Sean Payton Stopped His Press Conference To Scold A Reporter For Smoking Inside (Slight Problem, The Reporter Just Had A Pencil In His Mouth)

Whoopsie! Sometimes you come back after a game and just need to yell at someone. We've all been there. That moment when you think something is happening so you just yell, I'm talking mostly to dads here. You hear your kid do something or at least assume they did something so you give them the dad groan and start to lecture. Then you find out it was someone else in the house or just a weird accident.

That said, no more pencils in the mouth around Sean Payton. It's time to be a professional. You sit there, you ask your questions and you type. It's 2026. No one uses pencils anymore outside of elementary schools. At the same time, this reporter needs to crack open a pack during the next press conference. Come in with a cigarette, a cigar, anything you can think of and just light it up. See Sean's reaction then. 

Perfect. I kinda love Sean Payton just leaning into being the guy who needs to yell at a reporter. Yelling isn't even right, this was a scolding. This was that moment when your ass starts to pucker up a little bit because you don't want to be talked down to. You know you're in the right but you can be convinced you were wrong. 

Perfect ending though. Vet move to laugh it off and lean into the mistake.