Peyton Manning takes bizarre shot at Jets with Taylor Swift joke at CMA Awards 2023
Not even the CMA Awards is safe from the Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce mania — and somehow the Jets are catching strays.
Awards show hosts Peyton Manning and Luke Bryan couldn’t help but slip in a joke about the hottest topic on the planet during their opening monologue at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on Wednesday.
Kelce and Swift’s relationship has been inescapable since the pair were first linked to one another in September, and Bryan joked that he and Manning were hosting because “Travis and Taylor weren’t available.”
Then, Manning set up Bryan for a brutal joke at the expense of the Jets.
The Pro Football Hall-of-Fame quarterback asked the country singer what the difference between Swift and the Jets was.
“Taylor can sell out a stadium,” Bryan said to the amusement of the crowd.
“You nailed it,” Manning said with a smirk on his face.
“I had you do that punchline Luke so that I wouldn’t get in trouble,” Manning added.
The Jets took notice of Manning’s comments, and they took to social media a short time later to fire back at the former Colts and Broncos quarterback.
“What are we talking about Peyton,” the Jets wrote on X with a photo of MetLife Stadium looking full during an unspecified game.
Manning’s jab came a few days after he got roasted by his younger brother and former Giants quarterback Eli Manning during Monday’s “ManningCast” of the Jets’ game against the Chargers.
Actor and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger brought out a donkey live on air during his guest appearance, and then the animal ate some sort of meat, befuddling both Mannings.
“That Donkey looks like you eating Peyton,” Eli quickly shot at his brother.
For what it’s worth, the Jets rank third in the NFL in average home attendance, with 80,631 people coming out to MetLife Stadium, filling out 97.7 percent of the venue.
