The Giants robbed the 2007 Patriots of a Super Bowl, a perfect season … and a private appearance from Snoop Dogg.
The Doggfather revealed on ESPN’s Monday Night Football Manningcast that New England owner Robert Kraft had contracted the rapper to perform at the Patriots’ postgame party after Super Bowl XLII in Glendale, Ariz., on Feb 3, 2008.
But when the Giants won, 17-14, and Snoop realized it wasn’t going to be a victory party, he bailed.
“True story: I was supposed to perform for the Patriots that night but when they lost I ended up M.I.A. I went missing in action,” the rap icon said with a chuckle while chatting with Eli and Peyton Manning during Monday night’s Browns-Steelers game.
Eli Manning responded: “You should have come to my party! You should have come to my party, Snoop. That could have been the beginning of our band right there.”
Snoop Dogg smiled.
“I know, Eli,” he said. “I was contracted by Mr. Kraft. And when they didn’t win, I couldn’t show up. I said I don’t wanna perform for them, man. What do I look like standing on stage when they just lost the first game of their season? I’m in the bedroom. I’m sick.”
The Mannings and Snoop couldn’t help but laugh.
“We didn’t even have a band booked,” Manning recalled. “No one thought we were gonna win. So we had nothing. We didn’t even have space rented out. We had a plane going back that night just to get out of town I think.”
Snoop Dogg complimented Eli Manning on his play and closed the segment with a shoutout to Michael Strahan and the Giants’ defense who “played y’all butts off” that night.
“They balled out,” Eli said with a nod. “They balled out on defense, no doubt.”