I’ll be back — and so will my donkey.
Arnold Schwarzenegger made a unique appearance on the “Manningcast” during the Jets’ Monday night disaster against the Chargers.
The Austrian actor’s arrival included his donkey on screen, much to the bewilderment of the football brothers.
The donkey appeared intermittently throughout the interview and allowed for the brothers to tease Schwarzenegger and mock each other.
“Arnold, I assume your donkey’s name is Peyton. Is that accurate?” Eli asked.
“That’s exactly right. How did you know? It’s Peyton No. 2,” responded Schwarzenegger, who was on the show to promote his book, “Be Useful Seven Tools For Life.”
The donkey returned later in the interview with Schwarzenegger feeding it.
“That donkey looks like you eating Peyton,” Eli ribbed again.
Schwarzenegger’s appearance fittingly ended when he promised, “We’ll be back” as the broadcast went to commercial break — and then never returned, leading to this exchange.
Peyton: “That donkey ate the heck out of the WiFi, my gosh. Ate all the wires.”
Eli: “Arnold is not coming back. He lied to us. He said, ‘we’ll be back’ too many times and he hit his quota.”
Peyton: “I couldn’t tell what the donkey was doing… His name is not Peyton.”
Peyton is right, the donkey’s name is actually Lulu and apparently Lulu is only part of the personal zoo at The Terminator’s home.
For Women First reported in August that Schwarzenegger also owns “a pig named Schnelly, a mini pony named Whiskey and four pups: Cherry, Noodle, Dutch and Schnitzel.”
It’s not Lulu’s first brush with fame as she appeared in viral workout videos with Schwarzenegger in the early days of the COVID pandemic.
“I’m very fortunate that I can afford animals like that, or have the space for animals like that, or have the time now because of the coronavirus where I can stay home most of the time,” Schwarzenegger told Fox 5 Atlanta in 2020.
And thanks to the “Manningcast” Lulu is back in the spotlight, where she undoubtedly belongs.