Marshawn Lynch talks Oakland, gets 'hella sad' burning his dreads for warmth on Bear Grylls' show

Marshawn Lynch on NBC's "Running Wild With Bear Grylls." Marshawn Lynch on NBC's "Running Wild With Bear Grylls." Photo: NBC/Ben Simms/NBC Photo: NBC/Ben Simms/NBC Image 1 of / 15 Caption Close Marshawn Lynch talks Oakland, gets 'hella sad' burning his dreads for warmth on Bear Grylls' show 1 / 15 Back to Gallery

Marshawn Lynch has really been enjoying his post-NFL life, but he might regret this one choice just a bit.

The former Cal and Seahawks running back brought beast mode to 'Running Wild with Bear Grylls,' a show where the infamous outdoorsman takes celebrities on outdoors adventures.

Apparently Marshawn has never seen or heard of Bear Grylls, because he spends most of the episode responding to things with abject horror.

"Oh hold on, you don't got no blow-up tent?" he asks. "I think the theme of this show shouldn't be 'running wild' but 'Bear be trippin''."

Marshawn's adventure in the Corsican mountains, where French Foreign Legion trains its elite soldiers, includes a must-watch scene where he helps Bear Grylls take down and later butcher a wild boar.

While Marshawn is cutting into the boar with deep discomfort, Grylls attempts to paint Marshawn's face with the boar's blood.

"Hell no, not in my mouth brah," Marshawn protests. "We should not be playin' 400 feet up in the air!"

With Marshawn's sense of regret over signing up to be dragged around the mountains with an insane Brit mounting, they bed down for the night. And then Bear Grylls tells Marshawn they need to use his dreadlocks to start their campfire. Although unwilling, Marshawn eventually relents in a classic scene of Bear Grylls rejoicing over the dread's fire-giving powers while Marshawn sulks quietly.

"Aww man, I'm hella sad," he says mournfully while watching his hair ignite.

But it's not all sadness and boar-butchering. Marshawn talks about his life outside of football and the work his Family First Foundation does in the Oakland community.

"We're about empowering underprivileged youth in the inner city," he says. "Our biggest thing is we got babies killing babies from where I'm from right now. We get through to that one kid, who knows where he end up? We do a lot for them -- financial, literacy -- we give scholarships."

He also addresses rumors that he may be returning to the NFL someday.

"I'm sure I'm gonna miss it, but to the point where I'mma go back?" he says. "Nah. I'mma be alright."

Riding camels in Egypt, climbing mountains with Bear Grylls, running a successful Oakland-based merchandise company? Yeah, Marshawn is definitely alright.

NBC is streaming the full episode here.