Lane Bynum
Appearances
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Our Weekend with the Most “Extra” Player in the NFL
His aunt is just talking to me. They're speaking Tagalog. Like, some of them, they're trying to speak Tagalog. I remember him saying, like, okay, let's take a picture, like, all of you guys. And his aunt telling us that he is a football player, but obviously I don't have any knowledge about football, especially American football. So I'm like, cool, soccer. I'm like...
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Our Weekend with the Most “Extra” Player in the NFL
His aunt followed me on Instagram first, and then I think his mom. Wait a minute.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Our Weekend with the Most “Extra” Player in the NFL
And then Cam.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Our Weekend with the Most “Extra” Player in the NFL
If I remember it right.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Our Weekend with the Most “Extra” Player in the NFL
One night, you know, we're ready to perform and that time I'm preparing to do my backflip. You can backflip also? With the help of my teammates.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Our Weekend with the Most “Extra” Player in the NFL
This is like a funny story because I didn't know he came back and then he just popped up and like, hey, started cheering. And I'm like, wait, same guy? Like he's back?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Our Weekend with the Most “Extra” Player in the NFL
Actually, that's like every time my friends will ask me, so how did he propose? I love to say he lied because that is like a funny way to tell the story.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Our Weekend with the Most “Extra” Player in the NFL
As much as we always want to talk about the positive side of it, it was so hard because the time difference and being married and knowing that, okay, I can't be with my husband and like this is a very important time for us, like season for us to really spend time together and also you know, like him as a professional athlete, you need to know like, okay, what do you need right now?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Our Weekend with the Most “Extra” Player in the NFL
Do you want me to be an encourager or just be your friend and listen to you? And I don't know how to like start the conversation. Sometimes we're just on FaceTime and we don't know what to say because we're just both sad and like realizing that, okay, we still have a few months and it's not, It's not guaranteed that we will be together next year or maybe we need to wait a few more years.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Our Weekend with the Most “Extra” Player in the NFL
And we got married and I feel like we got everything like so easy. And then there's this one thing that we don't have any control.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Our Weekend with the Most “Extra” Player in the NFL
I'm just scrolling through social media and it's all about Cam, you know, his interception. And then I saw this, I think my friend sent me like, look, Lane, like he said something about like the visa. And I just remember crying. Like I was crying because I'm just thinking of the scenario of like my husband is Superman and he can't even save his own wife.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Our Weekend with the Most “Extra” Player in the NFL
Yeah, I remember for sure. How can I forget? And yeah, my mother-in-law, she had to fly to the Philippines to pick me up. You got a chaperone. Yes. And then we flew to—I landed in San Francisco. It's just wild watching his game in one of the establishments in San Francisco. And I'm like— okay, all the people is just like super excited to watch a game. And it's not like that in the Philippines.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Our Weekend with the Most “Extra” Player in the NFL
Yeah, and like all the families, you know, we're just there watching his game and me thinking, wow, like I will see him in like three hours.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Our Weekend with the Most “Extra” Player in the NFL
We made her cry.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Our Weekend with the Most “Extra” Player in the NFL
The fact that they had this program just to, you know, honor Cam and hearing it from them, that they're really aware with what Cam is doing, that he's trying to represent, you know, the Filipino culture. Seeing a lot of, I mean, more Filipinos in Minnesota, I'm just, wow, I feel like I'm home.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Our Weekend with the Most “Extra” Player in the NFL
The first time or because there's so many times that he was there?