{"id":1956086,"date":"2025-08-12T15:28:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T15:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1956086"},"modified":"2025-08-12T15:28:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T15:28:34","slug":"travis-kelce-admits-he-slipped-last-season-while-being-an-entertainer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/travis-kelce-admits-he-slipped-last-season-while-being-an-entertainer\/","title":{"rendered":"Travis Kelce Admits He \u2018Slipped\u2019 Last Season While \u2018Being an Entertainer\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Travis Kelce<\/strong><\/a> acknowledged his off-the-field pursuits impacted his performance for the Kansas City Chiefs last season.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI think it might have slipped a little bit because I did have a little bit more focus in trying to set myself up,\u201d Kelce, 35, said in his GQ<\/i><\/a> cover story, which was published on Tuesday, August 12. \u201cAnd opportunities came up where I was excited to venture into a new world of acting and being an entertainer.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Kelce made his acting debut on FX\u2019s Grotesquerie<\/i> last year, playing a hospital orderly named Ed Laclan on the Ryan Murphy<\/strong>\u2013produced series. The football star also hosted the Prime Video game show Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?<\/i>, which filmed last offseason.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The new professional endeavors coincided with Kelce having career lows in both receiving yards (823) and touchdowns (3) last year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t say this as \u2018I shouldn\u2019t have done it,\u2019\u201d Kelce clarified. \u201cI\u2019m just saying that my work ethic is such that I have so much pride in how I do things that I never want the product to tail off, and I feel like these past two years haven\u2019t been to my standard.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He added, \u201cI just have such a motivation to show up this year for my guys.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to his sluggish regular season, Kelce had only four catches for 39 yards in the Chiefs\u2019 40-22 blowout loss to the Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> in Super Bowl LIX. Prior to that, Kelce had never caught fewer than six passes in his four previous Super Bowl appearances.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This offseason, Kelce has dedicated himself to getting his body in shape with a one-track mind.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWin a Super Bowl is the only goal,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s the only goal. It\u2019s every goal.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Kelce rented a $20 million home in Boca Raton, Florida<\/a>, this summer \u2014 where his girlfriend, Taylor Swift<\/strong>, visited him often \u2014 as he prepares to enter his 13th NFL season.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n Related: <\/span>Travis Kelce Gets Candid About His Parents Donna and Ed\u2018s Divorce<\/span><\/a>
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\n\t\t\tTravis Kelce opened up about the erosion of his parents\u2019 marriage and the impact it had on his childhood and adolescence.\u00a0 The Kansas City Chiefs star\u2019s parents, Donna and Ed, got divorced after 28 years of marriage while he was a student-athlete at the University of Cincinnati. Travis played for the Bearcats from 2008 to [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

A major part of Kelce\u2019s training has been guided by Fort Lauderdale\u2013based speed-and-agility coach Tony Villani<\/strong>, who has used speed drills to help recapture some of Kelce\u2019s old form.<\/span><\/p>\n

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