"He was an amazing guy," Sudeikis, 49, said. "With regard to my Uncle George, I mean, there's that old saying of, 'Don't meet your heroes,' usually because 'they let you down,' I assume, is the back half of that statement. But he's not one of those people."

Jason Sudeikis has broken his silence to say some lovely things about his late uncle, actor George Wendt. The “Cheers” star died last month at age 76. Sudeikis made an appearance over the weekend at a fundraiser for Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, where he was asked about Wendt.