Ryan Seacrest booed by football fans during NFL kickoff

Sometimes corporate synergy works, like when Oreo came up with that brilliant dunking ad during this year's Super Bowl blackout. And sometimes it doesn't. Such was the case on Thursday, when Ryan Seacrest hit the field in Denver for NBC's NFL kickoff. Rather than appreciating the hardest-working man in showbiz, whose new NBC reality/game show, "Million Second Quiz," begins Sept. 9, Broncos fans began booing.



While much of crowd's negative feedback was drowned out as Seacrest did his pitch amid a gaggle of cheerleaders and the strains of "The Final Countdown," Deadline reports the boos were loud and continuous:

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"I only know of one other countdown that might be as big as this show," said Seacrest, in an apparent nod to his "New Year's Rockin' Eve" hosting duties on ABC. "America is ready for 17 weeks of excitement, followed by the drama of the playoffs, all culminating in New York at the Super Bowl."

Social media wasn't much kinder than the Denver fans, with many wondering what the "American Idol" host had to do with football.

Seacrest, for his part, was enthusiastic about the gig, tweeting, "Working the NFL season opener! Finally those 2-a-days paid off. I hope my high school coach is watching. #Kickoff2013"

Seacrest OUT!

If you're a Seacrest fan, you're either a fag or a female teenie bopper.

I like the dude. I would imagine no one in Hollywood works harder than him.

Yup and he's even willing to stand there while a whole arena calls him every degrading name in the book just so he can shamelessly plug his irrelevant show. "Can't knock the hustle baby!"

shane-o-mac said:

I like the dude. I would imagine no one in Hollywood works harder than him.

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He has his hands in so many different projects, its amazing. Its like the dude never sleeps and never stops working