{"id":55473,"date":"2025-06-12T08:15:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T08:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=55473"},"modified":"2025-06-12T08:15:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T08:15:57","slug":"jason-kelce-sends-message-after-unexpected-travis-kelce-taylor-swift-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=55473","title":{"rendered":"Jason Kelce Sends Message After Unexpected Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift News.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jason Kelce\u00a0gained plenty of fans from his accomplished 13-year\u00a0NFL\u00a0career with the\u00a0Philadelphia Eagles, but the retired offensive lineman did not expect to wake up on Wednesday and be more popular on social media than his brother,\u00a0Travis Kelce.<\/p>\n<p>Travis, the younger Kelce brother, has the advantages of being an active player, catching a record number of touchdowns for the\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0throughout his career and winning three Super Bowls to Jason&#8217;s one.<\/p>\n<p>There is also the small factor of the Chiefs&#8217; tight end dating one of the most well-known people on planet Earth, global music star\u00a0Taylor Swift.<\/p>\n<p>As fans swooned over photos of Kelce and Swift from a recent\u00a0wedding\u00a0they attended together, an old photo of Jason and a random fan overtook the celebrity couple on the social media platform X.<\/p>\n<div class=\"m-detail--body-item m-detail--body-item-inline\">\n<figure class=\"l-inline tml-image m-detail--tml-image--inline\"><picture class=\"is-loaded\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_380\/MjExNjMyOTA3NzI5NTEyNDI0\/travis-kelce-jason-kelce.webp 380w, https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_620\/MjExNjMyOTA3NzI5NTEyNDI0\/travis-kelce-jason-kelce.webp 620w, https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700\/MjExNjMyOTA3NzI5NTEyNDI0\/travis-kelce-jason-kelce.webp 700w\" type=\"image\/webp\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1240px) 700px, (min-width: 675px) 620px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_380\/MjExNjMyOTA3NzI5NTEyNDI0\/travis-kelce-jason-kelce.jpg 380w, https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_620\/MjExNjMyOTA3NzI5NTEyNDI0\/travis-kelce-jason-kelce.jpg 620w, https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700\/MjExNjMyOTA3NzI5NTEyNDI0\/travis-kelce-jason-kelce.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1240px) 700px, (min-width: 675px) 620px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"m-detail--tml-image m-image\" src=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/t_share\/MjExNjMyOTA3NzI5NTEyNDI0\/travis-kelce-jason-kelce.jpg\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and former Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce.\" width=\"4497\" height=\"2996\" data-src=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700\/MjExNjMyOTA3NzI5NTEyNDI0\/travis-kelce-jason-kelce.jpg\" \/><\/picture><figcaption>\n<p class=\"tml-image--caption\">Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and former Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tml-image--attribution\">Ken Blaze-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jason&#8217;s unexpected popularity online came as news to the 37-year-old, who hosts a podcast called &#8220;New Heights&#8221; with his brother, in addition to NFL analyst work on ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;@grok please explain to me why this photo is so popular,&#8221; he\u00a0posted\u00a0on Wednesday, tagging X&#8217;s artificial intelligence assistant to try to get an explanation for the surprising outcome.<\/p>\n<div class=\"m-detail--body-item m-detail--body-twitter-embed\">\n<figure class=\"m-embed mm-embed--twitter l-inline\">\n<div class=\"rna-container rh-ineligible\" data-embed-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ryisdying\/status\/1932198357688009152\" data-rhp=\"1\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=parkerkjohnson&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1932198357688009152&amp;lang=vi&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fathlonsports.com%2Fentertainment%2Fjason-kelce-sends-message-after-unexpected-travis-kelce-taylor-swift-news&amp;sessionId=3ee8caa719ef94298e1b71a433d826eb9a9ad7fc&amp;siteScreenName=athlonsports&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1932198357688009152\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The old photo of Jason, appearing to show him matching a fan in a Christmas sweater, was posted Monday by a\u00a0user\u00a0with less than 9,000 followers.\u00a0Still, it accumulated more than 70,000 likes.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0original photo\u00a0of Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift, posted by a Pop Crave account with 2.1 million followers, only had 63,000 likes.<\/p>\n<p>Considering the people in the photos, it was quite a surprise as well. The former Eagles player has around 712,000 followers on X, while his brother (1.4 million) and the &#8220;Eras Tour&#8221; showstopper (93.7 million) have more than 95 million combined on that platform alone.<\/p>\n<p>If the social media interaction showed anything, it is that Jason Kelce&#8217;s stardom is still on the rise even after hanging up his cleats at the end of the 2023 NFL season.\u00a0Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift&#8217;s romance\u00a0will always be a big story, but Jason is right up next to them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jason Kelce\u00a0gained plenty of fans from his accomplished 13-year\u00a0NFL\u00a0career with the\u00a0Philadelphia Eagles, but the retired offensive lineman did not expect to wake up on Wednesday and be&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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