Travis Kelce Admits His Appearing May Have Damage His NFL Recreation

Travis Kelce says all these leisure trade alternatives may need damage him on the sector.

The Kansas City Chiefs tight finish says in a brand new interview that Hollywood calling within the wake of his reputation explosion over the past couple years got here at a worth after his workforce got here up quick on the Super Bowl LIX in February.

“Win a Super Bowl is the only goal,” Kelce told GQ. “It’s the only goal. It’s every goal. I think it might have slipped a little bit because I did have a little bit more focus in trying to set myself up. And opportunities came up where I was excited to venture into a new world of acting and being an entertainer. I don’t say this as ‘I shouldn’t have done it.’ I’m just saying that my work ethic is such that I have so much pride in how I do things that I never want the product to tail off, and I feel like these past two years haven’t been to my standard. I just have such a motivation to show up this year for my guys.”

Kelce is perhaps a tad onerous on himself right here. The man has gone to the Super Bowl 5 instances and received three — together with in 2024. On the opposite hand, solely he is aware of if he actually gave the final couple seasons his all.

Over the final two years, Kelce took a gig as a recreation present host for Prime Video’s Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity, took a dramatic flip within the Ryan Murphy FX thriller Grotesquerie and had a job within the present Netflix hit Happy Gilmore 2, amongst different gigs.

In the interview, Kelce additionally mentioned his relationship with Taylor Swift on the eve of a extremely anticipated New Heights podcast episode (which drops Wednesday at 7 p.m.) the place Swift is about to debate her new album, The Life of a Showgirl.

As for his relationship with Swift, the NFL star stated he admires the athleticism she displayed on her Eras Tour, saying her effort surpasses what NFL gamers undergo. “She will never tell anyone that she is an athlete,” he stated. “But I’ve seen what she goes through. I’ve seen the amount of work that she puts on her body, and it’s mind-blowing … [Swift’s performance] is arguably more exhausting than how much I put in on a Sunday, and she’s doing it three, four, five days in a row.” Also, that he values having a companion who “who understands the scrutiny, understands the ups and downs of being in front of millions.”

Added Kelce: “Whenever I’m with her, it feels like we’re just regular people. When there is not a camera on us, we’re just two people that are in love. It can be perceived as something else because of how much it is talked about and how much we are tracked whenever we do go out, but I would say that it’s as normal of … It happened very organically even though from a media standpoint it was being tracked. It still happened very organically … we fell in love just based off the people we were sitting in a room together with. We are two fun-loving people who have the morals to appreciate everyone for who they are. We share all those values. It kind of just took the fuck off.”