Jason Kelce and his wife, kylie kelsey, they are the proud parents of three children. And they wouldn't have it any other way.
The Philadelphia Eagles center married Kylie in April 2018, nearly three years after they matched on the dating app Tinder. Less than a year after their marriage, their first daughter, Wyatt, was born in October 2019, followed by daughters Elliott and Bennett in March 2021 and February 2023, respectively.
Kyrie was pregnant with Bennett during the 2022-2023 NFL season and was due to give birth the same week that Super Bowl II was held.Jason's Eagles faced his brother in the championship game in February 2023. travis kelseyteam, the Kansas City Chiefs.
“Kyrie will be 38 weeks pregnant at the time of the game, so she'll bring her OB. It could be a Super Kelsey Bowl,” Jason revealed on an episode of the “New Heights” podcast ahead of the NFL Championship. “If she's going to have a baby in the stadium, it's officially scripted.”
Kylie's final trimester of pregnancy was further documented in Jason's diary Kelce In the documentary, she even joked that if she gave birth to her baby on a plane to Glendale, Arizona, or at a football stadium, it would be a “real bonding moment.”
Bennett ultimately arrived a few weeks after the Eagles lost to the Chiefs in the Super Bowl.
Keep scrolling to read Jason and Kylie's candid words about raising their daughter.
divide and conquer
“Benny, I didn't have a lot of energy because I was taking care of Wyatt and Elliot,” Jason said on a September 2023 episode of the podcast. “The important thing is you have to have a strategy.” [and] There's a technique involved. ”
Kylie joined in, revealing that Wyatt and Ellie are “able to talk” and that her husband is “taking care of the toddler” while she takes care of newborn Bennett.
Entrust “Uncle Travie” with babysitting
Jason and Kylie's daughters have a special bond with Uncle Travis. In the same podcast interview in September 2023, Travis asked how long he would be allowed to watch Wyatt, Elliott, and Bennett.
“I think my headphones went out,” Kylie joked. “But then who’s watching you?…He’ll probably leave you alone for an hour or so. I have a feeling Travis can last longer than you, [Jason]. This is a game changer when it comes to observing small babies. Bennett is now happy as a clam if you get up and walk around with him. [Jason] I'm not going to make that promise. If his back stiffens, that's it. ”
There is a “strong Kelce gene”
Jason revealed in an episode of his podcast that Wyatt and Benny are similar and that he has a strong preference for his father.
“I definitely say, [there are] Strong Kelsey genes,” Jason quipped. “Ellie looks a lot like Kylie in the baby photo. I think Wyatt is a lot like my personality. [and she’s] My eyebrows and wrinkles have formed.her facial features are very similar [and] She is very emotional. ”
Kylie added that Ellie is “more in the flow,” which is common with second-born children like her and Travis.
“Good Cop” vs. “Bad Cop”
Elsewhere in the podcast interview, Kylie confessed that she's the “bad cop” to Jason's “good cop.”
“I have to be the bad cop most of the time because I’m outnumbered,” she said. “On any given day, I have to be the bad cop most of the day. We're trying to minimize injuries and keep the peace. And if it's just me, I have to be the bad cop for most of the day. 1, I had to try to nip it in the bud before something went terribly wrong.”
Kylie was always the “fun person” when Jason was home, pushing the girls onto the bed and doing other activities that ended with one of the girls crying and yelling “Mommy!” He said there was something to do.
Super Bowl tickets aren't cheap.
“So let's count the maximum number of tickets you can buy. Because that's the amount we were counting?” Kylie asked Jason. Kelce The document was added to Prime Video in September 2023. “This is why I don't do the math on my phone. It's $50,000.” We pay about $4,000 for a king kid who won't sit down. [still] At my seat watching my father's game. It's a banana. ”
Wyatt and Ellie ended up going to the game wearing adorable Eagles overall dresses. However, they were disappointed that their father did not win. “I didn't want Uncle Travie to win,” Wyatt joked in the doc, which Kylie told Jason she proclaimed loudly on the bus home from the stadium.
Embrace the “girl daddy” life
“There were no girls in our house other than our mother. [Donna Kelce]So it was a very testosterone-dominated household,” Jason said. Eh!news “But my daughters are so young now. And I only have girls, so I don't know what it's actually like to be the father of a boy. All I know is a girl. And I love my daughters. I love my children. Sometimes they teach me things that I think I'm trying to teach them.”
He went on to say, “For example, I read children's books.” Oh, the places you go! [by] Dr. Seuss also appeared in the documentary. And I'm like, “I feel like I'm getting more out of this job than kids today are.'' ”
Pink shoes are the best part of a football game.
Kylie teased on her TikTok in October 2023 that Wyatt was avoiding nap time by watching afternoon Eagles games. AJ Brownpink cleats.
“I don't wear pink shoes,” Jason later said after seeing this “adorable” clip on the Eagles' social media video. “She doesn't want her to confuse me with AJ. I'm telling you, this is great marketing. If you can get a kid's attention, you can get other people's attention too. ”
breeding eagles green
“Certainly, they have some Chiefs gear. They're wearing some Chiefs items,” Jason said in an October 2023 NBC interview about his kids supporting Travis' Chiefs. I made this clear when asked if I did. “They’re definitely Eagles fans, but sometimes we’re Chiefs fans, too.”
body positive model
“I'm very conscious of how I talk about myself and my body right now, not just in front of my daughters, but in front of my players,” Kylie said on the show in January 2024. This was explained during the performance. Good morning, America. “I think it's important to model positive body talk about yourself because then they're going to take that away from what you're doing.”
Kylie said she wants her daughters to learn by example how to treat themselves with kindness. “We now emphasize a positive tone when talking about our bodies,” she said. “When our only daughter rubbed her belly, I thought, 'Wow, this is the most beautiful belly I've ever seen.'”