Did you ever know that Terry Bradshaw is not just a Hall of Famer and the co-host of Fox NFL on Sunday? Turns out, he’s also a bit of a prankster and one with an off-screen talent of storytelling that had Jimmy Johnson completely fooled.
Bradshaw once claimed to Johnson that he was raking $140,000 per show as a singer in Branson. Well, it turns out this was all one big, elaborate lie. Recently, Clay Cooper, the host of Clay Cooper’s Country Express, and the Clay Cooper’s Theatre in Branson, Missouri, spilled the tea on this hilarious prank that included both Bradshaw and Johnson.
According to Cooper, it all started pretty straightforward when Johnson asked Jimmy where he was singing, to which the former QB casually responded, “In Branson, Missouri.” But things took a serious turn when Jimmy asked, “And people come see you singing?” And with the confidence of a seasoned performer, Terry replied, “Yeah, Jimmy, yeah.”
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And it didn’t stop here. Cooper revealed Johnson’s reaction when Terry mentioned how much he was making at Branson. “They pay me $140,000 for a show to come out there,” Terry declared. And just like y’all, here’s the response from Jimmy: “You’re making $140,000 singing in Branson?” And can you blame him? But Terry is Terry, and he responded, “Oh yeah!”
And here comes the kicker: when Cooper asked him if he ever told Johnson the truth, the Hall of Famer declared in a negative. Classic Terry. And as it turns out, Bradshaw successfully made a fool out of Johnson. Although Bradshaw himself shared this incident on his Instagram story, publicly confirming the lie that kept everyone