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While Jason and Travis Kelce literally took center stage at the live taping of their podcast, Jason’s wife, Kylie Kelce, made the Jumbotron for a minute — even if she was so embarrassed she had to hide.
Jason and Travis were in their hometown of Cincinnati on Thursday, April 11, to record a live episode of their hit podcast, New Heights. The brothers — who both attended the University of Cincinnati before playing against each other in the NFL for years — hyped up a rowdy crowd of fans for hours, complete with special guests, Travis both dancing to a marching band version of girlfriend Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off” and chugging a beer (not simultaneously) and much more.
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Kylie, for her part, sat front row alongside Jason and Travis’ parents, Donna and Ed Kelce. While Kylie — who married Jason in 2018 and shares three young daughters with the retired Philadelphia Eagles center — has her own public persona through her work with the Eagles Autism Foundation, she is arguably much more private than her husband and brother-in-law.
So when the Jumbotron zoomed in on her at the live taping on Wednesday, Kylie immediately attempted to hide from the attention, covering her own face with a life-size cardboard cutout of Jason’s.
“PRINCESS KYANA IN THE BUILDING,” the official New Heights podcast captioned their tweet of the video on Wednesday, sharing their nickname for Kylie (a mashup between her own moniker and Princess Diana’s).
Kylie, who shares glimpses into her life with Jason and their daughter via her Instagram account, gave a rare comment about Travis’ relationship with Swift earlier this month
“Ultimately, if Trav’s happy, we’re happy. We are always cheering on Uncle Trav,” Kylie, who shares three young daughters with Jason, told the Today cohosts. “It’s such a treat to be able to do that on and off the field. It’s been amazing.”
Swift, for her part, reportedly met Travis’ nieces — Wyatt, 4, Elliotte, 2, and Bennett, who is just over a year old — on Easter Sunday at Travis and Kylie’s home just outside of Philadelphia. (Notably, Swift also grew up in Pennsylvania before moving to Nashville as a teenager for her music career.)
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