{"id":302096,"date":"2021-07-18T20:00:10","date_gmt":"2021-07-18T17:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/why-we-love-ted-lasso-boss-rebecca-welton\/"},"modified":"2021-07-18T20:00:10","modified_gmt":"2021-07-18T17:00:10","slug":"why-we-love-ted-lasso-boss-rebecca-welton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-we-love-ted-lasso-boss-rebecca-welton\/","title":{"rendered":"#Why We Love &#8216;Ted Lasso&#8217; Boss Rebecca Welton"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3be6ebe6f2e\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3be6ebe6f2e\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-we-love-ted-lasso-boss-rebecca-welton\/#An_Understandable_Antagonist%E2%80%A6\" >An Understandable Antagonist\u2026<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-we-love-ted-lasso-boss-rebecca-welton\/#%E2%80%A6With_a_Powerful_Redemption\" >\u2026With a Powerful Redemption<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-we-love-ted-lasso-boss-rebecca-welton\/#More_Than_a_Stereotype\" >More Than a Stereotype<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Why We Love &#8216;Ted Lasso&#8217; Boss Rebecca Welton<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div> <strong>[WARNING: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for <em>Ted Lasso<\/em>\u2019s first season.]<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Everybody loves Ted Lasso \u2014 the show, and the character. That\u2019s for good reason. Both of \u2018em are relentlessly optimistic, cheery without being unbelievably saccharine, the perfect antidote to gray skies, bad days and a whole year of staying six feet apart. Believe, indeed.<\/p>\n<p>But with Season 2 of the England-set soccer <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> just around the corner, we\u2019re setting AFC Richmond coach Ted (Jason Sudekis) aside and praising another of the show\u2019s fantastic cast of characters: His shady boss, Rebecca Welton (played by Hannah Waddingham, who has earned an Emmy nomination for her role). Here\u2019s why we\u2019re big fans of Rebecca\u2019s story so far, and why we think she\u2019s unique in today\u2019s TV landscape.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-981998\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ted-lasso-season-1-ted-rebecca-1-855x570.jpg\" alt=\"Ted Lasso Jason Sudeikis Hannah Waddingham\" width=\"855\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ted-lasso-season-1-ted-rebecca-1-855x570.jpg 855w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ted-lasso-season-1-ted-rebecca-1-434x289.jpg 434w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ted-lasso-season-1-ted-rebecca-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ted-lasso-season-1-ted-rebecca-1-234x155.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ted-lasso-season-1-ted-rebecca-1-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ted-lasso-season-1-ted-rebecca-1.jpg 2028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 855px) 100vw, 855px\"\/><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"An_Understandable_Antagonist%E2%80%A6\"><\/span>An Understandable Antagonist\u2026<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>For most of <em>Ted Lasso<\/em>\u2019s inaugural season, it\u2019s hard to be <em>entirely<\/em> on Rebecca\u2019s side. Why? Well, she\u2019s actively trying to tank AFC Richmond, using her power to, unbeknownst to the players and coaches, sabotage their chances of success at every turn. But even when she\u2019s working against the ray of human sunshine that is Coach Lasso, it\u2019s also hard <em>not<\/em> to root for what she\u2019s ultimately trying to accomplish, even if her methods are questionable.<\/p>\n<p>The best villains are heroes in their own minds; there is often a good point buried in their dark deeds, and Rebecca certainly makes one. There\u2019s no denying that her cheating, lying ex-husband was awful, both to her and as a person, in <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>. If \u201cturnabout is fair play,\u201d as they say, then Rebecca is more than justified in making him watch as she sends his beloved football team swirling down the drain. In fact, at times it\u2019s hard not to cheer for that \u2014 even if it means no one\u2019s cheering for Richmond. And on a show where the new head coach was 90% less utterly endearing, it might even be possible to see Rebecca as the protagonist.<\/p>\n<p>But the problem is Ted.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1003047\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ted-lasso-season-2-reveals-5-1014x570.jpg\" alt=\"Ted Lasso Season 2 Hannah Waddingham\" width=\"1014\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ted-lasso-season-2-reveals-5-1014x570.jpg 1014w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ted-lasso-season-2-reveals-5-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ted-lasso-season-2-reveals-5-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ted-lasso-season-2-reveals-5-1420x798.jpg 1420w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ted-lasso-season-2-reveals-5-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ted-lasso-season-2-reveals-5-570x321.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ted-lasso-season-2-reveals-5.jpg 2028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1014px) 100vw, 1014px\"\/><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%A6With_a_Powerful_Redemption\"><\/span>\u2026With a Powerful Redemption<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Ted Lasso is so brimming with benevolence that it\u2019s tough to view Rebecca\u2019s actions as anything but antagonistic\u2026 and in the end, she grows enough to realize that. Rather than ignoring Ted\u2019s continual kindness \u2014 although she does try, at first \u2014 and continuing along her path, she does the right thing, the very, very difficult thing, and apologizes for the harm she\u2019s done. (And willingly gives Ted a hug, which goes to show just how far she\u2019s come!)<\/p>\n<p>Even setting her tearjerker of an apology aside, her arc is compelling. We watch her go from insulting and belittling her underling Higgins (Jeremy Swift) to sincerely asking him to return to his job after he quits; we see her ask her best friend\u2019s forgiveness for allowing her marriage to drive them apart; and, in one of the show\u2019s most touching moments, we see her help and comfort Ted as he suffers an anxiety attack. Certainly, Ted Lasso influences her to be curious and not judgmental, as he does to everyone around him. But even as Rebecca moved ahead with her plan, cracks in her \u201cvillainy\u201d were evident. At her core, she was never a bad person, and her willingness to make things right proves it.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, Rebecca didn\u2019t want revenge on her ex-husband: She wanted justice for everything she\u2019d sacrificed and lost through years of a broken marriage. Ultimately, she realized the best way to have that justice was not to sink to his level and hurt others the way she\u2019d been hurt, but to move ahead with her life. That\u2019s powerful stuff. And it\u2019s darn great of <em>Ted Lasso<\/em> to let her arrive at that realization and develop from it, rather than relegating her to the sidelines or having her be \u201cdefeated\u201d after the first season.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_Than_a_Stereotype\"><\/span>More Than a Stereotype<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>But perhaps even better than her overall arc is the fact that there\u2019s <em>more<\/em> to Rebecca than power suits and designer heels (although we do love her outfits). In many ways, Rebecca defies the traditional \u201ccareer woman\u201d stereotype on TV. While she starts out as a bit of an \u201cice queen,\u201d that\u2019s not where she ends up, and the show is better for it.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the friendless, heartless, lonely portrayals of powerful career women commonly seen in <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>, Rebecca has friends in Ted, Keeley (Juno Temple), Higgins and the team. She has family, in Sassy (Ellie Taylor) and her goddaughter. She both feels and shows emotion. Heck, she even sings! Point being: Rebecca has both an excellent career and h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>iness, in a media culture where women are often written as having to choose one or the other.<\/p>\n<p>To show a woman with power who isn\u2019t also suffering in several areas of her personal life and fending off inescapable unhappiness is to breathe much-needed fresh air into the TV landscape. With Rebecca Welton, <em>Ted Lasso<\/em> does just that \u2014 and we can\u2019t wait to see where her story goes in the show\u2019s second season.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Ted Lasso<\/em> Season 2 Premiere, Friday, July 23, Apple TV+<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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