While their relation is a pretty well-known fact now, for a time many people hadn't realized the connection –- including Drew Barrymore. In an interview during the pandemic, Barrymore interviewed the actor virtually about "Ted Lasso" (via YouTube/The Drew Barrymore Show). At one point, the actress asked Sudeikis what encouraged him to get in to acting, to which he replied "you know, I was fortunate to grow up with my uncle, it's George Wendt who played Norm on 'Cheers,'" to which Barrymore reacted with an absolutely stunned face.
The actress went on to tell Sudeikis with pure excitement that she always calls herself Norm from "Cheers" because she's "always been at the end of the bar drinking that beer hanging out!," much to Sudeikis' joy (via YouTube).
On one rare occasion, Wendt and Sudeikis were interviewed together by The A.V. Club at Second City's Roast of George Wendt. Here, the actor shared his fondest childhood memory of his uncle, which included a near-death car ride in a new BMW (via The A.V. Club/YouTube). "He had my dad holding on to [the car] like nothing he'd ever seen, and I'm just sliding around the [back seat] cause the seats were brand new," Sudeikis explained. "So I hold that memory very fondly," he concluded.
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