Reggie Bush is constantly observing. His gift for locating holes and eluding tackles was clear during his three years at USC, where he established himself as one of the elite college running backs of his or any era. He followed this with 11 seasons in the NFL, including a Super Bowl win for the New Orleans Saints in 2010. So perhaps it’s fitting that since his retirement in 2017 his life has continued to revolve around studying and absorbing—but instead of defensive schemes, he’s now sizing up our culture, our leaders, our status quo.
Bush, who joined Fox Sports’ college football coverage last year as an analyst, adds to his TV résumé this month with the Fox series Celebrity Watch Party. The unscripted show features, among a slew of recognizable faces, Reggie and his wife, Lilit Avagyan, on their couch at home as they react to episodes of 9-1-1, Nailed It! and RuPaul’s Drag Race. Watch Party is the latest example of TV networks pivoting to create new programming as Hollywood production remains shut down during the pandemic.
Even as he binge-watches TV and raises three young children with Lilit, the 35-year-old star has a lot on his mind. Joining his wife for a recent conversation with Playboy, Reggie shared his thoughts on Trump’s handling of the coronavirus, Tom Brady calling for an investigation into the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, the price of playing football and the financial guidance that no one gave him.
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This story is from the October 2020 edition of Playboy Africa.
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