Detroit Lions' Ndamukong Suh Takes A Dive For "Splash"

Detroit Lions' Ndamukong Suh Takes A Dive For "Splash"
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We're on the set of ABC's celebrity diving competition series, "Splash", where the likes of Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh is taking the plunge! The NFL star tells us whether or not he thinks he has an advantage in this challenge and he also reveals how he stays healthy by eating fresh! Hosted by Oliver Trevena (@olivertrevena).
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I'm Oliver Trevena with Young Hollywood with Indamakin Sue. Yes sir.
I've got it right. Yeah, you got it right.
How how's your day young man? I feel very out of shape standing next to you. I feel like I've got to instantly hit the gym after this interview.
No, you'll be good. Uh I'm doing well, just uh getting ready to start my practice for the day. Looking forward to getting after my dives.
A different sort of practice to what you're used to.
Yeah, no question. I mean diving practice to the football practice, so less gear.
How's the full? You're probably used to like a few waxs and bruises. How's the full when you hit that water?
It's a little sting every now and then but uh as I'm as I've grown and got better and better as the days have gone on and the weeks have gone on uh I've definitely had uh a lot of fun and not too much thing. Not too much thing. There's a nice little hot tub in the corner that I see people jumping afterwards. You get you get to hang in there for a little bit, warm up and then get into the pool. So.
See I could do the hot tub, I couldn't do the diving. They wouldn't let me compete.
The pool's not even that cold, so it's it's actually a heated pool, so it's it's not they take care of us.
What appealed to you about joining Splash and doing this uh this show?
Um I've always been a fan of everybody in in their particular sports and going across the country, see Formula 1, see any 500s, uh see Premiership, um soccer in England and Best ball ever. Yeah. And I grew up playing it. So I'm a big fan of other people in their crafts and uh this is an opportunity for me to try diving.
Is it harder than what you thought it was going to be?
Uh no question. Uh everybody thinks it's really everything's in the water, it's really an aerial sport, being able to control your body in the air and then obviously get in the water with the least amount of splash.
Do you think you've got an advantage over the other contestants being an athlete?
Uh, I think I have a little bit of an advantage, as well as Kareem. Uh, both of us being athletic, but uh, I mean honestly it's you're competing against yourself. You got to be able to control your body in the air and uh, make sure you maneuver yourself into the right way.
I saw Rory this morning. He's a bit of a wild child, isn't he?
Yeah, that one is definitely exciting. Rory likes to move around and jump off the high dive and just go in there wild. But that's kind of his action sport and that's ingrained in his body. So I I more power to him. I'm not much like that.
Um, and you do stay in shape, young man, and obviously it's important to stay in shape when you're doing dives and stuff. How do you eat fresh and uh keep a healthy lifestyle?
I always eat fresh. I'm a chicken bacon ranch type of guy, so
Chicken bacon ranch?
Yeah, so I like to keep it uh healthy and always have the chicken.
Is chicken bacon and ranch healthy? Is that healthy?
It's a little bit You always throw a little twist on it. I don't always have the ranch in mine, a little bit of Chipotle, uh more of the vegetables in there. So yeah, no question, I keep it healthy.
You love your Subway, didn't you?
I do. I do love my Subway. Jared has taken care of me as well. So.
Brilliant. Love that. Well, carry on eating well, young man. Get up on them diving boards, show us what you got and uh hopefully you make it through and win it. Everyone's out to win it, I've noticed.
I yeah, definitely want to win it.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Ndamukong Suh
Featured interviewee, NFL star
- Oliver Trevena
Host and interviewer
- Kareem
Mentioned as another athletic contestant on 'Splash'
- Rory
Mentioned as a 'wild child' contestant on 'Splash'
- Jared
Mentioned in relation to Subway
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