Kansas Metropolis Chiefs famous person Travis Kelce is aware of that he did not dwell as much as his potential throughout the 2024 NFL season, and in a brand new interview, he is taking full accountability for it.

In accordance with Kelce, 35, the three-time Tremendous Bowl champion pinpointed a selected cause for the decline in his efficiency—and it has nothing to do together with his high-profile relationship with popstar Taylor Swift.

In his cowl story interview for GQ, Kelce, who’s getting into his thirteenth season within the NFL, obtained candid in regards to the 2024 season, which ended with the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs shedding within the Tremendous Bowl to Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles.

All through the season, Kelce’s efficiency was a serious level of dialog, contemplating he ended the 12 months with simply 823 receiving yards and solely three touchdowns—a profession low in each statistical classes.

Kelce acknowledged that he did not play as much as his personal requirements final season, saying he “may need slipped” as a result of his focus was divided.

In accordance with him, he was “attempting to set myself up” for the longer term, which concerned him taking extra performing jobs and internet hosting tv reveals. “And alternatives got here up the place I used to be excited to enterprise into a brand new world of performing and being an entertainer,” he stated.

In 2024, Kelce made his performing debut within the TV collection “Grotesquerie.” It premiered on FX in September of that 12 months and starred Niecy Nash-Betts, Courtney B. Vance, and Raven Goodwin.

Kelce performed Ed Laclan, a hospital orderly serving to Betts’ character resolve a string of crimes. Nevertheless, the collection delivered a pointy twist as viewers realized that Ed’s function was a false id and that he was the one below investigation.

Throughout a earlier interview, Ryan Murphy, the present’s creator, described his preliminary assembly with Kelce as “surprising” earlier than revealing that the NFL participant’s ardour to attempt performing actually moved him.

Consequently, he wrote the function of Ed particularly for Kelce. “We had a ball, and he is simply probably the most pleasant individual,” Murphy stated.

“He confirmed up off-book. He knew all his traces, he knew all Niecy [Nash-Betts]’s traces,” stated Murphy. “And he was a bit nervous at first — as, I imply, I might be too.”

Moreover, Kelce took on one other high-profile aspect gig, internet hosting Amazon Prime’s new competitors sport present, “Are You Smarter Than a Movie star?” The collection premiered in October 2024, smack in the midst of the NFL season, and consisted of 20 episodes.

It is a spin-off of the 2007 sport present “Are You Smarter Than a fifth Grader?” and featured many high-profile public figures, together with Lala Kent, Garcelle Beauvais, Nikki Glaser, and extra.

Kelce’s current revelation about not being as dialed in over the past NFL season additionally comes months after sports activities analysts, reminiscent of Stephen A. Smith, slammed the tight finish for having a less-than-stellar begin to final 12 months’s season.

“We noticed extra Taylor Swift than we noticed Travis Kelce yesterday on a Sunday afternoon and some other time that’s relevant,” he stated on an episode of ESPN’s “First Take.” “That ain’t speculated to occur yesterday.”

“We have been speculated to see extra Travis Kelce yesterday than we noticed her. That’s not occurring. You bought to get it going, bro. You bought 39 receiving yards within the first two video games. Come on now, it’s time,” he continued. “Soccer season is right here. The honeymoon’s over. Let’s deal with our enterprise.”