Jason Kelce has spoken candidly about the amount of attention his brother Travis Kelce has experienced amid his relationship with Taylor Swift.
The former Philadelphia Eagles center, 36, shared how his family has adjusted to his newfound fame since the Kansas City Chiefs player began dating the 14-time Grammy winner in the summer of 2023. During an appearance recent in ginger whiskey On the podcast, Jason admitted that he thought life had gotten “crazy” for him and his wife, Kylie Kelce, but “Travis and Taylor have taken it to another level.”
“Kylie and I think we had a hard time and then we hung out with one of them for a second,” she told podcast host Andrew Santino on June 7. “This is a completely different situation here. “You can’t be a normal person at that moment.”
The NFL star's comments come after a fan harassed Jason and Kylie in Margate City, New Jersey. The couple, who have been married since 2018, were in the parking lot outside Steve & Cookie's restaurant and Oyster Bar on Memorial Day weekend when a woman knocked on her truck asking for a photo. According to the viral Instagram video, Jason and Kelce declined his photo request, noting that it wasn't a good time.
However, the woman reportedly became belligerent and yelled at Kylie: “I don't care who you are, you will never be allowed in this town.”
“I can smell the alcohol on your breath,” Kylie was heard responding, as the camera zoomed out. “You're embarrassing yourself.”
The woman, who later identified herself as Andreé Goldberg, issued a statement to local media ABC News. WPVI, stating that he apologized directly to the Kelce family after the incident. “In a heated moment, I said things that weren't like me and that I regret and for that, I'm sorry,” Goldberg said. “While I apologized directly to the Kelce family on Saturday, I want to publicly apologize to them and to our community. “My anger and my actions are not who I am and are certainly not indicative of the welcoming community of Margate.”
Margate City Mayor Michael Collin also issued a statement on Facebook expressing his shame and regret.
“On behalf of the City of Margate, I would like to formally apologize to Jason and Kylie Kelce for the experience they had in Margate City over the holiday weekend,” he wrote on the city's Facebook page. “As a father of young children, I know as well as anyone the importance of a date night with his wife and I would like to offer him another date night with dinner on my own.”
Seemingly reflecting on the incident, Jason explained during the podcast that Kylie is “a little uncomfortable” with the levels of fame they are receiving, but that they have “tried to back away” from the attention.
“She enjoys the fact that she can go and do charity outings, be able to contribute to the community, do clinics with little girls on field hockey and all those other things,” he told Santino, a father of three.
While Kylie may be “a little more hesitant” to accept her newfound fame, Jason said he reminds his wife that they will “get through it” together.
“It's hard to always be available, but I think most of the time it's an amazing interaction when you're doing those things and the vast majority of people are… respectful and grateful,” he added. “We're in a very lucky position to be where we are and it's all down to these people who are really big fans.”
Jason and Kylie have been married for six years. The couple made their relationship public in 2015, after meeting on Tinder. Following their wedding in 2018, the couple welcomed their first daughter, Wyatt Elizabeth, in October 2019; his second daughter, Elliotte Ray, in March 2021; and their third daughter, Bennett Llewellyn, in February 2023.
