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ENGLEWOOD, CO – MARCH 07: Quarterback Peyton Manning addresses the media as he announces his retirement from the NFL at the UCHealth Training Center on March 7, 2016 in Englewood, Colorado. Manning, who played for both the Indianapolis Colts and Denver Broncos in a career which spanned 18 years, is the NFL’s all-time leader in passing touchdowns (539), passing yards (71,940) and tied for regular season QB wins (186). Manning played his final game last month as the winning quarterback in Super Bowl 50 in which the Broncos defeated the Carolina Panthers, earning Manning his second Super Bowl title. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)
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ENGLEWOOD, CO – MARCH 07: Quarterback Peyton Manning addresses the media as he announces his retirement from the NFL at the UCHealth Training Center on March 7, 2016 in Englewood, Colorado. Manning, who played for both the Indianapolis Colts and Denver Broncos in a career which spanned 18 years, is the NFL’s all-time leader in passing touchdowns (539), passing yards (71,940) and tied for regular season QB wins (186). Manning played his final game last month as the winning quarterback in Super Bowl 50 in which the Broncos defeated the Carolina Panthers, earning Manning his second Super Bowl title. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)
Award shows staples are mean and harmless jokes about another person. And these ribs should stay back at the award shows. However, the NBA star Kevin Durant did not seem to enjoy the quips thrown at him by Peyton Manning. The NFL legend is known for his savage digs at others. Durant became a victim of Manning’s jokes at the 2017 ESPY Awards. It was a significant ouch-moment for KD because he sat straight-faced while the crowd roared at the hilarious joke.
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The other staple of that night is the mean mugs, which are an NBA speciality. This is the reason why the speculation that Peyton Manning and Kevin Durant are in on the joke started. Later, ESPN’s Chris Haynes reported that both the athletes, indeed, planned the act.
Peyton Manning – the funny man!
The joke that got tremendous amounts of laughter from the audience was Durant wanting to wish to join the USA gymnastics team because of their dominance. Kevin Durant has been subjected to criticism. Due to his decision to sign with the Golden State Warriors at the peak of their dynasty while leaving the Oklahoma City Thunder. This decision paid well as Durant won his first championship, along with being named as NBA Finals MVP.
"When I hosted the ESPYs five years ago, I made a little quip about Kevin Durant wanting to play for a great team that made a lot of headlines. Feel free to use that one because it hasn't aged a day."
Peyton Manning giving Steph Curry advice on jokes 😂pic.twitter.com/SEiIURrWo9
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) July 21, 2022
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Nobody forgot the joke by Peyton Manning. Hence, on ESPY 2022, he was back with Steph Curry on a video call, a tw0-minute gig. The Hall of Fame quarterback encouraged Curry to reuse his roast of Durant. “Feel free to use that one because it hasn’t aged a day,” said Manning to Steph Curry, who was the host of the glamorous sports night award show. However, Curry chose not to re-use his monologue.
If it was funny I would’ve laughed…it’s a simple concept
— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) July 20, 2022
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Even though reported by Haynes that the athletes played the joke up for the camera, Durant is to this day not amused. He replied to a tweet that asked why his reaction to the joke was “salty”.
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