‘Ted Lasso’ cast visits White House to promote mental health care

Fictional soccer coach Ted Lasso has used a White House visit to encourage people to make it a point to check in often with friends, family and co-workers to ask how they're doing and listen.

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  Fictional soccer coach Ted Lasso used a White House visit to encourage people, even in politically divided Washington, to make it a point to check in often with friends, family and co-workers to "ask how they're doing, and listen, sincerely."

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  Hanna Waddington, who plays Rebecca Welton in the Apple TV+ series “Ted Lasso”, walks out to join White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, right, at the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, March 20. Members of the show were at the White House to meet with President Joe Biden to discuss the importance of mental health.
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  Jason Sudeikis, second from left, who plays the title character in the Apple TV+ series “Ted Lasso”, and fellow cast members Brett Goldstein, left, and Hannah Waddingham, right, join White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, third from left, during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, March 20.
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  Jason Sudeikis, fourth from left, who plays the title character in the Apple TV+ series “Ted Lasso”, speaks as he joins White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, third from left, and fellow cast members, from left, Toheeb Jimoh, Brett Goldstein, Hannah Waddingham, and Brendan Hunt, during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, March 20.
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  ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Jason Sudeikis, fourth from left, who plays the title character in the Apple TV+ series “Ted Lasso”, speaks as he joins White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, third from left, and fellow cast members, from left, Toheeb Jimoh, Brett Goldstein, Hannah Waddingham, and Brendan Hunt, during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, March 20.
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  Jason Sudeikis, who plays the title character in the Apple TV+ series “Ted Lasso," center, speaks during the daily press briefing with White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, left, and fellow cast member Hannah Waddingham, right, at the White House in Washington, Monday, March 20.
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  ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Jason Sudeikis, fourth from left, who plays the title character in the Apple TV+ series “Ted Lasso”, speaks as he joins White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, third from left, and fellow cast members, from left, Toheeb Jimoh, Brett Goldstein, Hannah Waddingham, and Brendan Hunt, during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, March 20.
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  ASSOCIATED PRESS

  Jason Sudeikis, fourth from left, who plays the title character in the Apple TV+ series “Ted Lasso”, joins White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, third from left, and fellow cast members, from left, Toheeb Jimoh, Brett Goldstein, Hannah Waddingham, and Brendan Hunt, during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, March 20.