Posted on 02/06/2026 4:57:08 AM PST by fruser1
Mad Men actor Jon Hamm hosted the event, adding a light-hearted tone to the prestigious ceremony with jokes and skits. However, one may have crossed a line.
The Hollywood star was interrupted by fellow actor Bob Odenkirk, who was dressed as Pope Leo XIV with a mitre and stole embossed with the Chicago Bears logo and patches.
Pope Leo XIV, who became the first ever American Pope when he was elected to serve as head of the Catholic church last year, hails from Chicago and has accepted Bears jerseys as gifts over the past year.
While discussing the season, Odenkirk, best known for his roles in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, portrayed the Pope's disappointment that the Bears hadn't reached the Super Bowl, instead being eliminated to the Los Angeles Rams in the Divisional Round.
'It sucked. It was a bad season, and it ended badly,' Odenkirk, dressed as the Pope said.
Hamm then responded by stating that it was an exciting year for the Bears, to which Odenkirk joked: 'I'm just bummed about the Bears' season and how it ended. You know, I'm starting to think maybe there isn't a man upstairs.'
However, the pair's 'Chicago Pope' skit drew ire on social media with some branding the joke blasphemous.
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However, with more people recognizing the increasing anti-christian environment instilled by leftists, this likely won't go down well.
yeah. Make a light-hearted “skit” about islam. Oy vey! that wouldn’t go over well.
> Make a light-hearted “skit” about islam. Oy vey! that wouldn’t go over well. <
You beat me to it.
Such a skit would immediately give rise to cries of Islamophobia. A blubbering apology would soon follow.
Oh, and maybe also a fatwa death sentence issued against the performer.
They say all cultures are equal.
But somehow I doubt that.
Father Guido Sardicci was actually funny.
I remember him.
He pointed out to TV viewers where the ‘Popes’ were, close up, on the pizza.
Sadly when his time to go to heaven was called, he was $0.25 short...
I don’t think it’s “blasphemous” or anything to get worked up about. It’s not even really poking fun at the Pope. I also don’t think it’s funny, but I don’t think most attempts at humor are actually funny.
No sympathy for the Vatican. Between the pedo protection and the open borders they deserve it.
Laz would hit it. If she doesn’t hit him first.
Laz would hit it. If she doesn’t hit him first.
The problem is this line: “I’m just bummed about the Bears’ season and how it ended. You know, I’m starting to think maybe there isn’t a man upstairs.”
None of the humor but all of the political intent stems from that line. That’s your poke in the eye, you “FU Christians! Don’t you get it? The NFL hates you and doesn’t even want your money!” line.
“Everyone calls me the most powerful man in the world, and I I’m stuck home watching the PATRIOTS in the Superbowl.” There’s your Chicago inside-but-everyone-gets-it joke.
“Sure I’m the Pope, but God helps those who help themselves! Can I get an O-line?”
Right. the worst thing about this bit is that it doesn’t have a hook to laugh about. Just a duh moment.
Right... Sometimes I think, "What cowards we must be." But, then again, we should remember the thing about "Turning the other cheek." It doesn't make me feel any less a coward.. :(
I prefer him over the real Pope.
You actually hit on the most annoying thing about Francis and Leo: They’re destroying the Church in a desperate bid to win the affection of people who exist to hate the Church. (Although given Leo’s background, unlike Francis’, he might be sincere. ICYMI, Francis as an Argentinian conservative used to rail about how illegal immigration from Bolivia to Argentina was destroying both countries. He just suddenly transformed into a brain-dead, Kumbaya NPC when he went global.)
See my post #11.
The hook is that the Pope is a Bears fan, and the Bears were a team that got everyone’s attention. But they were so committed to their anti-God schtick that they deliberately missed the hook. A guy from Chicago goes to the Vatican, the Bears improve six games, and their hook is that the Bears DON’T make it to the Superbowl, so that means God doesn’t exist?
“Hey, I did what I can, but you gotta get an O-Line! If my heart gives out, don’t blame the Kielbasa!”
We have the actual, real God. They make believe so I’m not insulted.
The purpose of turning the other cheek was to force the other guy to confront their sinfulness. They’d have to hit you from the left. Walking twice as far obligated them to put you up for the night. Giving them your tunic as well left you naked but made them out to be shameless bandits.
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