Travis Kelce has no plans to depart the NFL anytime quickly, however he’s already making main profession strikes off the soccer area.
Followers have seen a unique aspect of the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish since he started internet hosting the “New Heights” podcast along with his brother, Jason Kelce, in 2022. Together with dissecting the highs and lows of every week’s video games all through the NFL season, the siblings have revisited childhood recollections, interviewed members of the family and fellow soccer stars and even began a love story. (Us will always remember the place we had been when Travis first spoke about wanting to provide Taylor Swift a friendship bracelet on the Eras Tour in July 2023.)
Podcasting isn’t the one aspect mission preserving Travis busy, nonetheless. As his star has continued to rise exterior of the NFL universe, he’s nabbed roles on each the large and small screens — and has even launched his personal music competition.
Although he’s expanded his profession horizons, Chiefs followers don’t want to fret about Travis retiring simply but. In April 2024, he signed a two-year contract extension price $34.25 million, guaranteeing his spot on the roster till 2027 and changing into the highest-paid tight finish within the NFL.
It’s protected to say Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce may afford to hire out (a number of) eating places day-after-day for the remainder of their relationship. Swift and Kelce broke the web in September 2023 once they confirmed their romance by the Grammy winner watching Kansas Metropolis Chiefs play the Chicago Bears at Arrowhead Stadium in Missouri. […]
“I can’t put a time-frame on it,” he advised reporters about retirement forward of the 2024-2025 season. “I really like coming to work each single day. Clearly, I do know that there’s alternatives exterior of soccer for me, and I feel it’s important to preserve in perspective that I’m nonetheless just a little child after I come into this constructing.”
Scroll down for a information to all of Travis’ initiatives exterior of the NFL:
‘New Heights’ Podcast
Us repeatedly tunes in to the Kelce brothers’ podcast for his or her sizzling takes on all issues soccer and past (and for any refined nods to Travis’ love life, after all). The present has received a number of awards since its 2022 launch, and information broke in August 2024 that the siblings landed a nine-figure take care of Amazon’s Wondery forward of their third season.
“We couldn’t be extra excited to crew up with Wondery for the following section of New Heights,” the cohosts famous in an announcement. “We love this present, and the fanbase that has grown with us during the last two seasons. Wondery understands the shared imaginative and prescient and can provide a wealth of expertise and sources to take us to New Heights! We’re going to create some groundbreaking moments collectively via this partnership. We’re thrilled to start out Season 3 – see you quickly, 92percenters!”
‘Are You Smarter Than a Movie star?’
Information broke in March 2024 that Travis signed on to host a reboot of Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? One month later, Us completely confirmed the title of the Amazon Prime competitors collection — Are You Smarter Than a Movie star? — with an insider sharing that Travis is a “good” match for the gig. The collection premieres October 16, 2024.
‘Grotesquerie’
Travis Kelce as Ed Laclan. Prashant Gupta/FX
Travis confirmed by way of Instagram in Might 2024 that he was forged in a brand new Ryan Murphy FX horror collection. “Steppin into a brand new world with one of many legends!” he captioned a clip of himself with costar Niecy Nash.
Additional particulars about his function had been stored underneath wraps, however followers acquired their first glimpse of Travis’ performing chops in an August 2024 teaser. Grotesquerie premieres on FX September 25, 2024.
‘Completely satisfied Gilmore’ Sequel
Travis hinted throughout a Might 2024 episode of “New Heights” that he’d “do something” for the possibility to share the display with Adam Sandler after rumors swirled that the athlete would seem within the sequel to Completely satisfied Gilmore. Three months later, Sandler confirmed Travis’ involvement.
“He’s a really good man. You guys would love him in actual life. What a giant, good-looking man,” Sandler mentioned on The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon in August 2024. “Humorous and funky as hell. He’s a stud and he’s so humorous.”
1587 Prime Restaurant
The hospitality group Noble 33 introduced in March 2024 that Travis was teaming up with Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes to open a steakhouse in Kansas Metropolis referred to as 1587 Prime, in reference to their jersey numbers. Travis gushed over the “unbelievable alternative” in an interview with Folks one month later.
“[It’s] simply one other factor that we need to carry to Kansas Metropolis, to have the ability to present our appreciation for the town, understanding how a lot they love their meals and the way a lot they love their soccer,” he mentioned.
Storage Beer
In June 2024, Travis and his brother partnered with Storage Beer as new buyers, homeowners and operators. The model relies in Ohio, the place the Kelces grew up.
“We love beer that tastes like beer,” Jason mentioned on an episode of “New Heights” whereas asserting the brand new enterprise. “We like beer that doesn’t take itself too significantly. … It’s the workin’ man’s beer, take it from us.”
Kelce Jam
Travis launched his music competition in 2023, bringing pal Machine Gun Kelly and extra main artists to headline the occasion in Kansas Metropolis. When the competition returned within the spring of 2024, the lineup included Diplo, 2 Chainz and Lil Wayne.
“I do that for me. I’ve enjoyable doing this,” Travis completely advised Us on the competition in Might 2024. “This is part of me having enjoyable for me. Yeah, I really like simply being round KC. The individuals listed below are unbelievable. And on prime of that, man, I acquired all my family and friends and my enterprise crew with me gearing up for this, this simply unbelievable night.”
