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Nick Lachey! Alyssa Milano! Joe Manganiello! Celebs Who Love Football

Football fanatics! It’s no secret that athletes such as Tom Brady, Jay Cutler and Aaron Rodgers love football, but there are also plenty of stars that enjoy rooting for their favorite teams from the sidelines, too — or from the comfort of their homes.

Whether they’re suiting up in the jerseys of their favorite players every Sunday afternoon or going all out for their fantasy football league, Tinseltown’s finest has plenty of love for the game.

Nick Lachey, for instance, has been known to cheer on his team from the couch alongside son Camden, while John Legend does his fantasy drafts in his home while surrounded by daughter Luna’s toys, making it a family affair.

Others, like Eric Decker, have given up their days on the field, but not their affinity for the sport; Jessie James Decker says she and her husband watch the game religiously.

“We’re not really tied to any team because we love all the teams [Eric has] played for. So I feel like we just kind of root for everyone,” Jessie James exclusively told Us Weekly in January 2023. “The only negative thing is, like, I don’t ever feel passionate about really any team specifically. Typically, if we know someone on the team, then we’ll we root for them.”

The Kittenish founder noted that it’s “absolutely” a blast to watch the games with her spouse, because he knows so much about football. “He’ll yell at the TV and be like, ‘What are you doing all over here?’ You know, he does know what’s going on,” she revealed. “But I’m so used to it at this point. I mean, it’s just a part of our lives and it always will be.”

There are also plenty of A-list women in the stadiums’ stands, such as Gisele Bündchen, who was married to former New England Patriots quarterback Brady from 2009 to 2022. The athlete played with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for two years before briefly retiring in February 2022 — he returned for season 3 with the team that same year — and his then-wife was a stadium staple for decades.

Kristin Cavallari, for her part, was hard to miss at Chicago Bears and Miami Dolphins games when her then-husband was a quarterback. (She and Cutler called it quits in April 2020 after seven years of marriage.)

You’re also likely to find celebs such as Alyssa Milano — the Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later alum created her own line of fan apparel for women called Touch — rooting for their teams.

Then there’s reporter Maria Menounos, who’s no stranger to the stadium Jumbotron: She has been to nearly 20 Super Bowls, after all!

Scroll through to see who else is loyal to the game — and for which teams! — below:


Olivia Culpo
The model rooted for her boyfriend, Christian McCaffrey, in January 2023 as the San Francisco 49ers advanced to the playoffs. Courtesy of Olivia Culpo/Instagram
Lala Kent, Scheana Shay and Emily Simpson
The Vanderpump Rules ladies met up with the Real Housewives of Orange County star in December 2022 to root for the Chargers at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. Courtesy of Scheana Shay/Instagram
Jason Tartick
The Buffalo, New York native couldn’t contain his excitement in November 2022 when the Buffalo Bills beat the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving. The Bachelorette alum and fiancée Kaitlyn Bristowe wore matching football gear while celebrating the holiday. Courtesy of Kaitlyn Bristowe/Instagram
John Legend
“Miles’s first NFL game! Thank you @rams!” the musician wrote via Instagram in October 2022 after watching the Los Angeles Rams play the Dallas Cowboys with his son. Courtesy of John Legend/Instagram
Will Ferrell
The Anchorman star posed with Ryan Reynolds at Super Bowl LVI in February 2022. Ferrell, who is a diehard Cincinnati Bengals fan, is also a staple at the University of Southern California college games as a graduate of the L.A. university. Courtesy Ryan Reynolds/Instagram
Rebel Wilson and Adam DeVine
The Pitch Perfect costars attended Super Bowl LV together in February 2021 before rooting for the L.A. Rams at Super Bowl LVI the following year. Courtesy Ludacris/Instagram
Gisele Bündchen
The model was a sideline staple at New England Patriots games until her then-husband Brady's 2020 exit. She later cheered him on with his new team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Ahead of Brady’s brief 2022 retirement, Bündchen told the Associated Press that she only has eyes for her man on the field. "At night if my husband is watching TV and watching football, I have my little book and I put something in my ears so I don't hear it and I put my light [on] and have my book and I'm like, 'Ohhh,'” she said. “He's feeding his soul and that's important to him to watch football. I only want to watch if I'm watching him." The couple confirmed in fall 2022 that they had split and were officially divorced. Jamie Squire/Getty Images
Rob Lowe
After attending the NFC Championship game in January 2020, the actor posted a photo of himself watching the game, wearing an “NFL” hat and quoted his Parks and Recreation character. ”I LITERALLY love football! And teams. Every one of them! They are all wonderful! Go teams! -Chris Traeger,” he wrote via Twitter. Two years later, the 9-1-1 Lone Star actor rooted for the L.A. Rams at Super Bowl LVI alongside his brother, Chad Lowe, who was cheering for the Cincinnati Bengals. David J Phillip/AP/Shutterstock
Nick Lachey
The 98 Degrees singer shared his pastime with son Camden in January 2019, posting a sweet Instagram photo of himself snuggling up to the little boy on the couch with a triumphant fist in the air. “Hoping to make this same face again on February 3rd. Let’s go #Rams!!” he wrote. The father-son duo, however, were rooting for the Cincinnati Bengals at the February 2022 Super Bowl, which took place in L.A. KMazur/WireImage
Paul Rudd
The Ant-Man actor is a diehard Kansas City Chiefs fan (he went to college in Kansas) who will do “whatever it takes” to help his team win. “It is the most exciting time I think, right now to be a Chiefs fan, in a long time,” Rudd told Good Morning Football ahead of the 2019 season, which resulted in them making it to the Super Bowl in February 2020. Aaron Doster/AP/Shutterstock
Eric Stonestreet
The Modern Family star is a Kansas City native, so he’s been a Chiefs fan his whole life. Ahead of the team’s 2020 Super Bowl appearance, Stonestreet was honored with banging the giant drum at a home game during the 2019 season. Courtesy of Eric Stronestreet/Twitter
Reese Witherspoon
The Morning Show star is all for football season. In addition to creating a tailgate-approved décor collection for her company Draper James in the past, the actress frequently shows different football teams love each fall via social media. In 2019, she was rooting for the Tennessee Titans, who made it to the AFC Championship game. The year prior, she posted a throwback photo of herself wearing a football jersey from 1992 in honor of the Super Bowl. Shutterstock
Maria Menounos
The longtime Patriots fan told ESPN in January 2019 that she hasn’t missed a Super Bowl in ages. “Hell yeah! I’ve been to every single one except for one they weren’t playing, but I’ve been to 17 Super Bowls. … Maybe they’ll give me a ring!” Streeter Lecka/Getty Images
Eric Decker and Jessie James Decker
Though the former NFL wide receiver announced that he was retiring from the sport in August 2018, there’s no love lost for him when it comes to the game. “He loves football so much,” his wife told Us exclusively in January 2019. “So he’ll be getting into, like, the commentating world … You’ll be seeing him soon doing all that fun stuff.” She also shared that they had upped their viewership, saying, “He’s sitting there, studying everything, and I’m like, ‘OK! More football! I thought football wouldn’t be on anymore, but it’s still on! And we’re watching it even more now!’” Rick Diamond/Getty Images for CMT
Joe Manganiello
The True Blood alum suited up in a throwback T.J. Watt Steelers jersey to watch the team’s game against the Cleveland Browns in October 2018. “Here we go, Steelers!” he said in a video clip on Instagram. Courtesy of Joe Manganiello/Instagram
John Legend
Chrissy Teigen documented the “All of Me” singer’s fantasy football league, dubbed “Grown Ass Men,” on Twitter in September 2018. Though she didn’t make any official picks, she did aid her husband in his endeavors, buying a whiteboard (“I didn’t know it’s all online”) and making hats for the occasion. Karl Walter/Getty Images
Kristin Cavallari
Like Bündchen, Cavallari was always a super supportive football wife, repping her quarterback husband, Cutler, from the stands first in Chicago, and then in Miami until he retired for good after the 2017 season. (Cavallari and Cutler split in April 2020.) The reality star even has an appreciation for more than one player, posting an Instagram photo of herself with former Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino in October 2017, writing, “Legend.” Courtesy of Kristin Cavallari/Instagram
Colton Underwood
The season 23 Bachelor played college football for Illinois State before flirting with the NFL. (He was signed by the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted free agent in 2014 before being waived and placed on injured reserve. He also practiced with the Oakland Raiders, but was released in 2016 after injury struck.) "I had a serious shoulder issue and told myself I should get the surgery done. I couldn’t keep playing on it,” he told the JournalStar in June 2017. He’s admittedly gotten a bit rusty since then, telling Us Weekly in January 2019, “For being a former football player, I don’t actually follow the game very closely anymore.” Stephen Dunn/Getty Images
Alyssa Milano
The Charmed alum loves the game so much, she has her own line of football apparel for women called Touch. The self-proclaimed diehard New York Giants fan, whose father-in-law is the head of the "chain gang" (the crew that manages signal poles on the sidelines) for the team, also provided the commentary for a flag football game for wives and girlfriends of NFL players that took place in February 2017. “You how people sing in the shower? Sometimes I like to pretend I’m doing color commentary for the games,” she told NFL.com. Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images for Taste Of The NFL
Kate Hudson
The Almost Famous actress and her big brother, Oliver Hudson, are mega fans when it comes to the Denver Broncos. When they made it to the Super Bowl in 2016, the two siblings, who grew up in Colorado and Los Angeles, had to be there to root on the team. “To be here with my bro is just as sweet as can be! Missing Wyatt, thinking of you!!! #GoBroncos #SuperBowl50,” the Fabletics founder shared via Instagram in February 2016. The brother-sister duo were also in attendance at Super Bowl LVI when the Los Angeles Rams beat the Cincinnati Bengals in February 2022. Courtesy of Kate Hudson/Instagram
Jenny McCarthy and Donnie Wahlberg
These two may see eye to eye on a lot, but when it comes to their sports teams, “forget about it.” “It doesn’t cause friction,” the Jenny McCarthy Show host, who reps her hometown of Chicago, told NBC Sports in April 2016 of her husband, a Patriots fan. “He just made me appreciate a different team.” The former Playboy model said their rivalry actually made her like the sport on a deeper level. “It helped me like football more, because I was so hyper-focused on just Chicago, that I appreciate what [Patriots General Manager Bill] Belichick has done,” McCarthy said. The television personality also rooted for the Patriots while attending the Super Bowl with the restaurateur in 2015. Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for SiriusXM
Kate Bosworth
The Blue Crush actress has her own drinking game that she plays whenever she watches her favorite team, the Dallas Cowboys, play. Every time the team scores she takes a shot of whiskey, the actress told Jimmy Fallon in 2015. Courtesy of Kate Bosworth/Instagram; Inset: Brent N Clarke/Invision/AP/Shutterstock
Jessica Simpson
Simpson was dubbed a “jinx” by many in December 2008 while rooting for her former man, retired Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, from the stands in a pink jersey during the team’s worst game of the season. Her ex-boyfriend John Mayer stuck up for her at the time, writing on his blog, “That girl loves Texas more than you know. It’s one of her most defining traits as a person. So please don’t try and take that away from her. (You probably wouldn’t be able to, but it’s less work for all involved.)” The fashion designer clearly wasn’t too put off from the sport; she went on to marry former NFL tight end Eric Johnson in 2014. Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund


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