NFL Network host Kyle Brandt received online threats from fans after his on-air worked segment with Seth Rollins.
A few days ago, ahead of the NFL Draft, Seth Rollins appeared on “Good Morning Football.” However, he soon got into a heated argument with co-host Brandt, which led to Rollins leaving the set. This was later revealed to be a work.
Speaking to Jimmy Traina of the SI Media pod, Brandt explained the entire scenario. “I’ve worked with Seth [Rollins] for over a year and consider him a friend in the industry. Love him. Loved him before I met him. I knew it was going to be he and I at the Draft, just alone at the desk. It’s me and a pro wrestler at the Draft. We have to bring something better than ‘Where is Sonny Styles going to land on Thursday?’ We have to put on some kind of show,” he said.
“I like the old WWF. I like the heels. I text Seth, ‘Can we do a work? I’ve always wanted to do that. It’s a fantasy of mine.’ He goes, ‘Yeah, do you have an idea?’ Seth is up for anything. I started piecing it together and saw we were going to be talking about [Aaron] Rodgers. Seth famously hates Rodgers. There was this question about Seth doing WrestleMania, where he’s almost 40, and Rodgers playing this year, and he’s 42, which one is more difficult? I was like, ‘This is it.’ Seth and I are texting, and I’m like, ‘I’ll push you. I think you should walk off.’ ‘Great.’ We tell very few people. We told the producer of Good Morning Football so he doesn’t hit a panic button, and I texted a few bosses, a boss at ESPN, a new boss, and a boss at NFL Network. Seth let a few people know,” Brandt added.
Brandt recalled how he kept poking Rollins until he snapped. The 47-year-old revealed that he was ready for a fight with Rollins. Brandt also opened up about how, after Rollins left the set, people there became clueless about his location. However, while the segment became a talking point on the internet, it also attracted severe hate toward Brandt.
“Over the next 24 hours, it was very strange. I don’t regret it at all, but I didn’t think I was going to be that much of a heel. I thought it was going to go ‘Seth and Kyle have a fight. Seth leaves.’ It was, ‘Kyle bullies Seth off the set and goes way below the belt and insults him until he leaves. Kyle is a prick.’ It was everyone. The wrestling fans went nuts. I had many threats of physical violence in my mentions,” he continued.
“All that stuff, which now I can laugh about. I had industry people being like, ‘What was that? What did he do to you?’ There was disappointment in how rude I was to Seth. The problem was, we committed to 24 hours. The other funny thing is Seth and I had to go to some of the same engagements throughout that day, including the Draft. We couldn’t be around each other. I was even thinking, ‘Do I go and throw a drink in Seth’s face? Do we escalate it?’ We just left it where it was. The next day, we do the dramatic hug and that was it. It was one of the weirdest 24 hours of my career because everyone was so mad at me.”
Rollins, a Chicago Bears fan, has been appearing on Good Morning Football since March 2025.
