Jason Kelce said he doesn’t think his wife was too happy about his brother Travis Kelce’s shirtless celebration of a touchdown during Sunday’s Kansas City Chiefs-Buffalo Bills playoff game — all of which took place in the presence of Travis’ girlfriend, superstar Taylor Swift.
The now-aged Kelce, who played for the Philadelphia Eagles, made headlines when he took off his shirt and screamed in celebration of victory from the luxury box at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, New York, where he was watching the game. After this he proceeded Drink a beer and jump into the crowd below,
“I’ve been caught under the spell of the Bills Mafia. It’s electric,” Jason Kelce said on Wednesday’s episode of “New Heights,” the podcast he hosts with his brother.
He added, “Energy, gimmicks, and I’m like I have to take my shirt off at some point.” “And I didn’t get to do it in advance… And I can’t take my shirt off in the box – like, who takes their shirt off in the box? … So I, like – you know what? – I can’t take my shirt off Taking off, and I’m jumping out of this box. … That’s how my brain works after 40 Miler Lights.”
Jason Kelce said that his wife Kylie Kelce had tried to stop him from doing so.
“I alerted Kylie. She said, ‘Jason, don’t you dare.’ I said, ‘I’m not asking for permission; I’m doing it,'” he said. “She was already telling me to be on my best behavior because we were meeting Taylor (Swift). …I said, ‘Kylie, the first day I met you I got drunk and fell asleep at a bar.’ It’s part of the charm. It’s part of the Jason Kelce charm.”
Kelce told her brother that she didn’t think Kylie Kelce was very happy with her.
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“To be honest, I don’t think she was happy with it,” he said.
But the charm clearly worked on Swift, Travis Kelce said.
“Well, Tai said she absolutely loves you,” she replied.
Jason Kelce got into the game day spirit long before kickoff, appearing at the Buffalo tailgate where he took shots at a bowling ball and mingled with fans.
At the game, she picked up an 8-year-old girl so she could show Swift a homemade sign that read “Buffalo Bills + Taylor Swift BEST FIRST GAME EVER!!” A girl named Ella Piazza got a chance to see Swift, who waved from the box.
“It was amazing,” the girl’s mother, Jessica Piazza, said Tuesday on NBC’s “Today” show. “She came down, and it was like I’d never seen her before. She was crying with joy. It was so nice.”
The Chiefs won the game, defeating Buffalo 27–24. They will face the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Championship Game next week in Baltimore.
