Showing his love and support, Travis Kelce choked up while talking about his brother Jason retiring from the NFL after 13 seasons.
During the latest episode of the New Heights podcast, Travis spoke about how his brother always inspired him to be a better football player.
“You’ve always been a step ahead of me in this game,” Travis said to Jason. “It’s always been like I had that floatation device right there. To have you out of it, man it feels empty. It definitely feels like… it’s complete.”
Travis Kelce also declared that Jason’s football career was a “fun-a—“ journey to watch. “And like I said yesterday, I just appreciate you, man, showing the way and bringing us all along on the journey, big guy.”
Travis went on to discuss how he and Jason became a “tag team” of the National Football League. However, Travis pointed out that he didn’t discuss retirement plans with his older brother.
“Yeah, I didn’t talk to you about it,” I let you kind of do your thing and couldn’t have been more proud listening to you yesterday, and it’s been a lot of emotions.”
In regards to what Jason’s next career move will be, he will be receiving all the support from Travis. “You’ve got the f—ing world in your palm right, dude,” Travis added.
Jason Kelce took to the podium on Monday to officially announce his retirement from the NFL. He played for the Philadelphia Eagles for 13 seasons.
Travis Kelce’s Sister in Law Kylie Revealed Jason Had Been Thinking About Retiring for Four Years
Meanwhile, Travis Kelce’s sister-in-law Kylie spoke to Philadelphia News 10 about Jason’s retirement.
“I think I was the only one that had heard the speech before he went into it,” Kylie explained. “I think it was just a perfect summary of 13 years. It was an incredible run he had as a player in the NFL.”
Kylie also said that Jason had been thinking about retiring for some time before making the announcement. “I’ve heard multiple versions over the last four years. This was a completely different version,” she continued.
“I think every year he sort of started from scratch as to what was sitting on the surface. But when he said that he was contemplating retirement for years, he means for years.”
During his speech, Jason gushed about Kylie and how he still remembered the moment she walked through the doors of the Eagles Christmas Party.
“The first instance is burned in my retina. It was like she glided through the opening,” he said during the press conference. “Then she started talking and I thought, ‘Man, is this what love feels like?'”
Kylie said her husband’s version of events cracks her up because she remembers him being intoxicated that evening. She did, however, say his words were “very, very sweet.”