{"id":609303,"date":"2026-02-18T06:32:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T06:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/609303\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T06:32:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T06:32:19","slug":"new-orleans-saints-and-pelicans-owner-wishes-a-happy-mardi-gras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/609303\/","title":{"rendered":"New Orleans Saints and Pelicans owner wishes a Happy Mardi Gras"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Orleans Saints and Pelicans owner wishes everyone a Happy Mardi Gras<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLET\u2019S SEE IF WE CAN GO TALK TO THEM REAL QUICKLY. ARCHBISHOP GAYLE, IT\u2019S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU. TELL US, WHAT ARE YOU FEELING TODAY ON THIS MARDI GRAS? THIS IS SO GREAT. HAVING A GREAT TIME. EVERYBODY\u2019S JUST HAVING SO MUCH FUN AND LOVE BEING HERE. THANK YOU. AND LOOK, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO MOST? GETTING TO WATCH THIS WHOLE PROCESSION? I\u2019M SORRY. WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO? TODAY? THIS IS SO FABULOUS. I\u2019M SO EXCITED TO SEE KING ZULU AND HIS QUEEN AND REX AND HIS QUEENS. IT\u2019S A GREAT DAY. YOU LOOK STUNNING AS ALWAYS. YOU ARE DRESSED WELL. OUR FORMER ARCHBISHOP. HOW ARE YOU? HOW IS IT LIKE TO BE IN THE RETIRED ROLE NOW? IT\u2019S GOOD. MORE TIME. MORE TIME FOR MARDI GRAS. AND YOU\u2019VE GOT ONE OF THE BEST SEATS IN THE HOUSE. WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO WITH THIS PARADE TODAY? WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO? LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE FLOATS WILL BE FANTASTIC. I\u2019M SURE, AND EVERYBODY\u2019S GOING TO BE IN GOOD SPIRITS. SO IT\u2019S A GREAT DAY. ALL RIGHT. I\u2019M GOING TO ASK YOU, WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS NOW THAT YOU\u2019RE RETIRED? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH YOURSELF? YOU\u2019RE GOING TO TRAVEL. I\u2019LL COME TO MARDI GRAS PARADES. LOOK, THE ARCHBISHOP OUT HERE, FORMER ARCHBISHOP GREGORY AYMOND, ENJOYING MARDI GRAS. AS WE TOLD YOU EARLIER, WE HAD THE NEW ARCHBISHOP, JAMES CHECCHIO. HE WAS OVER WITH REX CLOSER TO THE REX. AND THEY\u2019RE GOING TO BE WATCHING SOME OF THAT FROM THE UPTOWN PARADE ROUTE. SO\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>New Orleans Saints and Pelicans owner wishes everyone a Happy Mardi Gras<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/wdsu.png\" class=\"lazyload lazyload-in-view branding\" alt=\"WDSU logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tUpdated: 11:46 PM CST Feb 17, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wdsu.com\/article\/hearst-television-news-policy-statements\/14471973\" class=\"editorial-standards border-left\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWDSU anchor Randi Rousseau caught up with New Orleans Saints and Pelicans Owner Gayle Benson at Gallier Hall.Benson wished everyone a Happy Mardi Gras. She was also joined by retired Archbishop Gregory Aymond.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tNEW ORLEANS \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>WDSU anchor Randi Rousseau caught up with New Orleans Saints and Pelicans Owner Gayle Benson at Gallier Hall.<\/p>\n<p>Benson wished everyone a Happy Mardi Gras. <\/p>\n<p>She was also joined by retired Archbishop Gregory Aymond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Orleans Saints and Pelicans owner wishes everyone a Happy Mardi Gras LET\u2019S SEE IF WE CAN GO&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":609304,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3796],"tags":[81003,7,80998,81001,80992,81000,80995,81004,80996,80993,80999,9823,6,478,470,7133,4073,4072,675,80994,89,80997,17176,81002],"class_list":{"0":"post-609303","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-orleans-pelicans","8":"tag-archbishop-gayle","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-former-archbishop-gregory-aymond","11":"tag-gallier-hall","12":"tag-gras","13":"tag-great-day","14":"tag-happy-mardi-gras","15":"tag-ill","16":"tag-im-so","17":"tag-mardi","18":"tag-mardi-gra","19":"tag-more-time","20":"tag-nba","21":"tag-new-orleans","22":"tag-new-orleans-pelicans","23":"tag-new-orleans-saints","24":"tag-neworleans","25":"tag-neworleanspelicans","26":"tag-pelicans","27":"tag-pelicans-owner","28":"tag-queen","29":"tag-rex","30":"tag-today","31":"tag-youre-retired"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116090239462008011","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}