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Retired former Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce provided evidence disputing claims that he was sleeping during Taylor Swift's 'Eras Tour' concert to his brother and her boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, during the latest episode of their New Heights podcast released on Wednesday (October 23).
The elder Kelce was seen sitting down with his eyes closed in a photo shared by longtime former Eagles teammate Beau Allen, whose family attended the concert with Jason, his wife, Kylie, their daughter, Elliotte, and the Kelce brothers' mother, Donna, in a suite at Hard Rock Stadium on Friday (October 18).
“It’s the greatest show that’s ever been on stage and you’re over here falling asleep?” Travis asked his brother.
Jason, who was seated while his wife and others were standing, said he felt like "in a fish bowl" with so many people watching him while attending the concert.
“The amount of energy was insane. It was so exciting,” Jason said (h/t the New York Post). “But back to this photo. I’m going to give a little background to this. So, Kylie is holding Elliotte. Ellie was just with me, we were dancing and I was sitting down so I’m on the same level with her, and we’re out in the middle of the open right here, and we brought a bunch of people to the show… and mom went for the first time.
“We go out there and we realize like I’m in the middle of the open, it isn’t like a box that’s enclosed. So I’m like, I’m going to sit down… I felt like I’m standing, I’m holding Ellie, feel like I’m kind of in a fish bowl, everybody’s staring at me, so I sit down. I’m dancing with Ellie, Ellie goes over to Kylie, and then I’m just sitting here and feeling it, and I’m tapping my thigh, and I’m just in the moment listening to the song and then, all of the sudden, I go on Twitter [now X] and I see this f**king picture. I’m like dude, what the f**k?
“I’m not sleeping and I can prove it to you. There’s evidence in this photo that I’m not sleeping.”
Travis wasn't buying his brother's claim, which led to Jason asking their producer, Jets Jake, to pull up the photo for him to analyze.
“Jets Jake, zoom in on my right hand, and make sure Travis sees this — my hand is hovering, you can’t sleep with your hand hovering above your knee,” Jason said. “It’s impossible. I can’t sleep with my eyes open, much less my hand hovering, because I’m slapping my legs… this is one of my favorite parts about the show, cause the mist of the rain, it had just started to get into my face, Elliotte was with mom so I’m like, okay, I’m just sitting here, tapping my leg and I’m just in the moment.”
Travis claimed he had "FOMO" (fear of missing out) after being excluded from the Miami concert while preparing for the Chiefs' eventual win in their Week 7 matchup against the San Francisco 49ers.