WATCH: Marshawn Lynch explains grabbing his 'ding-ding sauce' to Conan
Beast Mode talks about retirement, Kap's protest and wears a Willy Wonka hat
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Will Brinson
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Just go ahead and kick Andy Richter off the set and give Conan O'Brien and Marshawn Lynch their own show already. The former Seahawks running back appeared back on "Conan" on Tuesday night and once again, he covered a variety topics in hilarious fashion.
Asked about celebrating in the NFL and grabbing certain parts of his body when he went flying into the end zone, Lynch clarified his term for those parts.
"So did you mean like, 'grabbing my ding-ding sauce'?" Lynch said.
At this point Conan melts down because he thought Lynch said "Grandma ding-ding sauce." Understandable, but no. This all devolved into, well, this:
"NFL don't like a lot of stuff," Lynch said.
Including his ding-ding sauce.
Lynch also talked about retirement, saying his life in the NFL had "just run its course" and that he had a few screws "get tightened up a little bit."
"When it's time run it's course, it's just run its course. I had a great time while I played. But it's time for something new," Lynch said. "I felt that from the first hit in Pop Warner. In order to play in that game you've got to have a couple screws loose. So I think the older I got them screws started to get tightened up a little bit. So you live and you learn."
Previous reports indicated Marshawn might be willing to return to the NFL at some point this season, although at this point it seems unlikely. Does he really want to run behind Seattle's offensive line?
Lynch also touched on Colin Kaepernick's decision to take a knee during the national anthem, which was unsurprisingly well thought out.
"With what's going on, I'd rather see him take a knee than stand up, put his hands up and get murdered," Lynch said. "My take is, [bleep] it, it's got to start somewhere and if that was the starting point, I just hope people open up their eyes to see it's really a problem going on and something needs to be done for it to stop. If you're really not racist, then you won't see what he's doing as a threat to America, but just addressing a problem we have."
On the polar end of the spectrum, Lynch pretended to be Willy Wonka because of course he did. Lynch totally forgot he was coming to plug his Beast Mode chocolate bars (launching Friday!).
Because he's Marshawn Lynch, he put on the Wonka hat and let a lucky winner get a trip with him to Seattle to the factory. And then he and Conan wore hats.
Talk about a wide-ranging variety show.
