I am not, I repeat not, calling him a ho. Hey, $200,000 to me sounds like a perfectly fair price to make an appearance at a Sweet Sixteen birthday party. Even when you’re already on a $100 million contract with a $34 million guaranteed signing bonus. Yeah, yeah, I know, maybe the dough wasn’t that much, and maybe it all went to charity, or something. But that gets us to the more important question: Who the hell spends that kind of money on their daughter’s 16th birthday party? And if Peyton cost two hundred grand, what was the total bill for the event considering that Cedric the Entertainer and Mallika Sherawat were apparently also in the house?
Either way, the whole thing was lampooned yesterday on both PTI and ATH on ESPN; you can find the video by digging around here. The consensus view was: Tacky. Offer your own thoughts on the matter here, or if you prefer a more down and dirty environment, check out the comment threads at Deadspin (which broke this story) or AOL Sports, where the proportion of terrorist and camel jokes is actually refreshingly low.
Two words: brown people.
it’s like the gals from texas that we heard about on mtv…
but the peyton manning, cedric the entertainer..
‘ebony and ivory’? dunno.
weird.
boos to manning.. unless he donated the 200k to a charity… hell they could’ve the entire macaca mutiny for $200 bucks… (and from looking at the photos, i’m sure we could all bhangra/dance better than him..well most of us anyways ;))
No question about it. In one of the pics on deadspin, peyton looks like he’s doing the robot. Badly. Did I mention he was doing the robot? sigh
God my friends and I have been having a field day with this stuff for the past few days. My boss actually forwarded me the deadspin link yesterday. I was dying. His title to the email forward “Brady does Gisele while Peyton does India”!
Dude, was that Mallika Sherawat? I thought it was the sweet 16 girl and was surprised by how much she looked like Mallika.
Are there any over the top 16s for boys?
Are you planning on celebrating yours? 🙂 One of my male friends called me yesterday and said “Damn I need new parents” hehehe he was all morose for a day because he wasn’t one of those boys. What is with men and their need to be around football players? That’s wrong on so many levels that he was jealous of a 16 year old girl.
To me I think there is something seriously dirty about celebrating a girl’s 16th birthday in such ostentatious fashion. You are essentially saying to the world “come and get it she’s all grown up now” and getting a football player for entertainment…that’s like getting a stripper for a bachlorette party. You are giving into the 16 year old’s wet dream???? Ewwww
yes. getting invited to the playboy mansion.
Got ya, Siddhartha; you’re calling not calling him a ho…you’re calling him a cheap ho.
that certainly looks like Mallika Sherawat, or an almost dead ringer for her.
Am I just lame for not knowing who this guy is? (And don’t come back at me with “he’s a football player.” I did look it up.)
If that’s Mallika Sherawat, it makes the hoochy dress excusable. If that’s a 16 year old…I guess I’m more conservative than I thought.
At least on My Super Sweet Sixteen the parents occasionally encourage their daughters to wear age-appropriate clothing.
And by Ockham’s razor, it IS Mallika Sherawat!: http://ncaafootball.aolsportsblog.com/2007/03/06/peyton-manning-is-also-available-for-weddings-and-bar-mitzvahs/
sigh what bothers me more is that I was so curious that a 16 year old could be built like that I went through the trouble of finding all that out.
And now I will not give the matter a second thought.
well i don’t know who mallaika sherawat is..and i’m not looking that one up ;)..i just thought that lady was the sweet 16 gals mother..
PM, quarterback for the colts, he just won the superbowl MVP a little more than a month ago, in likley one of the sloppiest superbowls of all time, secondary to the rain…although prince and purple rain did fabulous (despite his hair wrap)..
Pshaw. I haven’t seen either of them shake their money makers.
ChickPea, Malika Sherawat is a Bollywood actress.
I so did not understand like this entire post. And I talk like a 16 year old.
🙂
thanks radhika… as you can see.. i follow sports more than i do bollywood..
Actress?? Oh yeah, her body does most of the talking 😉
Millions of Indians choose to travel on top of the trains. She gave it a bad name. Or good.
what is happening to desi people? first the kid on American Idol(he’s terrible), the girls on MTV, now this, as soon as we get some dough, do we all become this stupid?
i used to think that rich indians in india were the most insufferable, now it appears that the rich american desis have taken the title back, Go America!
$200k to eat some cake and take some photos for a couple of hours? Who cares, haters!
Naina – it is definitely not just “brown people”, who spend this kind of money. that is just wrong. And, why does it matter, how people spend their money. it is not as if we all spend our money wisely. in my opinion, it is s relative thing…maybe to those people a million dollars holds the same value as 100 bucks does for people like me.
I think that it was great of this family to have Peyton Manning at there daughters 16year old birthday party. Not only is Manning the best Qb in the NFL, he also maybe the best role model out there.
I’m just glad they did’t hire that overrated Tom Brady, who spends his timeaway from football having kids out of wedlock.
that was Malaika Arora.
I say boos to the parents for indulging their kids in such ridiculousness!
And what kind of entertainment could Manning possibly provide that’s not on a football field that would be worth $200K?!
Thank you. Now I will retire 😉
I feel bad for the family.. They go and spend this much money to do all that stuff and now fellow desi’s are making fun of them !
But if you are a famous football player why would you do a birthday party ? Doing a birthday party is kind of lame, like something some cheap clown would do. But it would be different if he was an entertainer or if he knew the family and he did it for free..
Maybe he is trying to show that he is tight with brown people ?
Maybe the desi family is trying to show how “American” they are by being into american football ?
And the birthday girl does not look like she is 16..
My mind is still reeling at the notion of being paid to hang out for two hours, but if we accept that as a given–whom would you pay $200,000 to hang out with you for two hours? And why waste it on photos the whole time? I would want someone who coul hold a fairly interesting conversation/dance/otherform of interaction for the two hours. But it’s a tricky question, b/c you also have to guess whose time would go at the rate of $100,000/hour. (Let’s put aside the fact that most people I’d be interested in would balk at the very idea.)
I’m thinking an author, a scientist, a filmmaker–someone I could really converse with–someone famous but not so rich that it wouldn’t be worth their time, but famous enough that there’d be almost no chance of getting this opportunity “naturally.” Or maybe a musician? I bet there are plenty of medium-big bands who would perform for a couple of hours for $200,000. Wow, I’m at a loss. For whom would this pricepoint make sense? Such a strange idea. . ..
Who figured out the rates?
I was at a sweet sixteen birthday party the other day and they invited Pac Man Jones to “make it rain” on the birthday girl. After that he proceeded to kick the shit out of everyone there.
P.S. I know that 99% of you will not get that joke at all.
but at a sweet 16 party, i don’t think intellectual conversation is in the mind of the bday girl.. it’s more about ‘look at me, i’m filthy rich, and have super asinine parents’…
shallow thinker: that was priceless. seriously. (i guess i’m in the 1%).
What a shame these parties are. This is the new dowry. Fathers will wilt trying to fund this showmanship. Banks and mutual fund companies will promote Sweet 16 “savings and investment” funds to those of us who could never write out a check to Payton Manning. Where the heck are the leftist desis? Shouldn’t they be burning something over this? Oppression? Hierarchy? Heteronormativity?…. Caste?
Its all here – if you look closely enough.
Machi, sadaiyappa, I know someone locally who’s a clown and performs at kids’ b’day parties. She doesn’t make very much money, but I’d hesitate to use the word “cheap” or “lame”. I know you put in a disclaimer to exclude people like that, but the implicit idea that being compared to people like that is an insult….. Yeah, okay, I know that’s not what you meant. Just want to throw out a friendly reminder that clowns are people too.
As a true representative of 99% of the crowd, I think I should be made president. Chick pea, you’re going to be trailing even Nader.
RE:Antahkarana
those comments on the link you provided of the story are freakin hillarious…:D. Everyone bashing peyton manning lol.
Shallow thinker I totally get that joke too.
I really feel bad for fans of the Tennessee Titans to have such loser like Pac Man jones as one of their top players.
just as long as you don’t do those damn informercials like ross perot i’ll accept your bid… but behind nader? alphabetically the bean party comes before green party, so i think i’ll get more votes :), because in america who can read past the a, b, and c’s? (don’t even ask how the r’s got in… )
the bean party certainly wakes up before the green party, I tell you what!
“Who the hell spends that kind of money on their daughter’s 16th birthday party?”
People who want you to ask that question and be curious about who they are.
As for being a ho, celebs do paid party appearances all the time. Damn, if someone paid me even a fifth of that amount just for showing up at a party for two hours I’d do it.
Common Mutineers.. I think you are being too harsh on Desi parents who arranged this party.
Don’t tell me that you never spent $50 or more for a dinner at a fancy restaurant, for a poor person in India spending $50 on a meal would look ridiculous, so its all relative.
If we can compare our lifestyle choices with some rich Desi guy and criticise him, we deserve to be kicked in the bottom by billions for our lifestyle choices.
@#31 Oh…Oh.. Shallow thinker..Please…please…..count me in on that 1%. I got the joke and I wanna be cool just like you when I grow up.
I would get Styx.
If it cost this much to get Peyton Manning for a couple of hours, how much would it cost to get Bears QB Rex Grossman to come to you party.
Rex is probably dirt cheap. You may have to pay him to NOT make him do any passing plays, since he obviously has problems with that.
early to bed.. early to rise.. okay, enough with the poor richard’s almanac
rex: blech. i can’t believe they bears made it that far with him.
Actually, I believe Shannon Sharpe referred to Rex Grossman as a “double agent” some time in the middle of the 2nd half, and I think double agents definitely cost you more for a Sweet Sixteen party appearance than a Super Bowl-winning quarterback. Plus you have to keep an eye on him to make sure he doesn’t sneak off to Mrs. Shah’s retirement party next door or the Modi wedding reception down the street.
I bet you could Tank Johnson for a steal these days….
Why so much hate for “Sexy Rexy” Grossman?
If anybody cares Peyton Manning will be hosting Saturday Night Live in 2 weeks on March 24. I have feeling it will be very funny.
Also there a real good story about Pacman Jones on the Espn.com on the main page.