Bobby Flay has been a fixture on The Food Network for decades. And while he has zero plans of leaving—at least as far as I (someone who regularly writes about and researches food stars) knows—he is making a major career move.
During an appearance on The Tonight Show Thursday, Flay told Jimmy Fallon that he is heading to Broadway. Well, sorta. He’s bringing his life story to the stage.
“Beat Bobby Flay, you know the show, we’re making Beat Bobby Flay the musical, actually for Broadway. Don’t laugh, we’re going to make it happen…The whole thing’s happening,” he said. “It’s going to tell a little bit of my life story, and it’s gonna be a party. This is not gonna be a bunch of show tunes. This is gonna be amazing…It’s gonna be a real New York situation where it’s going to be a party every night in the theater.”
He went on to explain that the show already has a writer and an “amazing composer.” The only thing he’s missing? The lead actor, who will play him in the show. Now, this is where Flay’s hidden agenda is revealed. He asked Fallon to put in a good word with his buddy Justin Timberlake to take on the role.
“We need Justin Timberlake. He hasn’t won a Tony yet, come on! He can sing, he can dance, he can do it all,” Flay begged. “Just for a month!”
He did have a pretty good selling point: There “will be food” involved, naturally. Hey…a job AND a snack??? This sounds like a good deal to me.
While the idea is definitely surprising, fans seem so onboard. “This is camp,” one user joked on Reddit. “I’m here for it. Not gonna lie,” another chimed in. “I hope this isn’t satire,” a third person agreed.
Drop the tickets, Bobby. I’m sold.
