With or without Taylor Swift, Lambeau Field has had its share of memorable celebrity sightings at Packers game
GREEN BAY - Should Taylor Swift show up at Lambeau Field on Sunday night to cheer on her boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, she'll rocket to the top the list of stars who have been spotted at Green Bay Packers games.
But she'll be far from the only one. All of the Swift speculation and anticipation got us thinking about a few of the other memorable celeb sightings at the stadium in recent years.
Charlie Sheen
Talk about one nobody saw coming — actor Charlie Sheen popped up on the Lambeau Field video boards doing “Jump Around” with the nearly 80,000 other fans at a 2015 playoff game against the Dallas Cowboys.
But wait, it gets better.
The “Two and a Half Men” star had an entourage, including C. Thomas Howell (Ponyboy in “The Outsiders”). They did dinner at Brett Favre’s Steakhouse and partied after the game at neighborhood bar Symba’s Pub & Grub in Howard, nowhere near Lambeau. Sheen reportedly bought shots and drinks for fans who were as fired up about the Packers win as he was. When TMZ shared a video the next day showing Sheen planting a quick kiss on a jolly male Packers fan outside the bar, it went viral.
Also at that game: Brad Paisley and Nick and Joe Jonas.
Will Ferrell
In a black puffy coat and Packers stocking cap, actor and “Saturday Night Live” alum Will Ferrell looked right at home when he made the big screen during the “Roll Out the Barrel” tradition at a “Sunday Night Football” game against the Detroit Lions in December 2012. He was sporting a Ron Burgundy-ish mustache, ahead of filming for “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues,” and posed for a photo down on the sidelines. All that was missing? Maybe the "Beer Barrel Polka" could have used a little more cowbell.
Simone Biles
What fanbase wouldn't want to be able to call Olympic champion gymnast Simone Biles one of its own? When her husband, safety Jonathan Owens, joined the team this year, the signing bonus for Packers fans has been Biles in the stands and on the sidelines. She's been spotted at numerous games, dressed casually in Packers sweatshirts and jerseys, and with a smile that can light up the stadium.
Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel
Justin Timberlake is among the Packers’ most famous fans, but it was his first time at Lambeau Field when he showed up in 2007 for a game against the Chicago Bears. He and then-girlfriend and now wife Jessica Biel were shown on the sidelines during NBC’s “Sunday Night Football’ pregame show. They were at the game as guests of Brett and Deanna Favre and watched from the Favres’ private box.
The couple endeared themselves forever to Green Bay when they were spotted the next day having a late breakfast at a local favorite, The Pancake Place. They went relatively unnoticed while dining after the lunch rush. Timberlake posed for a photo with a couple of the waitresses and reportedly filled up on the restaurant’s famous stuffed hash browns.
Also at that game: Ashton Kutcher, who grew up in Iowa and is a big Bears fan, was there with Demi Moore. He appeared on the TundraVision screens wearing a Bears cap. Season 5 “American Idol” champ Taylor Hicks led the crowd in the countdown to “Roll Out the Barrel.”
Lil Wayne
Rap star Lil Wayne has gone from flashy spectator to team participant at Lambeau Field in recent years. That can happen when you are a huge Packers fan, “real, real, real good friends” with head coach Matt LaFleur and have your own custom Packers jersey with “Tunechi” on the back.
The “Green and Yellow” singer led fans in a rendition of “Roll Out the Barrel” at the 2020 NFC divisional round playoff game against Seattle and then one-upped himself this year when he led the team out of the tunnel for a September game against the Detroit Lions. Packers fans always know when Lil Wayne is in the house.
Tony Shalhoub
As a Packers season ticket holder and a Green Bay native, there's no telling when you might bump into “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and “Monk” star Tony Shalhoub. Fans couldn't miss the Emmy Award winner when he was at a game in October 2010. Clips from his newly released independent film “Feed the Fish,” which was filmed in Door County, showed on the video boards, and he and director Mike Matzdorff took to the field to do the “Roll Out the Barrel” countdown. (Fun fact: Shalhoub has eight season tickets, passed down from his dad.)
Kendra Meinert is an entertainment and feature writer at the Green Bay Press-Gazette. Contact her at 920-431-8347 or [email protected]. Follow her on X (formerly Twitter) at @KendraMeinert.
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