US EditionTravis Kelce Admits Off-Field Pursuits May Have Caused Play to Slip, Vows to Return to His Standard in 2025
Travis Kelce said his acting and hosting roles distracted from football, with his NFL performance slipping below his standards over the past two years, he told GQ.
- On August 12, 2025, Travis Kelce told GQ that his football performance over the past two years had slipped from his standard.
- Kelce attributed this decline partly to his expanding entertainment roles, including acting and hosting gigs, which diverted his focus.
- He has taken on acting roles in Ryan Murphy's Grotesquerie and the Netflix film Happy Gilmore 2, served as the host for a Prime Video game show featuring celebrity trivia, and maintains a widely publicized relationship with Taylor Swift.
- Kelce emphasized that his sole objective is to win a Super Bowl and expressed a strong drive to perform well for his teammates this season.
- Kelce plans to refocus on training with longtime coach Tony Villani to regain elite form while preparing for the 2025 season opener in Brazil.
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