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“SNL’s Heidi Gardner tops the Chiefs in the opening of ‘Sunday Night Football'”

“SNL’s Heidi Gardner tops the Chiefs in the opening of ‘Sunday Night Football'”

It’s a full weekend on NBC Saturday Night Live Star Heidi Gardner, the latest celebrity to appear in a Football on Sunday evenings promo.

The Kansas City native thrilled the Chiefs before their home game against the Los Angeles Chargers when he jammed to Natasha Bedingfield’s “Unwritten” in the network’s opening spot for Sunday’s event.

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“Life really is what you make of it, like being a Chiefs fan,” she said after putting the Grammy nominee’s “Unwritten” on vinyl.

“You can think of it as completely unpredictable or completely predictable,” Gardner continued. “Incredibly spectacular or just the same thing over and over again. I’m talking about winning.”

The promo included clips of the Chiefs’ back-to-back victories in Super Bowl LVII and LVIII.

Gardner, who joined the cast of SNL In 2017, as clips of the Chargers played, he added: “Maybe everyone else has had enough of us.” But then maybe you can do something about it. Don’t just say weird things or do weird things or suddenly decide that you’re going to brag or something. Just play the game.

“I know, it looks easier than it is. And honestly, we like it that way. It seems to confuse everyone, which can be really fun,” said Gardner. “The Chiefs and the Chargers on Sunday night in Kansas City.”

Gardner’s Football on Sunday evenings The appearance comes after Celine Dion, Samuel L. Jackson and Michael Keaton appeared in previous openers this season.

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