{"id":21490,"date":"2025-01-23T07:20:41","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T07:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=21490"},"modified":"2025-01-23T07:20:41","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T07:20:41","slug":"shocking-travis-kelce-fires-back-at-lil-waynes-chiefs-cheating-accusation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=21490","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;SHOCKING: Travis Kelce Fires Back at Lil Wayne\u2019s Chiefs Cheating Accusation!&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2244501\" src=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Lil-Wayne-and-Travis-Kelce-enh-1024x563.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Lil-Wayne-and-Travis-Kelce-enh-150x83.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Lil-Wayne-and-Travis-Kelce-enh-595x327.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Lil-Wayne-and-Travis-Kelce-enh-768x422.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Lil-Wayne-and-Travis-Kelce-enh-1024x563.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Lil-Wayne-and-Travis-Kelce-enh-1536x845.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Lil-Wayne-and-Travis-Kelce-enh.jpg 2000w\" alt=\"Lil Wayne on stage and Travis Kelce in uniform\" width=\"1024\" height=\"563\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Lil Wayne and Travis Kelce (Photos via Getty Images)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/travis-kelce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Travis Kelce<\/a>\u00a0had much to get off his chest after\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/lil-wayne\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lil Wayne<\/a> had a lot to say about his Kansas City Chiefs.<\/p>\n<p>On the latest episode of their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@newheightshow\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Heights podcast<\/a>, the Chiefs tight end and his brother Jason Kelce shared their thoughts on Wayne\u2019s harsh words he put on X.<\/p>\n<p>Wayne, who performed at the three-time Super Bowl champion\u2019s \u2018Kelce Jam\u2019 concert last summer, wrote,<strong>\u00a0\u201cI hate the cheating azz Chiefs,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0on his X account.<\/p>\n<p>During that game, Patrick Mahomes received two controversial calls that went his way: one was a soft roughing the passer penalty on Texans\u2019 Will Anderson Jr., and the other was an unnecessary roughness penalty on two Texans defenders.<\/p>\n<p>Both penalties kept two drives alive, and they led to ten points.<\/p>\n<div id=\"incontent-ad-1\" class=\"pw-incontent\" data-label=\"Advertisement\"><\/div>\n<p>The game ended with a score of 23-14.<\/p>\n<section class=\"wp-block-group check-this-out has-xs-padding-top has-sm-padding-bottom\" data-content-name=\"Check This Out\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-5 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex has-xl-margin-bottom\">\n<p>When it comes to what Wayne stated, Travis Kelce brushed off his unfounded claims that the Kansas City Chiefs cheated in their victorious playoff game against the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/houston-texans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Houston Texans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" data-content-name=\"Google News Follow Us\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group mai-link-exclude has-alt-background-color has-background has-light-background has-xs-padding-top has-xs-padding-bottom has-sm-padding-left has-sm-padding-right has-xl-margin-top has-xl-margin-bottom\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThe whole world was talking about something else during the game, and I\u2019m sure you saw some of this, but they were complaining about the refs again, Trav,\u201d Jason Kelce said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cEven Lil Wayne. Lil Wayne [wrote on social media], \u2018I hate the cheating a- Chiefs. So an a\u2013 with two z\u2019s,\u201d Jason added.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cShout out to Tunechi, man,\u201d<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0Kelce said with a smile.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-the-chiefs-will-need-travis-kelce-to-be-just-as-good-against-the-bills\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Chiefs Will Need Travis Kelce To Be Just As Good Against The Bills<\/h2>\n<p>Kelce\u2019s team will play the Buffalo Bills in the AFC Championship Game on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>He is a huge reason they are in this game.<\/p>\n<p>Travis Kelce caught seven passes for 117 yards and a touchdown in a 23-14 divisional-round win over Houston on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>To take out the visiting Bills, Kelce will need to be just as good, if not better, to take down\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/josh-allen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Josh Allen<\/a>\u00a0and company.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lil Wayne and Travis Kelce (Photos via Getty Images) Travis Kelce\u00a0had much to get off his chest after\u00a0Lil Wayne had a lot to say about his Kansas&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-news","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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