He’s not afraid to make fun of himself, even in his own music videos.
And Drake continued to practice that good sport on Sunday when he made a surprise appearance at the announcement of State Farm Insurance’s Super Bowl LV.
The rap superstar, 34, joined Paul Rudd, 51, as a substitute in a commercial goal that also featured Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
Playing himself: Drake, 34, was a good sport in a State Farm ad airing on Super Bowl Sunday in which he played a substitute for an insurance salesman
The ad opened with Rodgers, 37, and Muhammad, 25, sitting in a movie studio before filming their State Farm ad.
“Hey Rodgers, it’s you!” shouts the actor defending the quarterback who bears no resemblance to him and wears an elegant cheese hat.
“Didn’t you find any substitute that looked like me?” Rodgers asks Jake of State Farm (played by Kevin Miles).
“Have you seen mine?” Muhammad asks before making a gesture towards Rudd, who is wearing the same lightning shirt and holding a foosball table.
Sports stars: The ad opened with Aaron Rodgers, 37, and Patrick Mahomes, 25, sitting in a movie studio before filming his State Farm ad.
Not even close: “Hey Rodgers, it’s you!” shouts the actor defending the quarterback who bears no resemblance to him and wears an elegant cheese hat
Without buying it: “Didn’t you find any substitute that looked like me?” Rodgers asks Jake at State Farm (played by Kevin Miles)
“It’s like looking in the mirror, isn’t it?” he says, before throwing the ball behind him unintentionally.
“Now that one makes sense,” Rodgers mocks the younger quarterback, who was on the field while the ad was being posted.
But Jake of State Farm complains that he doesn’t even have a replacement.
“Of course I do,” they sound in a figure grabbing some snacks at the craft services table.
A little better: “Have you seen mine?” Muhammad asks before making a gesture towards Paul Rudd, who is wearing the same lightning shirt and holding a foosball
Wow! “It’s like looking in the mirror, isn’t it?” he jokes, before throwing the ball behind him by accident
Surprise appearance: but Drake appears as State Farm’s replacement Jake. “That’s right, Drake of State Farm,” he says with a straight face
Muhammad asks in disbelief if Jake, from the State Farm site, is Drake.
“That’s right, Drake of State Farm,” he says with a straight face.
Drake and the spokesman stand next to each other in their red T-shirts and start reciting the brand’s slogan, but Jake from State Farm stops him halfway.
“Hey, the substitutes have no lines,” reports Hotline rapper Bling, who falls asleep with an apple as he says the slogan.
Although Drake is now best known for his music career, he first gained prominence in the Canadian series Degrassi, where he played Jimmy Brooks.
His character was initially a basketball star before being paralyzed in a school shooting.
He closes: “Hey, the substitutes have no lines,” Jake informs Hotline Bling rapper as he tries to bend his lines
Leaving his mark: Drake runs out of an apple to throw at Jake as he says the slogan
Sunday’s announcement of the game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Kansas City Chiefs aired shortly after Rodgers revealed he had committed.
On Saturday, when he accepted the award for NFL 2020’s Most Valuable Player through a speech on YouTube, he briefly mentioned that he was committed and thanked his “promise,” whom he did not name.
However, E! The news reported a few days earlier that the football star had a relationship with 29-year-old Shailene Woodley on Big Little Lies.
Although he made no mention of the actress in his acceptance speech, he thanked Jodie Foster, who collaborated with Woodley on her upcoming film The Mauritanian.
“They have kept things private and discreet,” said a source, who added that the couple’s relationship has been “long-distance.”
Are you already engaged ?! Sunday’s announcement comes after Rodgers revealed he was engaged, just days after E! The news reported that she was dating Shailene Woodley