Ted Lasso actor Brett Goldstein, who has been rumored to be a CGI character, made a statement on Thursday, confirming that he is normal human being who performs basic human tasks like rendering, buffering, and transferring data.
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There is a lot of crazy shit going on today, and I want to clarify one thing: I am a normal, human man who happens to be living in a VFX home and doing normal human basics like rendering, buffering, and transferring data.
Gizmodo had diligently and courageously pursued this story for one-day, reaching out via Instagram DM to Goldsteins agent, and contacting him via Instagram DM. This undoubtedly played a part in his eventual dramatic confession. There had been rumors on Reddit for months about the digital editing of Goldsteins Ted Lasso character Roy Kent into the show. However, some people resisted the conspiracy nature of these claims.
Nah. Nah.
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Gizmodo previously reported that CGI and gratuitous visual edits play a significant role in Ted Lassos production. This is especially true in scenes where the show's fictional football team plays in packed stadiums. A notch-free iPhone 13 was spotted by eagle-eyed viewers last week. This could have been the result of a post-production error.
Goldstein, a UK-based actor who IMDB lists as having appeared in Dr. Who and Spaced Out may have been the first CGI character on TV, if the rumors were true. We are grateful for his honesty and bravery, regardless.
