The Eagles star says that his wife, Kylie Kelce, had urged him to be on ‘best behavior’ during the Chiefs vs. Bills game.
Jason Kelce knows how to make a first impression. The beloved Philadelphia Eagles center stole the show during Travis Kelce’s game on Sunday, ripping off his shirt and chugging a beer while cheering for the Kansas City Chiefs with Taylor Swift.
On Wednesday’s episode of their New Heights podcast, Jason and Travis discussed the Chiefs matchup against the Buffalo Bills at length — including Jason’s scene-stealing antics inside Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, New York. At one point, Jason reveals that he offered a courtesy heads-up to his wife, Kylie Kelce, about his plan to go shirtless. He says that she urged him not to, since it would be the couple’s first time meeting Travis’ new girlfriend.
“She was already telling me to be on my best behavior because we were meeting Taylor,” Jason says. “She was like, ‘Do not. Be on your best behavior.’ I was like, ‘Kylie, when I met you, the first day I met you, I was black-out drunk and fell asleep at the bar.’ 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.”
The admission sends Travis into a fit of hysterics, responding, “That s**t was classic.”
As it turns out, Jason’s plan apparently worked.
“Ah, man, well,” Travis continues. “Tay says she absolutely loved you.”
Jason’s viral moment came after a day of tailgating with former Bills player Eric Wood and the Bills Mafia fandom.
“Here’s what happened,” he explains. “I wanted to take my shirt off at the tailgate. And because we kinda got pushback on the tailgate front, I didn’t get to have my shirt off there and then when I entered the box, I noticed, ‘Hey, I can jump out of this box and I’ll be outside, and if I take my shirt off. then I’m outside and I’m part of the Buffalo Bills pageantry.'”
He continues, “Dude, it was something about the entire day. I got caught up in the magic of Bills Mafia. It is — it is electric. The energy, the shenanigans. I’m like, ‘I gotta have my shirt off at some point.'”
Travis jokes that the whole situation was “pure pandemonium” but ultimately meaningful.
“Everybody’s saying, ‘Put that thing in the Louvre,'” Travis says of the photo snapped of Jason in the moment. “Honestly, I might get somebody to make that f**king portrait. That is epic and a moment that I’ll never forget man, and I didn’t even see it until afterwards.”
While Jason admits that after a tough end to his own season last week, he was eager to spend some time blowing off steam.
“Listen, we just got done obviously with a very grueling season in Philadelphia, mentally and physically,” he shares. “This was an opportunity to honestly go someplace and forget all of that. Just go have fun and root on your brother. I haven’t had the opportunity to go to a game of yours in like two years now because of the Super Bowl and other circumstances. I was excited to go to Buffalo, one, to cheer you on, but also to experience the legendary Bills Mafia.”
