{"id":536875,"date":"2026-04-02T16:50:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T16:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/536875\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T16:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T16:50:12","slug":"winnipeg-jets-kyle-connor-embraces-different-persona-in-kfc-commercial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/536875\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnipeg Jets\u2019 Kyle Connor embraces different persona in KFC commercial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-marketing-and-sponsorship \">Winnipeg Jets LW Kyle Connor shot a commercial with KFC Canada where he \u201cfully leaned into the Kyle Freakin\u2019 Connor persona,\u201d according to Ken Wiebe of the WINNIPEG FREE PRESS. During the 2025 playoff run, KFC leaned into Connor\u2019s \u201cKFC\u201d nickname, running a Stanley Cup playoff promotion that \u201cencouraged fans to wear buckets on their heads\u201d during the Jets series against the Blues. The new \u201cKyle F#*@in\u2019 Connor meal promotion is currently on.\u201d Decked out in a \u201cwhite suit and a Kentucky bow tie that Colonel Sanders made famous,\u201d the video shows Connor \u201carriving at the rink in a snazzy white sports car and entering the building before nodding at several staff members who are enjoying fried chicken.\u201d Connor is shown briefly on the ice in his No. 81 jersey with KFC on the nameplate. Near the end, a Colonel Sanders look-a-like compliments Connor on his suit (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/breakingnews\/2026\/03\/31\/thats-colonel-connor-to-you\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/breakingnews\/2026\/03\/31\/thats-colonel-connor-to-you\">WINNIPEG FREE PRESS, 3\/31<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Winnipeg Jets LW Kyle Connor shot a commercial with KFC Canada where he \u201cfully leaned into the Kyle&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":536876,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5121],"tags":[4782,5,78,4,77,18,5288],"class_list":{"0":"post-536875","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-winnipeg-jets","8":"tag-deals","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-jets","11":"tag-nhl","12":"tag-winnipeg","13":"tag-winnipeg-jets","14":"tag-winnipegjets"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116336146870716313","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=536875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/536876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}