Travis Kelce joined comedians Jason Sudeikis, Robert Smigel and George Wendt onstage throughout a comedy sketch on the annual Huge Slick Celeb Weekend charity fundraiser in Kansas Metropolis, Missouri, on Saturday. Throughout the bit, the three comics performed a trio of blunt and crass sports activities followers, and as their characters, requested the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish some fairly pointed questions on his girlfriend, Taylor Swift, in keeping with a video that’s been getting consideration on-line.
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Kelce, for essentially the most half, tried to be a very good sport about getting grilled by the comedians, however was left speechless when Sudeikis’ character frankly requested him: “Travis, real talk, OK, just the guys here… When are you going to make an honest woman out of her?”
Because the dwell viewers cheered in response to Sudeikis’ intrusive query, Kelce appeared irritated — although he did awkwardly chortle a few times to lighten the temper.
Sudeikis, nonetheless, wasn’t carried out, and added, “Taylor doesn’t need to be working anymore and, again, I know your kicker agrees with me. He gets it.”
The latter joke appears to be a reference to the controversial graduation speech Kansas Metropolis Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker made final month. Within the speech, Butker mentioned he assumed nearly all of feminine graduates on the ceremony have been “most excited about your marriage and the children you will bring into this world” slightly than their future careers.
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“Guys, you’re really pushing it,” Kelce finally mentioned to the “Ted Lasso” alum and his cohorts.
Though Kelce didn’t appear to understand Sudeikis’ marriage query, he was a little bit extra playful earlier within the bit, particularly when Smigel and Wendt joked that the NFL star ought to ask the “Shake It Off” singer to foot the invoice for a brand new soccer stadium for the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs. “What’s a few hundred million to Taylor? That’s what four tickets cost to her concert anyway,” Wendt quipped.
“She just got to Kansas City, boys. Jesus!” Kelce responded good-naturedly.
Kelce has needed to navigate robust public curiosity in his relationship with the pop celebrity since they made their romance public final 12 months — and has even needed to touch upon it when he’s doing press conferences for work.
In January, a reporter requested him forward of the 2023 AFC Championship NFL Playoff Recreation in opposition to the Baltimore Ravens how “outside noise” about his relationship impacts him and Swift.
“The only thing we’ve talked about is, as long as we’re happy, we can’t listen to anything that’s outside noise,” the NFL participant mentioned. “That’s all that matters.”
