The Curious Case of Jason Sudeikis

Jason Sudeikis is hot! He’s parlayed a few unremarkable years as a cast member on Saturday Night Live (a show that skims the cream of the crop from the sketch comedy and Improv world and forces them to grind out monotonous, unfunny sketches as some form of torture for both the audience and themselves), into a string of roles on TV shows like “30 Rock”, feature films like “Hall Pass” and “Horrible Bosses” and in the crowning achievement of junk culture, hosting the 2011 MTV Movie Awards.

But not only is Jason Sudeikis filling up the multiplex, he’s also a regular in the gossip rags like Page Six and Us Weekly. Each week it seems he is dating someone’s dream girl like January Jones (who has somehow managed to convince the world she’s even MORE unstable and frigid then her character Betty Draper on “Mad Men”), Eva Mendes (substance abuse), and Scarlett Johansson (Ryan Reynolds).

Who is this bright shining non-star?

How does this seemingly unfunny, average-looking guy get cast in all these movies AND date a string of stunning yet obviously wack-job actresses?

Is it just classic Hollywood talent agency pairing to get in the gossip rags to make him look like a hot leading man while the actress gets to appear stable? Is it a beard situation?

To get to the bottom of this mystery, I contacted my friend and celebrity gossip news hound Jeff Wolinski for his thoughts on the matter.

Take it away, Jeff!

“I don't care what people say but it is who you are connected to that gets you anywhere in show business/Hollywood.  Those "stars" can deny it all they want but they were connected to somebody to get where they are at now.  Be it a father, mother, brother, sister, uncle, cousin, godfather, college buddy or old babysitter...there is always a connection.

Jason Sudeikis --You described him perfectly-"seemingly unfunny, average-looking guy”.  His uncle is George Wendt.  He played Norm on Cheers, which made NBC, the home of SNL, a ton of money.  You are telling me that his uncle who played one of the most popular TV characters in the 20th century had nothing to do with him being on SNL?  Then you are full of shit.


 Also, you mentioned his dating life...well this goes to show you how pathetic this guy was before he "made" it.  He was married (Ed. Note- he was married to a 30 Rock writer Kay Cannon) but the second he got a tiny taste of the spotlight he gets divorced.  This reinforces the fact that he is a seemingly unfunny average looking guy who couldn't pull tail in his every day life.  He needed uncle George and SNL to give him the false confidence that he could get hot tail.  On top of that, he is pulling in wack- jobs with his celebrity status.  It shows he sucks and not cool at all in real life.”

Then Jeff kicked a wastebasket in his cubicle and yelled, “Come on!”

But, there you go. Mystery solved. Now you know, the secret ingredient to landing the world’s most beautiful and glamorous Hollywood actresses is one George Wendt.

Norm!