Resurfaced footage from the New Heights podcast has revealed where Jason Kelce’s allegiances lie ahead of a blockbuster Super Bowl between his beloved Philadelphia Eagles and his brother Travis’ Kansas City Chiefs.
The legendary Eagles center, 36, will be watching the Super Bowl from the stands after announcing his retirement from the NFL at the end of last season.
He hung up his cleats after an incredible 13-year career that included being on the losing side of a Super Bowl showdown against Travis and the Chiefs in February 2023.
On Sunday, he was in Philadelphia to watch his former Eagles teammates book their spot in the big game again, before hot-footing it to Kansas City to watch his brother Travis do the same.
Another Chiefs-Eagles matchup has led to many fans querying who Jason will be supporting, but a podcast clip from March 2024 has seemingly revealed the answer.
‘I will root for the Eagles of course because I will always be an Eagle first and foremost,’ he insisted when asked who he would support in the hypothetical situation on their New Heights podcast.
This year’s Super Bowl will be a rematch of 2023, when Jason and Travis Kelce battled it out
On Sunday, Jason was in the VIP suite at Arrowhead watching his brother win once again
‘I will still root for Travis to have a good game because he’s my brother,’ he added. ‘But I will definitely be cheering on the Eagles in this scenario.’
An annoyed Travis could be heard grumbling in the background, branding Jason’s decision ‘bulls***’, before bitterly adding: ‘Well good luck to your Eagles.’
If Jason’s wish for the Chiefs to fall to the Eagles were to come through, it would prevent Kansas City from sealing a historic three-peat.
The Chiefs’ overtime triumph over the San Francisco 49ers in las Vegas last year saw them crowned back-to-back champions, becoming the first to do so since Tom Brady’s New England Patriots in 2003 and 2004.
Travis and Co launched a second-half comeback in 2023 to beat Jason and the Eagles 38-35 to mark what could be the first victory of a three-peat, if they can replicate their success again.
During the rally and Union Station in Kansas City at the end of the Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade last February, quarterback Patrick Mahomes called for a ‘three-peat’.
Jason previously revealed on his podcast that he would support the Eagles over the Chiefs
Travis plants a kiss on the lips of girlfriend Taylor Swift after he booked his spot in the big game
‘They all doubted us,’ Mahomes said. ‘I don’t want to hear any different. But you know who came through at the end? That’s the Kansas City Chiefs!’
Jason’s loyalty to the Eagles would match his wife Kylie’s with the Philadelphia native adamantly sticking by the team last season even after they were eliminated.
The mother-of-three joined her husband in cheering on her brother-in-law, alongside Travis’s girlfriend Taylor Swift, throughout the playoffs after the Eagles were knocked out by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the Wild Card round.
However, she refused to wear Chiefs merchandise, settling for red University of Cincinnati – the brothers’ Alma Mater – to show her support instead.
