After a lukewarm reception to Ted Lasso season 3, Jason Sudeikis strikes back at the show's critics: "Some people want to judge – they don't want to be curious"

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Jason Sudeikis clearly hasn't taken a leaf out of Ted Lasso's mild-mannered book – as he strikes back at critics of the tepidly-received third season of the Apple TV Plus series.

"Much like live theater, the show, especially season 3, was asking the audience to be an active participant," Sudeikis said in new book Believe: The Untold Story Behind Ted Lasso, the Show That Kicked Its Way Into Our Hearts (via TVLine). "Some people want to do that, some people don't. Some people want to judge – they don't want to be curious."

Sudeikis' words come in response to author Jeremy Egner mentioning 'dissenters' of Ted Lasso's most recent season who took umbrage with 'unfocused' storylines, particularly with Nate (Nick Mohammed) – who briefly managed West Ham before returning to AFC Richmond – and Keeley (Juno Temple), who broke up with Roy Kent (Brett Goldstein) off screen.

Sudeikis continued, "I'll never understand people who will go on talking about something so brazenly that they, in my opinion, clearly don't understand. And God bless 'em for it; it’s not their fault. They don't have imaginations and they're not open to the experience of what it's like to have one."

Bradley Russell
Bradley Russell

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