Minka Kelly will make your heart melt with her sweet anniversary tribute to “Friday Night Lights.”
The actress who starred as Lyla Garrity honoured the beloved show and its creator, Peter Berg, with a series of photos she shared on Instagram.
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“13 (wow) years ago tonight @pberg44 changed my life. I was living out of a suitcase in my girlfriend’s apartment when I got the call that I’d be moving to Austin,” Minka wrote online. “I called the surgery center where I worked as a scrub nurse and told them I’d be leaving for some football show in Texas but I’ll see you guys again as soon as I’m back.”
Minka continued, “There was no way a show about football – that was already a movie – about a player who breaks his neck in the pilot episode is going anywhere but a job is a job amirite!”
Little did Minka know, that the show would have a much greater impact on its audience. “But it wasn’t about football. It was about relationships, family, humanity, love and loss,” she explained.
“It was about longing to fit in and wanting to get out. It was about life in a small town and how a community comes together in good times and bad,” the “FNL” alum reminisced.
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“Little did I know I hit the proverbial jackpot and the show would go on for 5 years. I’m forever grateful,” Minka wrote, concluding her post. “Clear eyes. Full hearts. Can’t lose. Texas Forever.”
“Friday Night Lights” premiered on Oct. 3, 2006. The drama series came to an end when its last episode aired on Feb. 9, 2011.
