Headlines have been dominated by the great love affair of Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and pop princess Taylor Swift, but what about his brother?
Jason Kelce plays for the Philadelphia Eagles and met his wife, Kylie Kelce, in 2015, in the way most modern-day relationships begin – on Tinder.
Kylie revealed the details of how this wholesome coupling began in the Prime Video Kelce documentary.
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“Jason won’t let me lie about this,” Kylie said. “We met on Tinder.”
Upon first seeing the NFL centre’s profile, she didn’t even recognise him.
“None of his pictures showed Eagles football,” she said.
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Similar to most women, she shared the profile with her friends, who noted that he looked, “kind of familiar.”
Thinking she had been duped, Kylie revealed that a Google image search led her to place the football star’s identity.
“It can’t be him,” she reflected, “it’s a catfish.”
Speaking about their first date on Jason’s podcast New Heights, which he shares with brother Travis, Kylie revealed her footballer husband didn’t make the best first impression.
“You fell asleep 45 minutes after I got there on the bar table because he was too drunk,” she revealed.
Despite that blunder, the relationship continued to blossom.
In 2015 the couple hard launched their relationship in an Instagram post, alongside the ultimate inside joke of, “Thank goodness you swiped right too.”
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The pair have been inseparable since, especially because their relationship isn’t defined by Jason’s athletic career.
“Our dynamic made it so not that I was in a relationship with a professional athlete,” she continued, “it was very much that I was in a relationship with Jason whose profession was football.”
Two years after they met, in August 2017, Jason decided to put a ring on it and propose to Kylie.
He later shared the story on his podcast, including his awkward attempt to ask Kylie’s dad for permission to pop the question.
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“I couldn’t figure out how to inconspicuously go back into the house,” he admitted, “because if I was like, ‘Hey I gotta go talk to your dad for a second,’ it would have been very odd of me to say that.”
Trying to find a more believable excuse, he went for an interesting option.
“When we got in the car, I said, ‘Ky, I’m sorry but I gotta take a s–t.'”
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Returning only a few minutes later, Kylie knew something was up, joking that it usually takes him far longer to use the bathroom.
“He said, ‘This isn’t the most romantic way to do this,'” Kylie shared, “and I immediately started crying because I knew what was happening only because he referenced being romantic.”
In 2018, the pair were married and on their first anniversary Kylie shared a touching tribute to her husband on Instagram.
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“One year ago today we stood in front of our closest friends and family and vowed our love and commitment to each other,” she captioned the post.
“I am so beyond grateful that I get to share my life with this man.”
Having tied the knot, it was time for the next step in their relationship – babies!
Their first daughter, Wyatt Elizabeth Kelce, was welcomed on October 2, 2019
“And just like that, with a whole lot of patience and then some pitocin, Wyatt Elizabeth Kelce entered the world,” the proud new parents wrote online.
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Two years later, their second child was born on March 4, 2021.
“Elliotte Ray Kelce has arrived!” the couple announced via Instagram.
In 2023, the Kelce brothers went head to head in the Super Bowl and though Jason and the Eagles were defeated by the Kansas City Chiefs, he had something else to celebrate.
“Yesterday little lady #3 joined us,” the couple said to Instagram. “Bennett Llewellyn Kelce 8lbs. 5oz. and 21 inches long.”
“It’s Grandma Mary’s maiden name,” Jason revealed of the unique name he chose for his third daughter on New Heights.
“I wanted to honour Grandma Mary, who is now resting in peace. She had a good run.”
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Later that year, Jason shed some light on his life as a father of three to People, explaining that being a girl dad is the “biggest highlight” of his life.
“Before I had children, I told myself if I ever have a daughter, I’m just going to treat them exactly the same as a son. I don’t think that you should treat kids necessarily different[ly],” he admitted.
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“And then when I had a daughter, I was like, ‘I’m not going to spoil her, I’m going to raise her tough. She’s going to be hard.’ And the moment she came out, I was like, ‘Yeah, that’s not going to work.'”