Jason Kelce plans to attend the Kansas City Chiefs’ AFC Championship Game against the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday to support his brother Travis Kelce after making a big impression at his game on Sunday.
Jason who is a center for the Philadelphia Eagles showed up to the Chiefs’ 27-24 Division Round win over the Buffalo Bills, and despite his clear rooting interests, he tailgated and drank with Bills fans before the game. When Travis scored a touchdown, Jason leaned out the window of his suite and let out a huge scream, clutching a beer in his other hand.
Jason’s wife Kylie, who was in the suite as well, along with Travis’ girlfriend Taylor Swift, Brittany Mahomes, Ed Kelce and plenty of others, appeared on Good Morning America on Friday and confirmed that the couple will be back to do it all again on Sunday.
Kylie said on Good Morning America that her husband wanted “the full Bills experience” when he showed up in Buffalo, praising Bills fans for their “tailgating skills.”
“He desperately wanted to go through a table,” Kylie said. “It was on his checklist for the day. Top priority of the day: Go through a table. He did not get a chance to do that.”
Kylie added on Friday that when Jason arrived in the suite, he told her he was going to take his shirt off and jump out the window.
“‘I don’t think that’s the best idea,'” Kylie recalled telling her 36-year-old husband.
Incidentally, this largely lines up with Jason’s accounting of events on his and Travis’ New Heights podcast this week.
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“I don’t think she was happy about it to be honest with you,” Jason added on the podcast.
During her Friday interview, Kylie said she thought Jason’s desire to jump out the window was leftover energy from his unfulfilled desire to participate in the tailgating tradition.
“So the first time he jumped out of the suite, I was like, ‘You know what, go ahead. That’s my husband,'” she said. “And then the second and third time he did it, I was like, ‘I’m going to need you to get back in because the poor cops that are out front trying to keep the chaos at a minimum? You’re making their jobs harder.’ So at first, I was all for it. And then I had to try and reel him back in.”
It’s unclear whether Swift will be in attendance again, but while she shared a suite with Jason, she didn’t mind his shirtless antics despite Kylie’s concerns.
“I was like, ‘Kylie, the first day I met you, I was blackout drunk and fell asleep at the bar,'” Jason said on New Heights. “This is part of the charm. This is part of the Jason Kelce charm. I want to make my best first impression. This is my best chance.”
“Well, Tay says she absolutely loved you,” Travis said, chuckling.
The Chiefs and Ravens kick off at 3 p.m. in Baltimore on Sunday. If you see a particularly rowdy suite, look closely and you might spot some Kelces.
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