Rob Lowe sat down with Ellen DeGeneres yesterday and discussed his now
infamous tweets about the possible retirement of legendary Indianapolis
Colts' quarterback Peyton Manning. Lowe explained to Ellen that he's a
"regular guy" who is a huge Colts fan and a huge Peyton Manning fan. He
said that he tweets regularly about sports and that this was just
another example of that. Of course, Lowe implied in his tweets that he
had a credible source for the Manning retirement rumor: "Hearing my
fave, #18 Peyton Manning will not return to #NFL," Lowe wrote. "Wow.
#Colts. My people are saying Manning will retire today. What do you
hear? Colts fans, let's hope my info is wrong. Don't like being wrong,
but this time...I'm hoping."
The major sports and news outlets quickly tried to confirm the rumor,
but the only official word is that Manning has no plans to retire or
make any sort of announcement in the near future. Manning is still
recovering from neck fusion surgery that forced him to miss the entire
2011 NFL season. Given the uncertain nature of his injury and recovery,
it's certainly possible that he may be forced to retire or possibly move
on to another team during the upcoming offseason.
When asked by Ellen where he heard the scoop, Lowe declined to reveal
his source, stating simply, "I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill
you." Well played, Rob Lowe. If Lowe's Colts' fandom is to be believed,
it's a safe assumption that he was simply tweeting what he felt was
credible information about Peyton Manning, probably assuming that others
would have heard something as well. We'll find out soon enough whether
Rob Lowe's source was correct.
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