{"id":1986847,"date":"2025-08-29T16:30:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T16:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1986847"},"modified":"2025-08-29T16:30:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T16:30:58","slug":"i-felt-like-id-been-punched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/i-felt-like-id-been-punched\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I felt like I&#8217;d been punched&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F08%2Fkeely-hazell-00.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>She didn\u2019t believe.<\/p>\n<p>Actress Keeley Hazell claimed in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-aps-asc-tag=\"nypost-20\" data-aps-asin=\"B0DMNJ7QPR\" data-wrapped-template=\"https:\/\/r.nypostlink.com?btn_ref=org-19984c113c692001&amp;btn_url\" href=\"https:\/\/r.nypostlink.com?btn_ref=org-19984c113c692001&amp;btn_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FEveryones-Seen-My-Tits-Reflections-ebook%2Fdp%2FB0DMNJ7QPR%3Ftag%3Dnypost-20%26asc_refurl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fnypost.com%2F2025%2F08%2F29%2Fentertainment%2Fjason-sudeikis-ex-keeley-hazell-claims-ted-lasso-keeley-role-was-written-for-her-i-felt-like-id-been-punched%2F%26asc_source%3Dweb\" rel=\"nofollow\">her memoir, \u201cEveryone\u2019s Seen My Tits,\u201d<\/a> that Juno Temple\u2019s starring role in \u201cTed Lasso\u201d was originally written for her.<\/p>\n<p>Hazell, who was previously romantically linked with the show\u2019s star and creator, Jason Sudeikis, claimed in her book that she met with Sudeikis to\u00a0\u201cdiscuss the part he had written for me\u201d in a \u201cfootball show set in England.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe show hadn\u2019t been picked up at this point, meaning, it was just a script waiting to be sold,\u201d the English model and actress wrote, per <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/ted-lassos-keeley-hazell-claims-juno-temple-role-was-written-for-her\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Us Weekly<\/a>. \u201cBut the idea of me being a lead in a TV show was enough to make me wet my pants with excitement.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Keeley Hazell at Apple TV +\u2019s Primetime Emmy Party at Mother Wolf in LA on January 15, 2024. <span class=\"credit\">FilmMagic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Brett Goldstein, Juno Temple and Phil Dunster in \u201cTed Lasso.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Apple TV\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Hazell, 38, noted that the former \u201cSNL\u201d star, 49, said he was writing the role of\u00a0a woman named \u201cKeeley,\u201d and although Hazell read for it, the part ultimately went to Temple, 36.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Temple received three Emmy nominations for the role.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt like I\u2019d been punched in the chest,\u201d Hazell wrote in her book. \u201cOnce I didn\u2019t get cast as Keeley, I decided that acting could go f\u2014 itself.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hazell also had a small role in Sudeikis\u2019 2014 movie \u201cHorrible Bosses 2,\u201d and she appeared in the E! show \u201cThe Royals\u201d in 2015 and 2018. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Keeley Hazell arrives at the Elton John AIDS Foundation Gala Benefit in London on May 12, 2022. <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Juno Temple as Keeley in \u201cTed Lasso.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Apple TV\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cTed Lasso\u201d premiered on AppleTV+ in 2020, following a cheerful American football coach (Sudeikis) who finds himself coaching an English soccer team. Keely is a PR exec who is originally dating self-absorbed star player Jamie Tartt (Phil Dunster) before moving on to grumpy veteran player Roy Kent (Brett Goldstein).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The comedy ended after three seasons in 2023, before <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/03\/14\/entertainment\/ted-lasso-season-4-is-happening-jason-sudeikis-confirms-with-1-big-change\/\">announcing in March<\/a> that it would return for a surprise fourth season, following a women\u2019s team. <\/p>\n<p>Sudeikis was previously engaged to actress and director Olivia Wilde, 41, for over seven years before they <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2020\/11\/13\/olivia-wilde-and-jason-sudeikis-have-reportedly-split\/\">ended their relationship<\/a> at the beginning of 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cHorrible Bosses\u201d star was romantically linked to<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/11\/24\/jason-sudeikis-spotted-kissing-keeley-hazell-in-mexico\/\">\u00a0Hazell<\/a> in 2021, and they <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/05\/17\/did-jason-sudeikis-and-keeley-hazell-break-up\/\">reportedly split in 2022.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Keeley Hazell and Jason Sudeikis in Cabo on Nov. 22, 2021. <span class=\"credit\">HEM \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Jason Sudeikis and Juno Temple in \u201cTed Lasso.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Apple TV\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That timeline means that Hazell was not dating Sudeikis yet at the time that he reportedly wrote the role of Keeley for her.\u00a0The Post has reached out to Hazell and Sudeikis for comment.<\/p>\n<p>She would eventually go on to play a smaller role in \u201cTed Lasso,\u201d as the character Bex. After Rebecca (Hannah Waddingham) has an ugly split from former team owner Rupert (Anthony Head), he moves on to Bex.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hazell wrote in her memoir that she is\u00a0 someone \u201cwho has stumbled and struggled and survived,\u201d adding, \u201cI get to play the greatest role of my lifetime \u2014 the Real Keeley, and here she f\u2014\u2014 is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTed Lasso\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/21\/entertainment\/ted-lasso-star-phil-dunster-exits-season-4-photo-revealed\/\">Season 4 doesn\u2019t have an announced premiere date. <\/a>Sudeikis and Temple will reprise their roles, but it\u2019s not been confirmed if Hazell will return.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She didn\u2019t believe. Actress Keeley Hazell claimed in her memoir, \u201cEveryone\u2019s Seen My Tits,\u201d that Juno Temple\u2019s starring role in \u201cTed Lasso\u201d was originally written for her. Hazell, who was previously romantically linked with the show\u2019s star and creator, Jason Sudeikis, claimed in her book that she met with Sudeikis to\u00a0\u201cdiscuss the part he had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1986848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25174],"tags":[25538,40151,357888,21741,310574,305937,22205,21913],"class_list":["post-1986847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gossip","tag-actors","tag-celebrity-exes","tag-celebrity-memoirs","tag-entertainment","tag-jason-sudeikis","tag-ted-lasso","tag-television","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/I-felt-like-Id-been-punched.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1986847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1986848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1986847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1986847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1986847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}