In retirement, Jerry Rice crashes a wedding just about every weekend
We probably needed a good laugh this week, and Kevin Clark of The Ringer gave us one with an amazing story on legendary receiver Jerry Rice. It turns out, Rice’s new hobby is crashing weddings.
If you’re getting married in the Bay Area, there’s a chance the greatest receiver in the history of the NFL might stop by, take some pictures and bust some moves on the dance floor. No big deal. Just Jerry Rice, NFL great, showing up unexpectedly at your wedding.
[Enter the $100K Baller football contest. $10 to enter and $10K to 1st place]
The Ringer’s story is tremendous. Rice doesn’t necessarily make plans to crash weddings. He usually ends up stopping by weddings at a country club after a round of golf on the weekend, or comes across them when he’s traveling. Rice told Clark he started crashing weddings after his retirement and estimates he crashes one wedding per weekend.
“For some reason, it always turns out that they are so excited,” Rice told Clark. “They want to take pictures, and I’m just happy to take pictures with them. It always turns out to be bigger than that.”
This is weird, kind of crazy and absolutely incredible and hilarious.
My uncle & my aunts close friend & fellow MVSU grad at my cousins wedding y'all might know him as the Jerry Rice pic.twitter.com/lL2b0cq7GX
— Asshleighh ✨ (@ashleigh_tgc) May 16, 2016
Jerry Rice crashed my friend's wedding last night, so at least there's that.
— Ruthie Reisner (@ruthiereisner) November 13, 2016
My parents met Jerry Rice at a wedding and I'm lightweight salty
— Alex (@Apadilla81) September 7, 2015
It's only right that Jerry Rice would coincidentally show up at a wedding with a 49er Groom Cake!… https://t.co/nU42zeJuV9
— DJ Planet Rock (@djplanetrock) September 7, 2015
Lol im at this wedding rehearsal and i turn around and its jerry rice
— James Leonard (@LilJay_InThaCut) January 31, 2015
jerry rice is at the wedding that I'm at lmao
— steph (@indierockflower) November 29, 2014
Either my cousin's best man is a dead ringer for Jerry Rice or I really, really should've gone to that wedding.
— Meoskop (@meoskop) July 18, 2014
It WAS Jerry Rice at the wedding. Well damn. On the other hand, rustic cabin with the inlaws. (I’mma keep chanting that)
— Meoskop (@meoskop) July 18, 2014
Jerry Rice is in the house for the #BairdBeard wedding!
— Logan Johnson (@lmjcard32) September 8, 2012
Simply awesome. Then there’s one of the greatest quotes you’ll ever read from Clark’s story, which you need to go read in full right now:
“The best was when my mother-in-law was kissing Jerry Rice,” Jennifer Restrani, whose wedding in San Ramon, California, was crashed by Rice, said. “My husband went over to his dad and said, ‘Dad, mom is kissing Jerry Rice,’ and his dad just nodded and said ‘It’s OK.’”
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