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Sippin’ on some post-podcast brews.

Travis and Jason Kelce were spotted heading to a local bar in Cincinnati, Ohio, after filming the formers’ “New Heights” live show on Thursday night.

After wrapping things up at the Fifth Third Arena, the group, which included Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, headed a few streets over to Uncle Woodys, a popular bar on the University of Cincinnati campus.

11Jason and the Cincinnati Bengals quarterback were photographed walking into a local bar together.@CincyProblems/X

11Uncle Woody’s reposted several photos of the athletes inside.barstoolcincy/Instagram

While former Philadelphia Eagles star, 36, and Burrow, 27, were photographed walking into the hotspot together, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end, 34, seemingly arrived on his own.

Burrow and Jason, who were joined by a few friends, were greeted at the door before being led inside, per a photo posted to X.

While Burrow looked laid back in all black, Jason stood out in red shorts and a matching cut-off letterman vest, which he paired with Timberland boots.

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11Travis arrived separately from the other two.barstoolcincy/Instagram

11The gaggle of fans waited outside the bar to greet the NFL stars.barstoolcincy/Instagram

Travis, for his part, wore the same breezy Bearcat tracksuit that he donned for the live show along with a baseball cat from his alma mater.

While the quarterback seemingly left before the two brothers, the Kelces took time to greet fans and take photos before making their way out of the bar.

According to Uncle Woody’s Instagram, Jason’s wife, Kylie Kelce, also joined the crew for some post-event festivities. However, the mother of three evaded the hubbub, per usual.

11Once inside, the group took pictures with several fans.unclewoodys_uc/Instagram

11Jason’s wife, Kylie Kelce, also apparently joined them at Uncle Woody’s.Instagram/@cydpitt04

11The bar was just a few blocks from where the brothers held their live show.barstoolcincy/Instagram

Earlier in the night, Burrow joined the championship-winning brothers on stage for their very first live podcast taping.

Despite having to move the event indoors due to rain, Jason and Travis pulled out all the stops during the show.

During the hours-long show, the duo made several nods to the Swifties, hosted their first-ever Lombaby Games — a take on the NFL’s Lombardi Trophy — and were even presented with their diplomas.

11Earlier in the night, the Kelce brothers interviewed Burrow for their podcast.Instagram/@cydpitt04

11The pair went all out for the show, with competitions, dancing and surprise guests.I. Marley/Cincinnati Athletics / MEGA

Travis, who attended the University of Cincinnati from 2008 to 2012, was surprised with a commencement ceremony after failing to walk at graduation during his time at the school.

In typical fashion, after receiving his degree, the NFL star chugged a beer before offering the crowd a bit of “advice.”

“You gotta fight, for your right, to party!” he yelled.

11The University of Cincinnati, where both Jason and Travis went to college, also surprised the brothers with a commencement ceremony.gobearcats/Instagram

11The tight end’s girlfriend Taylor Swift was not in attendance.Getty Images

Although the hunky tight end’s girlfriend Taylor Swift wasn’t in attendance for the show, the couple will reportedly reunite this weekend at Coachella.

The pair are reportedly planning to fly down to Indio, Calif., on Friday to support the “Cruel Summer” singer’s friends Lana Del Rey and Jack Antonoff at the music festival.

The three-time Super Bowl champion and Swift, who started dating in July 2023, are reportedly renting a house at a luxe, members-only resort in the desert.

The superstar has an extensive catalog, but there’s one particular song the 4-year-old can’t get enough of.

Travis Kelce isn’t the only Swiftie in his family! His 4-year-old niece Wyatt — Jason Kelce‘s eldest daughter — is giving him some major competition for the title of biggest Kelce Swiftie. In a video shared to X on Friday (April 12), both football stars dance around to Taylor Swift‘s Billboard Hot 100-topping “Shake It Off.”

“Oh, I know this one,” Travis — who is dating the 14-time Grammy winner — quipped as he shook his hips to the opening notes of “Shake It Off” while recording a live episode of his and his older brother’s New Heights With Jason and Travis Kelce podcast at the University of Cincinnati’s Fifth Third Arena on Thursday (April 11). “That’s one of my favorites right there, ladies and gentlemen, alright now!”

“Wyatt’s favorite, too!” Jason added, referring to his first of three children with his wife, Kylie Kelce.

In December, Kylie shared a sweet TikTok of Wyatt reading a book while previously soundtracked by Swift’s “Never Grow Up” — a Speak Now cut that peaked at No. 84 on the Hot 100 back in 2010, while its 2023 “Taylor’s Version” reached No. 58. The post was more proof that the Kelces can’t get enough of Taylor Swift.

Wyatt will be able to appear in many more Swift-soundtracked TikToks now that the superstar’s catalog is back on the video platform. After her catalog — along with a slew of other high-profile artists’ music — was yanked from TikTok in February as a part of Universal Music Group’s decision to let their licensing agreement with TikTok lapse in protection of the “fair value” of music, amid other concerns, Swift’s post-Lover music reappeared on the wildly popular app (April 11). The original recordings of her Fearless, Speak Now, and Red albums are still unavailable on the app, but the “Taylor’s Version” recordings of those LPs are.

While there is yet to be an official explanation concerning Swift’s musical return to TikTok, the move comes just over a week before the release of her highly anticipated eleventh studio album, The Tortured Poets Department (out April 19). That new record is set to boast collaborations with Post Malone and Florence + the Machine.

Watch a clip of Jason Kelce revealing Wyatt’s favorite Taylor Swift song below:

 

Taylor Swift, Jason and Travis Kelce

While attending Coachella on April 13, Taylor Swift went for a casually chic outfit that featured a subtle show of support for her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, and his brother, Jason.

As the couple arrived at the music festival to check out performances by friends like Ice Spice and Jack Antonoff, Swift wore a simple all-black outfit, including sneakers, an oversized jacket and a Stella McCartney crossbody bag. But it was the little bit of color on her baseball cap that drew the eye. The green hat featured white lettering on the front that read “New Heights,” the name of the Kelce brothers’ sports podcast.

Throughout the night, Swift switched the hat around, wearing it backward as she danced with Travis in the crowd. One fan shared a clip of the couple that showcased the cap, writing, “new heights: endorsed by taylor swift.”

Meanwhile, Travis wore striped blue pants, a white T-shirt, a plaid overshirt and white Converse sneakers. He also wore a baseball cap, though his said “Happy Gilmore” on the front.

Swifties and fans of the Kelce brothers’ podcast loved seeing Swift’s supportive accessory, with one fan writing, “never in a thousand years would i have guessed taylor swifts coachella outfit would consist of a random peice of new heights merch and i think we should read that as intentional.”

Another considered if it might be a hint that Swift will finally make a guest appearance on the podcast. Fans have been wanting it to happen ever since she and Travis publicly revealed their relationship, with one saying, “I actually did wonder if she wore it as a hint (it’s Taylor swift after all, queen of Easter eggs).”

Swift is often mentioned in Travis and Jason’s podcast conversations, such as when the Kansas City Chiefs tight end talked about his recent travels to Australia and Singapore during Swift’s international Eras Tour dates. However, neither Swift nor her boyfriend have given any indication about a possible future podcast appearance.

Jason Kelce and wife Kylie Kelce share daughters Bennett, Wyatt and Elliotte

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Jason Kelce’s daughters are getting well acquainted with all the major sports trophies.

On Thursday, the Philadelphia Eagles center, 35, posted a sweet photo of his baby daughter Bennett, 3 months, inside the Stanley Cup on his Instagram. In the picture, wife Kylie, 31, holds Bennett as she nestles into the cup while wearing an adorable dinosaur onesies and has a purple pacifier in her mouth.

“The Crème de la Crème of all trophies came on to New Heights. It was an honor to meet Mike “the keeper of the cup” and be able to see Lord Stanley in person,” Jason captioned the post. “Girls coming out of nap time were not in the mood, but these pictures and memories I’ll cherish forever! Thank you for this opportunity to see a legend in person.”

Jason shares daughters Bennett, Elliotte, 2, and Wyatt, 3, with wife Kylie.

This isn’t the first trophy that Jason and his daughters have had the opportunity to check out. Last week, Jason shared a photo of daughters Elliotte and Wyatt holding the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy. Both girls smiled while Wyatt extended an arm around her younger sister.

“Pretty Surreal moment at the Kelce household this weekend. Never in a million years did I think I’d hold the Larry O’Brien trophy, let alone that it would be in my house!!” Jason captioned the Instagram. “The size is incredible, looks so small when NBA players are holding it, but it’s actually massive!!”

“It’s incredible seeing it and feeling the weight and heft. The girls were very interested in it haha,” he added.

Ahead of giving birth to baby Bennett, Kylie spoke to PEOPLE 38 weeks into her pregnancy and opened up about what she loves about Jason as a girl dad.

“I don’t think in his life, Jason ever assumed that he would be the father of three daughters,” Kylie told PEOPLE. “He would always be like, ‘No, no, we’ll get a boy. We’ll get a boy.’ And I’m like, ‘You got to stop challenging the universe. Stop saying it because the universe is like, ‘Yeah, okay,’” she chuckled.

“It’s been amazing to see him sort of transformed from only having a brother, not having any first cousins, so really having like no experience with little girls. And now, he is absolutely head over heels in love with his daughters, and they feed that back to him tenfold,” she added.

The mom of three, 32, marked her wedding anniversary with the cute post on Sunday, April 14

Kylie Kelce is celebrating her wedding anniversary!

On Sunday, April 14, the mom of three, 32, marked her sixth anniversary with husband Jason Kelce by sharing photos from their wedding day — including a cute shot of their furry flower girl!

Her Instagram Stories showed a black-and-white photo of her and Jason, 36, smiling as bride and groom while holding hands during their ceremony. The date of their wedding day, “4.14.18,” was marked in the caption.

“Six years since we said ‘I do’ 🥰,” she added in a message over the picture.

Kylie and Jason tied the knot at the Logan Hotel in Philadelphia on April 14, 2018, two months after Jason’s former team, the Philadelphia Eagles, won Super Bowl LII. The pair share three daughters — Bennett, 11 months, Elliotte, 3, and Wyatt, 4.

Last month, Kylie shared with PEOPLE her favorite memories from her wedding ahead of celebrating her sixth anniversary.

The mom of three said she first felt “terrified” before walking out in front of everyone at the ceremony, however when she saw her husband-to-be her fears melted away.

“I know personally my favorite wedding memory is when I was getting ready to walk down the aisle,” Kylie told PEOPLE. “I was terrified not because I was about to get married but because everyone was going to be staring at me.”

She continued, “As soon as our wedding planner opened the door and I could see Jason, it was as if all of the worries melted away,” she says. “So I was like, ‘Oh I just have to get to him. I can do that.’ ”

Kylie said her second favorite wedding memory was sitting at their sweetheart table, designated exclusively for the newlyweds at the reception.

“It’s really the only time where you get to sit down and sort of catch up with each other because you’re running in opposite directions most of the day,” she told PEOPLE. “So we loved sitting down and having dinner just the two of us.”

Jason Kelce and Kylie Kelce at the 2023 world premiere of ‘Kelce’.

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A second smaller snap showed Kylie and Jason’s beloved late dog Winnie walking with a garland around her neck at the outdoor nuptials.

“… with the cutest flower girl ever,” Kylie said of Winnie in another caption. The photo comes after she announced the sad death of their Irish wolfhound, whom they adopted in May 2017, in March.

It’s six years down and forever to go for Jason and Kylie Kelce.

Taking to her Instagram Stories, Kylie commemorated the couple’s sixth wedding anniversary on Sunday by sharing two snaps from their big day on April 14, 2018.

“6 years since we said ‘I do,’” Kylie captioned the post that featured a black-and-white photo of herself and Jason, 36, posing in their wedding-day attire.

5Kylie Kelce marked six years of marriage to Jason Kelce in April 2024.Kylie Kelce/Instagram

5Jason and Kylie Kelce are proud parents to three daughters.Kylie Kelce/Instagram

Kylie also paid tribute to the “cutest flower girl ever,” her late dog Winnie, who passed away in March.

Much has changed for Kylie and Jason since their wedding day, as the couple is now parents to three daughters: Wyatt, 4, Elliotte, 3, and 1-year-old Bennett.

5Jason and Kylie Kelce in September 2023.Getty Images for Prime Video

5Kylie Kelce commemorated Jason Kelce’s NFL career with a heartfelt message after his March 2024 retirement.kykelce/Instagram

Last month, Jason hung up his cleats after 13 NFL seasons, all spent with the Eagles.

Kylie joined Jason at his retirement press conference in Philadelphia, along with his parents, Donna and Ed Kelce, and his younger brother, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.

She penned a heartfelt tribute on Instagram to the All-Pro center, who finished his prolific career as a seven-time Pro Bowler and Super Bowl champion.

5Jason Kelce appears at WrestleMania in Philadelphia on April 6, 2024.Getty Images

“Your accolade studded 13 year career is a direct result of your hard work, determination, and resilience. I am immensely proud to be your wife and can’t wait to see what you do next. As always, the girls and I will be there cheering you on every step of the way!” she gushed.

Jason has been enjoying his retirement tour thus far.

Fresh off an appearance at WrestleMania, Jason returned to his and Travis’ alma mater, the University of Cincinnati, where the brothers hosted a live show Thursday for their “New Heights” podcast.

Kylie was in attendance, as well as Ed and Donna, who handed out sandwiches to guests.

Travis’ girlfriend, pop superstar Taylor Swift, did not make an appearance.

Travis and Swift attended Coachella together over the weekend in Indio, Calif.

Jason Kelce’s retirement sent shockwaves around the NFL.

The legendary Eagles center officially hung up his jersey in March, making the announcement in a teary press conference in front of younger brother and podcast co-host, Travis.

2Kelce announced his retirement in a teary press conferenceCredit: Getty

36-year-old Kelce left an indelible mark on the Eagles franchise and the city of Philadelphia as a whole.

He won Super Bowl LII, was a seven-time Pro Bowl selection, and made first-team All-Pro six times.

Filling the void left by one of the greatest offensive lineman ever is no easy feat.

However, according to NFL Draft expert Matt Miller, the Eagles planned for this eventuality for some time with Kelce even ‘handpicking’ his own replacement.

“The great thing for Philly is they anticipated this really well,” Miller exclusively told talkSPORT.

“Two years ago they drafted Cam Jurgens from Nebraska. He played guard last year but he’s in waiting, he was like handpicked, so they’ll slide him over.”

“It’s not a great center class this year, it’s really not,” Miller added, previewing the upcoming NFL Draft.

“But they (the Eagles) planned ahead for this. And one cool thing is they asked Jason for feedback, like, watch these centers, who do you think could replace you? Who in this class is basically you?

“And he picked Cam Jurgens out of Nebraska and that’s who they selected.”

2Kelce is enjoying the retired life and recently appeared at WrestleManiaCredit: X@WrestleOps

Jurgens attended the University of Nebraska and, in 2019, became the first freshman Cornhusker since 1972 to start 12 games at center.

The 24-year-old was part of Nebraska’s track and field team in shot put for two seasons but excelled at football and was named third-team All-Big Ten Conference in his third and final year in college.

Jurgens was drafted by the Eagles in the second round (51st overall) of the 2022 NFL Draft.

He has played 28 games in two NFL seasons and made 11 starts at right guard in 2023 but suffered a foot injury in Week 4 last season and was placed on injured reserve.

Jurgens has huge shoes to fill in 2024 and will be responsible for snapping the ball to QB Jalen Hurts and orchestrating the Eagles ‘unstoppable’ Tush Push play.

Kelce, meanwhile, is currently enjoying his time away from the sport and recently made an incredible appearance at WrestleMania 40.

He also took his award-winning New Heights podcast on the road for a special live show and received his diploma from the University of Cincinnati.

Jason has a ton of options on the table for his next career move and is reportedly wanted by many of the major television networks for a broadcasting role next season.

ESPN, NBC, CBS and Amazon Prime all reportedly have interest in securing Kelce, with ESPN in particular seriously zeroing in on Jason to be a focus of the ‘Monday Night Football’ pregame ‘Countdown’ show.

Other reports suggest Kelce could join Amazon and take his podcast with him, while one superstar from another sport has said he is willing to train Jason into its next superstar.

The Kelce brothers celebrated the life achievement in a familiar style.

Travis and Jason Kelce’s live “New Heights” show at the University of Cincinnati took an unexpected turn.

The UC alums were surprised with a graduation ceremony at Fifth Third Arena on Thursday as neither of the football standouts were able to properly receive their diplomas during their respective ceremonies.

As the show came to an end, the university’s Director of Athletics John Cunningham came out to thank the brothers and dropped the exciting surprise.

Cunningham, along with university president Neville Pinto, handed the brothers cap and gowns and even had Travis’ old helmet in hand. Because Travis lost his helmet back in the day, he was not permitted to walk at his college graduation ceremony in 2012.

But would it be a proper Kelce celebration without a few chugged bears?

After Travis received the keepsake from Dr. Pinto, he downed a beer before spiking it onto the stage.

Travis took a moment to say a few words at the podium. In a similar fashion to his post-Super Bowl LVIII appearance, he quoted the Beastie Boys and led the crowd in a chant of, “You gotta fight for your right to party.”

The brothers had their parents, Donna and Ed Kelce, on stage during their personal ceremony. Donna supported her sons by wearing her Chiefs-Eagles jersey. She also had numerous balloons that featured each of the teams along with a heart-shaped balloon that read “world’s best mom.”

While Travis’ girlfriend Taylor Swift was not in attendance, he made sure to give the pop star a special shoutout when her hit tune was played. He yelled out “’Shake It Off,’ that’s one of my favorites!”

During the live “New Heights” show, the Kelce brothers hosted the first-ever Lombaby Games, which pitted two teams – one of student-athletes and another of student academics – against each other. The night also featured numerous star guest appearances including Bengals players Joe Burrow and Orlando Brown Jr., and Bearcats legend Desmond Ridder.

The Kelce brothers launched “New Heights” in September 2022 and it quickly grew to become one of the most popular sports and pop culture podcasts in the world.

The show gives the Super Bowl champions a platform to provide insight into different players in the league while hitting on trending news and headlines in the sports landscape.

At their live podcast event, New Heights Live: We Gotta Talk About It, on April 11, the brothers treated fans to snacks

Travis and Jason Kelce are feeding their fans — literally!

During their live podcast event, New Heights Live: We Gotta Talk About It, on April 11, the football stars made sure the audience at the University of Cincinnati’s Nippert Stadium had something to snack on.

With the help of some cheerleaders, the brother duo kicked off their “New News” segment by shooting some new products from the event’s sponsor, Subway, into the audience using a T-shirt cannon.

A video on the New Heights Instagram account showed both Travis, 34, and Jason, 36, as they fired some of the fast food brand’s new wraps into the stands.

“That’s right, we’re starting off with a little ad,” Travis joked in the clip, adding a big laugh for good measure.

“And guess what? We’re gonna shoot some to you guys in some cannons,” he added, as Jason shouted, “Oh, yeah!”

Then Jason — clad in Cincinnati red from his hat to his short shorts — loaded up a metal cannon before shooting a wrap straight into the crowd.

A fan in an upper level of the stands secured the wrap, catching it and holding it up in celebration.

The brothers continued to fire the wraps off as the audience cheered and grabbed the flying sandwiches out of the air.

“The guys delivered last nights New News in the best way possible,” the video’s caption read.

Jason Kelce and Travis Kelce.

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Although she wasn’t shown in the clip, Jason and Travis’s mom, Donna Kelce, also got in on the action, handing out sandwiches to fans at the live show.

Donna mingled with a crowd of fans as she handed out subs, photos obtained by Page Six show.

Seeing the mom of two take care of her sons’ fans is reminiscent of Scott Swift (the father of Travis’ girlfriend, Taylor Swift) passing out sandwiches and fruit to his daughter’s fans at one of her Eras Tour stops in Sydney in March.

Jason and Travis also nodded to Swift, 34, directly at the live show, dancing to the singer’s hit  “Shake It Off,” which was performed by a marching band at the event.

In a TikTok published by an attendee, a fan shouted to the Kelce brothers that the 2014 hit was playing and Travis laughed and responded, “That’s one of my favorites.”

Travis Kelce Chugs a Beer While He and Brother Jason Receive Their Diplomas — Watch!

Jason Kelce has reportedly lost his Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl ring in the most Jason Kelce way possible.

The recently retired Eagles center disclosed in his “New Heights” podcast with his brother Travis that he no longer possesses his ring from the Eagles’ lone championship from Super Bowl LII. The culprit: a big inflatable tub of Skyline chili.

The tub was part of the Kelce brothers’ Great “Lombaby” Games at their alma mater of Cincinnati, where teams of students faced off in a series of bizarre challenges. As Kelce explained it, one of those challenges was for two students to dig through the Skyline chili — specifically a 3-way consisting of chili, spaghetti and cheese — looking for socks with Super Bowl rings tied to them.

One of those rings was Kelce’s actual Super Bowl LII ring. Unfortunately, when the proverbial dust cleared, no one could find a white gold ring consisting of 219 diamonds and 17 rare green sapphires.

Kelce now believes the ring is in a landfill:

“There was an unfortunate-ness. As you guys know, this game existed because I continually lose my Super Bowl ring. I don’t even know if Travis still knows this, but I legitimately lost my Super Bowl ring in this event. They could not find it.

“We have still yet to find it. All of this stuff has been thrown away so I think we can safely assume that my super Bowl ring is in a landfill someplace in the Cincinnati tri-state area. I didn’t think that would happen.”

That ring was the only one Kelce earned across his 13-year career, and was the high point of one of the greatest careers for a center the NFL has ever seen. That career came to an end last month, when Kelce announced his retirement.

Weirdly, this isn’t the first time a sports legend has lost a championship ring in a container of meat. Baseball fans might recall legendary Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully losing his 1988 World Series ring in a bag of Costco ribs.

Unlike Kelce, Scully proceeded to find the ring.

Jason Kelce losing his Super Bowl ring in a pool of chili is pretty on-brand. (Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images)

Kelce at least has a theory on what caused his ring to disappear, though he’s apparently accepted the loss and has submitted an insurance claim:

“The only thing I can think of is at some point the sock got kicked out of the three-way and it made its way out of the pool and it was thrown out in some shape or form. The Super Bowl ring is officially gone. We’ve already put the insurance claim in, which I think the insurance company might have some things to say about whether they’re going to cover that.”

To get a sense of the kind of money we’re talking about here, one ring auctioned off by former Eagles starting linebacker Nigel Bradham sold for more than $80,000 last year.

Kelce shrugged off the loss, though with the belief that he can pay to get the ring replaced:

“I knew where it was at. Somebody at some point messed with my Super Bowl ring, which I’m fine with. It’s just a hunk of metal. I’ll just have another one made, I think. They can do that, right? Guess we’re gonna find out.”

We wish the best of luck to him. There’s a good chance he will be able to afford having a new one made given how the podcast business is going, to say nothing of the $90 million he earned in his career or his considerable sponsorships.