Rob McElhenney Remembers the Time He Trolled A Non-Fan in Las Vegas
Seeing a celebrity stroll across the floor of the Bellagio must be such a rush for Las Vegas vacationers — unless the A-list a-hole who ruined your game of Texas Hold ‘Em happens to play for the world-famous jam band known as the New York Knicks.
In 2025, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia isn’t just some plucky upstart sitcom that only the coolest comedy fans know about like it was back in 2005. Despite its origins as the scrappy, edgy, DIY darling of TV comedy, Rob McElhenney’s most famous creation is as much a cultural institution as it is a sitcom, and even if you aren’t a fan of Always Sunny, you’re likely to recognize McElhenney from his sheer cultural influence, if not for the Welcome to Wrexham advertisements that seem to adorn the bus stops of every city in the United States.
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As such, whenever McElhenney visits a public place of recreation in America (or in the cool parts of the United Kingdom), he can reasonably expect a fan or two to drop what they’re doing and ask for a quick pic. However, if those fans are in the middle of a poker game when they spot the Always Sunny star, the rest of the players at the table might find Mac about as charming as his parents do:
Now, in all fairness to the unnamed, disgruntled gambler in McElhenney’s story, Sin City ain’t the place for poker players to suddenly forget the rules of the table just because some big-shot celebrity walked into the room, otherwise Mike Schmidt would shut the entire strip every time he was in town. But, I mean, even if you don’t recognize the Always Sunny star and Wrexham A.F.C. owner, what kind of bettor has never heard of the Knicks?
On the other hand, if the non-fan didn’t know about one of the most famous sports teams in the world, McElhenney did her dirty by following it up with a Phish reference, as if Trey Anastasio is an easier pull than Carmelo Anthony, Patrick Ewing and the rest of the New York basketball legends.
But at the end of the day, McElhenney left the interaction with a funny story, the lady (presumably) has a picture with her least favorite celebrity and nobody lost their heads — the same can't be said about Frank’s favorite games of chance.
