{"id":80199,"date":"2025-08-20T13:10:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T13:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/80199\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T13:10:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T13:10:11","slug":"seth-meyers-dog-frisbee-death-andy-sambergs-biggest-rival-has-died-aged-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/80199\/","title":{"rendered":"Seth Meyers&#8217; dog Frisbee death: Andy Samberg&#8217;s biggest rival has died aged 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of Hollywood&#8217;s most <a href=\"https:\/\/honey.nine.com.au\/latest\/prince-harry-brooklyn-beckham-family-feuds-expert-advice\/3cb5dfb5-dd70-4cd8-aed4-52e58561864e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"brutal and public feuds\">brutal and public feuds<\/a> has come to a devastating end.<\/p>\n<p>For the past 14 years, the hatred has played out in the public eye\ufeff, with the chapter coming to a close as the death of one party has been announced.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/celebrity.nine.com.au\/latest\/sophie-turner-claims-accidenally-caused-a-celebrity-couple-to-end-engagement\/dc3a5105-7c10-4d9e-8adf-ef4685ccae34\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Seth Meyer&#039;s\">Seth Meyer&#8217;s<\/a> dog Frisbee has died, and people are asking if Andy Samberg has an alibi.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/celebrity.nine.com.au\/latest\/chris-martin-on-viral-coldplay-kiss-cam-wont-stop-doing-it\/7adb58fc-c1e1-4735-bba6-e35b2af4d7ae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Coldplay frontman Chris Martin reflects on viral kiss cam &#8216;debacle&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/e1acbaf2-5888-46ac-acd3-7996102c5ec7.jpeg\"  alt=\"Seth Meyers with his dog Frisbee\"\/>Seth Meyers&#8217; dog Frisbee has died, aged 14.  (Instagram\/sethmeyers)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;RIP to Frisbee, our OG IG who I was happy to go grey with,&#8221; Meyers wrote in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sethmeyers\/p\/DNiqM1lNZaP\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Instagram post\">Instagram post<\/a> announcing the death of his beloved pet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She was at her best curled in your lap and patient when we dressed her up like a pilgrim. Thanks for 14 amazing years, girl.\ufeff&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ever since she was a puppy, Samberg \u2013 a fellow comedian and close friend of Meyers \u2013 has hated Frisbee with a passion.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/b48043c7-90ff-4233-b635-03648dabb6b3.jpeg\"  alt=\"Seth Meyers and Andy Samberg\"\/>Andy Samberg has very openly and passionately hated Frisbee since she was a puppy.  (NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He met Frisbee when we had had Frisbee for two weeks and he just immediately said, &#8216;That dog looks like a rat&#8217;, and he has not come off it once,&#8221; Meyers explained when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pZxPMQBQN48\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"asked by Amy Poehler\">asked by Amy Poehler<\/a> how the vitriol started.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In fact, I think we put Frisbee in his lap and he like went, &#8216;Eugh!&#8217; and she just fell on the floor.\ufeff&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What Meyers thought had started out as a joke clearly became the truth, as Samberg has continued to mention his hatred for the late Italian greyhound year after year.<\/p>\n<p>For a daily dose of 9honey, <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/edm?client_id=honey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">subscribe to our newsletter here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeff&#8221;From the jump, I&#8217;m not one of these bandwagon frisbee haters,&#8221; Samberg said during an appearance on Meyers&#8217; late night show.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everyone wants to hate Frisbee, nut I was there at the beginning, hating Frisbee, saying it was an ugly little piece of s&#8212;! And I stand by that, you can check the tape!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\ufeff&#8217;ve been walking home in New York drunk at 4am in the morning and seen rats I like more than Frisbee.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Samberg has even tried to get his wife, Joanna Newsom, in on the bit, \ufefftrying to convince her take take a rat with her during an appearance on Meyers&#8217; show to tell the host &#8220;I brought your dog!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/175ac33e-af66-411f-9d2f-171d96a1e14c.jpeg\"  alt=\"Seth Meyers and Andy Samberg\"\/>Meyers and Samberg have been close friends since meeting at Saturday Night Live in 2005.  (WireImage)<\/p>\n<p>Several times over the years, the Brooklyn 99 star has openly celebrated the idea of Frisbee&#8217;s death, most recently refusing to fall for a prank played on him by Poehler and Meyers.<\/p>\n<p>With Samberg as an upcoming guest on the Parks and Recreation star&#8217;s podcast, Meyers suggested she tell Samberg that Frisbee had died to see what his reaction was.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/celebrity.nine.com.au\/latest\/aubrey-plaza-grief-daily-struggle-husband-jeff-baena-death-amy-poehler-good-hang-podcast\/ec0612a1-12c5-47f1-b7ea-121418bba5f4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Aubrey Plaza opens up about her grief after her husband&#8217;s death<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/celebrity.nine.com.au\/2024\/09\/20\/16\/02\/saturday-night-live-cast-anniversary-look-back-original-snl-cast-photos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/9afa4ccd-f33c-490f-8842-2cf25bd45f34.jpeg\"  alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A look back at Saturday Night Live&#8217;s very first cast<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t even play, because I&#8217;ll be so happy,&#8221; Samberg smiled after hearing the fake news.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I will never back off that. That dog sucks, dude.\ufeff&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With Meyers announcing the death of Frisbee \u2013 coincidentally just one day after Samberg&#8217;s birthday \u2013 the comments section soon became flooded with fans calling out Samberg.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/6178d705-54fe-4652-99c1-a5f100663fed.jpeg\"  alt=\"Seth Meyers' dog Frisbee\"\/>Frisbee was an Italian greyhound.  (Instagram\/sethmeyers)<\/p>\n<p>\ufeff&#8221;Does anyone have an alibi for Samberg?!&#8221; one person wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Andy&#8217;s birthday wish came true :(,&#8221; added another.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;\ufeffVery sorry for your loss, I hope she haunts Andy Samberg for years to come \ud83d\udda4,&#8221; wrote a third.<\/p>\n<p>While Samberg hasn&#8217;t made a public comment, he did share an article written by Vulture to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stories\/thelonelyisland\/3702911477167530113\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Instagram story\">Instagram story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;R.I.P., Frisbee. Seth Meyers&#8217;s dog and Andy Samberg&#8217;s nemesis has died at 14,&#8221; the post read.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/0f575d2a-ea33-473d-af19-041434c7b16d.jpeg\"  alt=\"Seth Meyers and Andy Samberg\"\/>Meyers tried to prank Samberg to see his reaction to Frisbee&#8217;s death just a few months ago.  (Jordan Strauss\/NBC via Getty Ima)<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/celebrity.nine.com.au\/latest\/michelle-williams-reveals-gender-of-fourth-child-welcomed-by-surrogate\/615c39d5-61b4-4d6b-811e-c8bb9abb56e9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Michelle Williams reveals gender of her fourth child<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s just one question left to ask in the feud between Samberg and Frisbee: Will the actor be receiving a gift from Meyers in the coming days?<\/p>\n<p>Recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BGqZcJ6XOro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"during an audience Q&amp;A\">during an audience Q&amp;A<\/a>, Meyers was asked if there is anything he hates &#8220;as much as Andy Samberg hates Frisbee&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeff&#8221;No,&#8221; he quickly responded.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So Andy Samberg hates my dog Frisbee so much, and I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;m capable of hating anything [that] much.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He really hates my dog, and he has hated my dog since she was little. And now she&#8217;s 14 years old.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/151cba7c-33a1-451d-a4ec-d25ab898394d.jpeg\"  alt=\"Seth Meyers' dog Frisbee\"\/>Meyers grimly joked about sending Samberg Frisbee&#8217;s &#8220;bones&#8221; after her death. (Instagram\/sethmeyers)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Here&#8217;s a true thing [Samberg] did. I sent our Christmas card. Frisbee&#8217;s in it every year. He scratched out her face like a serial killer and mailed it back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meyers then shared a plan he&#8217;d hatched for the day Frisbee would ultimately pass. \ufeff<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I said the other day, I said to my wife, &#8216;I think when Frisbee dies, we should send Andy the bones.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/entertainment\/latest\/ninecomau-whats-app-signup\/421c4156-5b58-42a0-9c4e-e65401b4e271\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FOLLOW US ON WHATSAPP HERE<\/a>: Stay across all the latest in celebrity, lifestyle and opinion via our WhatsApp channel. No comments, no algorithm and nobody can see your private details.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of Hollywood&#8217;s most brutal and public feuds has come to a devastating end. 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