Kylie Kelce has bled Philadelphia inexperienced lengthy earlier than she fell in love with now-retired Eagles middle Jason Kelce.
“You might need heard just a few tales about my intense fandom on [Jason’s ‘New Heights’] podcast, however I figured the playoffs is the proper time to share with you the entire issues that occur whereas watching an Eagles recreation in my home,” Kylie, 32, mentioned throughout the Thursday, January 16, episode of her “Not Gonna Lie” podcast. “Earlier than I say something, observe I’ve a chunk of wooden to knock on all through this section — as a result of that’s how superstitious I’m.”
She added, “I can’t assist however really feel accountable if I say one thing that perhaps may be thought-about a jinx [and so] while you hear knocking it’s as a result of I’ve to.”
Kylie was born and raised in Philadelphia, finally connecting with 37-year-old Jason on the relationship app Tinder throughout her last 12 months of school. She later mentioned that she had no concept that he performed for the Eagles when she swiped proper. After getting married in 2018, they went on to welcome three daughters.
Earlier than Jason retired in 2024, Kylie would attend each dwelling recreation at “the Linc” — also called the Lincoln Monetary Area.
“We normally wouldn’t convey the women [and] would normally hold them dwelling, aside from one recreation a 12 months,” Kylie, who’s at present pregnant with child No. 4, continued. “They’re probably not into it, so it didn’t make sense to pull them down there, have them in a spot that was loud and overstimulating. We made that call some time in the past.”
Since Jason’s retirement, Kylie has primarily watched the Eagles by way of the TV of their front room.
“I’m a ‘yell on the TV’ sort,” she quipped. “The opposite day I received in plenty of bother with [my second daughter] Ellie as a result of I used to be yelling whereas the sport was on. … The ladies do normally hand around in the identical room however don’t essentially watch with me once I watch soccer.”
Kylie’s fandom reaches new heights each time the Eagles are within the playoffs. (The workforce performed a divisional spherical towards the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday, January 19, vying for a slot within the NFC Championship later this month towards the Washington Commanders.)
“Playoff Kylie is totally different from Common Season Kylie as a result of the superstitions take over the entire day,” the pregnant mother-of-three added. “From the beginning of the day to when the sport is on, I cannot examine Twitter [and] I’ll keep away from most social media. I cannot publish on a recreation day — and that [started] when Jason was nonetheless taking part in — and nonetheless now.”
In keeping with Kylie, she “has to focus” and may’t even maintain a dialog that doesn’t revolve across the recreation.
“We have now a job to do and that job is to lock in and ship as a lot energy and power,” Kylie defined. “I’m not going to alter my methods, so if you happen to do it with conviction. … Go Birds!”