Jason Kelce Cries Speaking Whether or not He Was Rooting for Travis at Tremendous Bowl

• Jason Kelce broke down crying over miscommunication about whether or not he was supporting his brother Travis Kelce on the Tremendous Bowl
• The retired Philadelphia Eagles heart spoke on New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce about his conflicted feelings for sibling’s defeat by his personal former crew
• Jason expressed how he was all the time rooting for Travis

Jason Kelce is feeling emotional following Tremendous Bowl 2025.

Talking on an episode of New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce, launched Wednesday, Feb. 12, the retired NFL participant broke down in tears over the misperception that he wasn’t rooting for his brother Travis Kelce at this 12 months’s recreation.

On Sunday, Feb. 9, Travis and his Kansas Metropolis Chiefs misplaced 40-22 towards his brother’s former crew, the Philadelphia Eagles.

“On one hand, you performed your complete life with a company and crew,” mentioned Jason, 37. “Lots of people in that constructing — coaches, mates, teammates that you’ve got gone by means of adversity with — and it actually makes you very, very shut.”

He added, “After which alternatively, you’ve got your brother, and I’ve all the time supported you. I’ve all the time needed you to win.”

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Agreeing with Jason’s assertion of assist, Travis, 35, mentioned, “Each step of the best way.”

“And I needed you to win this recreation. I assumed I made that clear,” the previous Eagles heart continued, to which Travis acknowledged, “You made it clear to me.”

Talking on how he discovered it tough explaining his devotion to each Travis and the Eagles, the sportsman added, “It felt like I could not be proper. Felt like it doesn’t matter what I mentioned, some individuals had been gonna skew it and say that I am rooting for the Eagles, and a few individuals had been gonna skew it and say that I used to be rooting for the Chiefs or Travis. And it sucks.”

Encouraging his brother, Travis assured his older brother that he did not have to elucidate himself and that he knew his intentions, including that Jason and his spouse Kylie Kelce had spent years contributing to the neighborhood in Philadelphia and the group.

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Nonetheless, the NFL broadcaster appeared to turn out to be overcome with emotion as he spoke.

“Yeah and all that’s true, we’re nonetheless very a lot connected to this group, which is why there may be a part of me that clearly may be very glad and proud that they’ve gained this recreation,” Jason mentioned. “However that doesn’t take priority over rooting for you. And that is why this recreation sucked. It was very, very exhausting to observe.”

Breaking down in tears, he continued, “As a lot as I really like the Eagles, as a lot as I really like the town of Philadelphia, there was not a f—ing ounce of me that … I attempted to correlate that I used to be rooting for each side the entire time and that I used to be gonna be glad and unhappy regardless.”

“I simply do not know learn how to articulate that I am glad for among the Eagles, however on the similar time, I used to be depressing throughout the recreation watching you not obtain your success once more,” Jason added.

Travis and the Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers with a rating of 25-22 final 12 months; the Eagles with a rating of 38-35 in 2023 and the San Francisco 49ers once more in 2020. Nonetheless, the Chiefs misplaced 31-9 towards the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2021.

In the meantime, Jason’s feedback come after sources informed PEOPLE that he was feeling “bittersweet” following Sunday’s Tremendous Bowl.

“He was rooting for the Eagles to win however he additionally needed Travis to play nicely,” the insider mentioned.

Jason additionally wrote on X Monday, Feb. 10, that it was “odd” watching his former crew beat Travis, including that though he needed “what’s finest” for his brother and to “see his success,” he additionally “deeply” cared for “so many individuals” within the Eagles group.