Jason Kelce was exhibiting solely a touch of jet lag throughout his ESPN debut on Thursday. The Philadelphia Eagles alum arrived in model for a particular NFL Countdown broadcast, recent off his journey to Paris to attend the 2024 Olympics with spouse Kylie Kelce.
Jason joined co-commenters Scott Van Pelt, Ryan Clark, and Marcus Spears within the studio sporting a sensible grey swimsuit along with his white shirt left unbuttoned on the collar. On his head, he donned a traditional French beret.
“We welcome you to the group, man! I wasn’t sure if you’d wear a tie, I did not know you were going to rock the beret fresh off the plane [from] the Olympics,” Van Pelt started.
“I’m still on Paris time,” Jason quipped. “So I figured I’d go with the Paris headdress.”
Clark chimed in with one other notice about Jason’s ensemble, including, “We found out, because it’s TV and he’s now become a different sort of professional, he also wears underwear.”
The joke comes following Jason’s revelation earlier this 12 months, on his New Heights podcast with brother Travis Kelce, that he prefers to go commando. Again in April, he notably referred to undergarments as “unnecessary and problematic.”
“Yeah, it’s new,” Kelce joked on Thursday’s broadcast. “It’s a gray suit. If I’m not wearing [underwear], it’s risky.”
Earlier this 12 months, Jason introduced his retirement from the NFL and has since signed on to function a sportscaster for ESPN’s Monday Evening Soccer. His first official project shall be in San Francisco this fall when the 49ers face off in opposition to the New York Jets.
Within the meantime, Jason has been spending loads of trip of the home. ET was with the Tremendous Bowl champion and future Corridor of Famer final month on the 2024 American Century Championship in South Lake Tahoe, Nevada, as his brother Travis was gearing as much as return for the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs coaching camp.
“I think up until this point it hasn’t been that different for the off-season,” Jason instructed ET. “It feels weird that guys are getting ready to go to camp and I’m sure once camp has started, once the games have started, it’s gonna really set in.”
Jason and Kylie additionally jetted off to London lately to attend Taylor Swift‘s Eras Tour for the primary time.
“It was tremendous,” Jason raved to ET.
“She’s so not only talented as a singer, everybody knows that, the performance, the writing, the production, like all of that she does is truly remarkable,” Jason stated. “It’s gotta be pretty rare that an artist can really wear all of those hats and it’s impressive to watch it take place.”
He added, “She’s all over the place on that stage, so [it’s] very impressive.”
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