and then I’ll copy it and just paste, paste, paste, paste, paste and then send it.”Big Slick EventIn addition to his Chiefs thread, Riggle is on one with Stonestreet, Sudeikis, Koechner, Gardner and Rudd titled “Big Slick Hosts.”That message group helped plan the logistics for the Big Slick — the philanthropic event for which the celebrities were on hand to speak. Riggle called Rudd and Sudeikis, who all attended high school in...