Hannah Waddingham Reveals the Items She Took from Ted Lasso Set: 'I Don't Think of It as Stealing'

Waddingham shared that she is "lovingly rehoming" several items from the set of the hit Apple TV+ series, which is up for 21 Emmys ahead of Monday's ceremony

Hannah Waddingham has been able to bring a bit of Ted Lasso into her own home.

At the PEOPLE X IHG Conversation with the Cast of Ted Lasso event at the Kimpton Everly Hotel in Los Angeles on Thursday, the 49-year-old actress admitted she was “constantly asking” to take home some of her character Rebecca’s wardrobe.

“I was constantly asking — first of all, I don’t think of it as stealing. I think it's lovingly rehoming…” she told the panel moderator, PEOPLE’s Breanne L. Heldman. “Actually, my things were not material things. I can't tell you how many times I asked about clothes and shoes and hats and coats, seeing as I chose them anyway.”

Jason Sudeikis and Hannah Waddingham in Ted Lasso
Jason Sudeikis and Hannah Waddingham on "Ted Lasso".

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She ultimately saved the army man that Jason Sudeikis’ titular Ted Lasso gives her character in the second episode of the hit Apple TV+ series, which earned 13 Emmy Awards over the years and is up for a staggering 21 at Monday night's ceremony (it already took home two). 

Waddingham told her costar, “When you give me the army man, I kept him zipped in my hero bag, my gray Dolce [& Gabbana] bag, which someone threw across the set one day and I was like, what are you doing?” 

Jason Sudeikis and Hannah Waddingham
Jason Sudeikis and Hannah Waddingham at the PEOPLE x IHG Conversation with the Cast of Ted Lasso.

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She added that she has “my first class ticket that she takes through [to get through the airport]” in the show’s third season finale as well as a storyboard from the final scene.

Sudeikis, 48, revealed that he held onto some of the most iconic items from the show’s set as well.

“I have a snow globe that Keeley gives [to Austere CFO Barbara],” he shared. “I have Roy Kent’s Chelsea jersey. I have Henry Lasso’s soccer jersey that I gave to [my son] Otis. I have the original ‘Believe’ sign and I just [have] a buttload of memories.”

Phil Dunster, who plays Jamie Tartt on the series, told the audience that he took his character’s training socks, adding, “It was like a really great kindergarten teacher, a supportive thing. My clothes are 75% of those socks.”

Brett Goldstein also admitted he attempted to slyly take his character Roy Kent’s wardrobe.

“I didn't steal anything, but one day, Kent's kit went missing,” Goldstein, 43, explained. "And the [costume] lady, Jackie, called me and said, ‘Have you seen Roy's kit?’ And I said nothing.”

James Lance, Kola Bokinni, Phil Dunster, Jason Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham, Brett Goldstein, Cristo Fernandez, Billy Harris and Brendan Hunt PEOPLE x IHG Conversation with the Cast of Ted Lasso
James Lance, Kola Bokinni, Phil Dunster, Jason Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham, Brett Goldstein, Cristo Fernandez, Billy Harris and Brendan Hunt at PEOPLE x IHG Conversation with the Cast of "Ted Lasso" on January 11, 2024.

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Brendan Hunt denied that he stole anything from the set and shared that he went through the “proper channels” to get the keepsakes during the conversation, which was also attended by stars Cristo Fernandez, Kola Bokinni, James Lance and Billy Harris.

“Many of the team player names, including some of the ones that are more in the background are named after people that we know,”  the 51-year-old actor shared. “And those especially the shirts from season one — they don't wear blue shirts anymore — so I was able to snag some of those and give them to the people.”

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Ted Lasso is available to stream on Apple TV+.

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