--- title: Jimmy Kimmel Pranks Tom Brady in Super Bowl 2018 in Video description: Jimmy Kimmel may not be able to make it out to the Super Bowl, but that doesn't mean his longtime sidekick Guillermo can't go in his place. canonical: https://time.com/5128812/jimmy-kimmel-guillermo-super-bowl-2018/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-01T17:35:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:17.382Z og:title: Jimmy Kimmel Found a Hilarious Way to Crash the Super Bowl og:description: Kimmel's longtime sidekick made the most of Super Bowl Media Day og:url: https://time.com/5128812/jimmy-kimmel-guillermo-super-bowl-2018/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt149114e3c7267bce/6988fa39656a3fd9d7bd35d5/jimmy-kimmel-super-bowl-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Jimmy-Kimmel-Super-Bowl-2018 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jimmy Kimmel Found a Hilarious Way to Crash the Super Bowl twitter:description: Kimmel's longtime sidekick made the most of Super Bowl Media Day twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt149114e3c7267bce/6988fa39656a3fd9d7bd35d5/jimmy-kimmel-super-bowl-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jimmy Kimmel Found a Way to Infiltrate Super Bowl 2018 in the Most Hilarious Way > Sponsored content. 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Hannah Foslien/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 1, 2018 5:35 PM UTC [Jimmy Kimmel](http://time.com/5126778/jimmy-kimmel-daca-debate-dreamer-baby/) may not be able to make it out to Minneapolis for [Super Bowl 2018](http://time.com/5125138/philadelphia-boston-ban-foods-ahead-of-super-bowl/), but that doesn’t mean his longtime sidekick Guillermo can’t go in his place. During Wednesday’s episode of _Jimmy Kimmel Live!_, the late night host aired a clip from Super Bowl Media Day in which Guillermo hilariously made the interview rounds with the players and coaches of both the New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles. Guillermo kicked things off by telling the notoriously straight-faced Bill Belichick to smile more before offering Tom Brady an essential teeth-whitening tip: drink more soda and tequila. “I love tequila,” the Pats quarterback responded, despite the fact that he has said he [rarely](https://www.boston.com/news/new-england-patriots/2017/09/14/what-tom-brady-eats-on-an-average-day-according-to-his-new-book) drinks alcohol. Guillermo then moved on to the Eagles players Jay Ajayi and LeGarrette Blount, who clearly weren’t sure what to make of his line of questioning. “Your name is Blount, that’s a cool name,” he told the running back. “So when people tackle you, are they hitting the blunt?” Watch the full clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5128812/jimmy-kimmel-guillermo-super-bowl-2018/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5128812/jimmy-kimmel-guillermo-super-bowl-2018/"},"headline":"Jimmy Kimmel Found a Way to Infiltrate Super Bowl 2018 in the Most Hilarious Way","datePublished":"2018-02-01T17:35:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:50:17.382Z","description":"Kimmel's longtime sidekick made the most of Super Bowl Media Day","url":"https://time.com/5128812/jimmy-kimmel-guillermo-super-bowl-2018/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Jimmy Kimmel","TV","jimmy kimmel live","Late Night Television","Sports","super bowl 2018"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt149114e3c7267bce/6988fa39656a3fd9d7bd35d5/jimmy-kimmel-super-bowl-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt149114e3c7267bce/6988fa39656a3fd9d7bd35d5/jimmy-kimmel-super-bowl-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Jimmy-Kimmel-Super-Bowl-2018","caption":"Zach Ertz of the Philadelphia Eagles speaks to TV personality Guillermo Rodriguez during Super Bowl Media Day on January 29, 2018 in St Paul, Minnesota.","creditText":"Hannah Foslien/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5128812/jimmy-kimmel-guillermo-super-bowl-2018/","name":"Jimmy Kimmel Found a Way to Infiltrate Super Bowl 2018 in the Most Hilarious Way"}}]}] ```