Theo Von Says He Started Taking Better Care Of Himself In Anticipation Of His Date With Vanderbilt QB Diego Pavia’s Mom

Gotta be looking your best on a first date.

While their turnaround this season, and potential playoff berth, has been the talk of the college football world this year (aside from a certain coach playing his own game of The Bachelor with every school in the SEC), the most fun story to come out of Vanderbilt’s football team this year has been the potential relationship between Commodores quarterback Diego Pavia’s mother and comedian Theo Von.

A few weeks ago, Theo was on the sideline as Vandy beat the South Carolina Gamecocks when he revealed that his friend Pavia had promised to set him up on a date with his mom, Antoinette Padilla, if the Commodores won the game:

“She’s a nurse, and my goal is I would like to marry a nurse one day, so that’s why. He was thinking about that.”

But it sounded like Theo was already getting cold feet before the game was even over:

“I don’t know, I like being his friend, I don’t want to end up being like his stepdad or something, you know? … We’ll see what happens.”

Oh, and for anyone wondering, this is Pavia’s mom:

Now, Theo is 45 years old so he’s probably close in age to Mama Pavia. But Diego previously revealed that there were some conditions Theo had to meet before he could date his mom:

Well Pavia never got his date with Tate McRae. But a couple weeks ago, the internet erupted when it appeared that Theo may have gotten his date with Pavia’s mom anyway.

After Vandy’s big win over Missouri, Diego Pavia joined Shannon Sharpe and Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson on their show Nightcap – and Theo was there to crash the interview.

As Pavia turned the camera around to show none other than Theo Von standing behind him…along with Pavia’s mom.

Theo was hilarious during the interview, but it was Theo and Mama Pavia that really got people talking, and wondering whether there was actually a blossoming relationship between the two.

The comedian didn’t give us any details at the time, but during a recent episode of his podcast This Past Weekend he finally provided us with an update on whether the date ever happened.

“It just never got set up really. I feel like I’ve tried to make myself available. I just don’t know – just can’t get a clear answer from her. And also he and I are friends. I don’t want to upset the friendship. I don’t want to like sit him down and have a talk with him, you know, like, ‘Clean your room.’

So it’s like, I don’t want to press the issue. She’s great. I feel like we might just be best as friends.”

And today he joined The Pat McAfee Show, where he went into further detail about why it never worked out – though it sounds like he was already preparing himself to take her out:

“I was kinda getting fired up or whatever, or at least I was taking care of myself better a little bit…

The date never really panned out. The date never made it. I couldn’t get him a date with Tate McRae, she wouldn’t answer my DMs. But I don’t blame her.”

While he’s not going to be a stepdad to Pavia any time soon, the quarterback did ask Theo to walk out with him on Senior Day this past week, and the This Past Weekend host says he values his friendship with the whole family:

“I just love being over there, it adds so much joy to my life.”

Honestly, it’s probably for the best. You don’t want to ruin a friendship by dating his mom, and who knows where Pavia will be playing next year. Would hate to find yourself in a long distance relationship after the NFL Draft.The post Theo Von Says He Started Taking Better Care Of Himself In Anticipation Of His Date With Vanderbilt QB Diego Pavia’s Mom first appeared on Whiskey Riff.