Chiefs’ Travis Kelce Admits He ‘slipped A Little Bit’ Given Off-field Pursuits

Kansas City Chiefs prima tight extremity Travis Kelce is nan first to admit that his past 2 seasons haven’t been up to par.
His statistics, while still impressive, backmost that up erstwhile considering nan modular Kelce group successful his erstwhile 7 Pro Bowl seasons.

As nan world knows, Kelce’s life has been successful a brighter spotlight fixed his highly publicized narration pinch Taylor Swift – you’ve apt heard of her – and a slate of off-field ventures. The 35-year-old has hosted Saturday Night Live, landed a domiciled successful Ryan Murphy’s Grotesquerie, appeared successful Happy Gilmore 2 alongside Adam Sandler, and taken connected a hosting gig for Amazon’s Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity? He besides keeps engaged pinch nan New Heights podcast he co-hosts pinch his brother, Jason, wherever Swift this week announced her caller album.

To that respect, nan definite early Pro Football Hall of Famer told GQ in a screen communicative released Tuesday that immoderate of those pursuits whitethorn person impacted his play.

“I deliberation it mightiness person slipped a small spot because I did person a small spot much attraction successful trying to group myself up,” Kelce said. “And opportunities came up wherever I was excited to task into a caller world of acting and being an entertainer.”

He was speedy to accent he doesn’t regret taking connected those opportunities. “I don’t opportunity this arsenic ‘I shouldn’t person done it,’” Kelce said. “I’m conscionable saying that my activity ethic is specified that I person truthful overmuch pridefulness successful really I do things that I ne'er want nan merchandise to tail off, and I consciousness for illustration these past 2 years haven’t been to my standard.”

Kelce posted 7 consecutive 1,000-yard seasons from 2016 done 2022 earlier falling short of that people successful each of nan past two. The four-time first-team All-Pro and 10-time Pro Bowl action made 97 receptions for 823 yards past play – his lowest yardage full since 2014 – and had conscionable 3 touchdown catches, down from a career-high 12 successful 2022.

The Chiefs’ loss to nan Philadelphia Eagles successful nan Super Bowl past February still lingers for him. “I conscionable person specified a information to show up this twelvemonth for my guys,” Kelce said.

As for what comes adjacent erstwhile his NFL profession ends, Kelce isn’t wholly sure. “I don’t needfully cognize if I’ll return it and tally pinch it erstwhile I’m done playing,” he told GQ. “But I cognize that I want to enactment astir nan shot world arsenic a occupation and past dabble successful different areas arsenic well.”

Kelce besides addressed nan changeless attraction surrounding his narration pinch Swift, who was a regular astatine Chiefs games past season. “Whenever I’m pinch her, we’re conscionable regular people,” he said. “When location is not a camera connected us, we’re conscionable 2 group that are successful love. It tin beryllium perceived arsenic thing other because of really overmuch it is talked astir and really overmuch we are tracked whenever we do spell out, but I would opportunity that it’s arsenic normal of … it happened very organically moreover though from a media standpoint it was being tracked.”

He added: “Nothing I’ve ever done has been a controlled, organized process. When I opportunity it was truthful organic, we fell successful emotion conscionable based disconnected nan group we were sitting successful a room together with. We are 2 fun-loving group who person nan morals to admit everyone for who they are. We stock each those values. It benignant of conscionable took nan fuck off.”

Kelce will person nan chance to beryllium his renewed attraction erstwhile nan Chiefs unfastened their play astatine location against nan Los Angeles Chargers connected 5 September.