Travis Kelce Calls Himself a ‘Furry Son of a Bitch’ as He Shows Off His Back Hair — and the Internet Has Thoughts
The Kansas City Chiefs tight end joked about his body hair on the May 21 episode of the ‘New Heights’ podcast
Travis Kelce and his friends were seen after a workout in Florida on May 20
The Kansas City Chiefs tight end removed his shirt after the workout to cool off
The football player’s back and chest hair were left on display, and the internet shared plenty of opinions
Travis Kelce isn’t afraid to show off his body.
On May 20, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end was spotted leaving a workout with Detroit Lions tight end Ross Travis and his longtime friend and personal chef Kumar Ferguson in Florida. Kelce, 35, decided to ditch his shirt after getting sweaty.
Before the session, Travis was spotted by paparazzi wearing an all-black outfit consisting of a black T-shirt, black shorts and a black cap to protect his eyes and head from the sun.
After the session, Travis ditched his shirt altogether, which put his chest and back hair entirely on display. The NFL star also removed his hat.
Travis showing off his chest and back hair comes as no surprise — he and brother Jason Kelce have talked about the Chiefs star’s body hair on their New Heights podcast more than once. On the May 21 episode, where Travis was wearing “two shirts,” he talked about wanting to play more international football games and said he doesn’t love the heat in the U.S. because he’s a “furry son of a bitch.”
“Me and heat just don’t do well together,” he quipped.
In another episode of the podcast — way back in 2022 — Jason shared with fans where Travis got his nickname “Big Yeti,” nodding to Travis’ body hair.
“You guys haven’t seen the Yeti come out of here,” Travis responded — referring to the fans watching the podcast — while tugging his shirt collar down to reveal a hint of his chest hair. “You don’t want to see the Yeti come out.”
“When Trav was at Cincinnati, he would play basketball in the playground quite a bit,” Jason explained. “And anyone who has ever played pickup basketball, you know there’s shirts and skins.”
“Shirts and skins, dog, that’s the only way to separate the teams,” Travis added. “I had the big beard, I had the long hair. I had the chest hair, back hair, arm hair, leg hair. It’s just a big ole Yeti out there, man. All the homies on the court were calling me ‘Big Yeti.’ ”
Travis takes the nickname in stride — the New Heights podcast has two “Big Yeti” shirts for sale for $38 in its official merch store.
The first shirt features a hairy blue yeti in a football uniform, preparing to shoot a ball into a “New Heights” hoop that’s attached to a football goalpost, while the second features Travis’s nickname in bold yellow font across a T-shirt.
Fans online are also taking Travis’ body hair in stride. When Deux Moi originally posted the workout photos on Instagram on May 20, the comments were swift and opinionated. One person passionately wrote, “I genuinely LOVE a man with body hair. It’s HOT AF,” with another championing the photos, saying, “Hair is natural my dudes.”
Some had some negative reactions to Travis’ body hair, but those who did were widely defended by others who pointed out that body hair is completely normal and that if they have a problem, they should rethink things. Other fans even modified Taylor Swift lyrics to fit the situation, showing off their creativity.
Jason Kelce Doesn’t Believe Travis When He Claims to Be Ignorant About This Taylor Swift Connection
On the latest episode of their podcast, the brothers discussed Patrick Mahomes’ gala and auction, where Travis made a mid-bid flub
Travis Kelce revisited his auction faux pas moment
While on New Heights, the NFL star explained to his brother Jason how he came to bid on an item he already owned
“You realized it afterwards?” Jason asked, after Travis explained his mindset
Taylor Swift’s guitar belongs to Travis Kelce — even if his brother Jason can’t quite see.
While on the latest episode of their New Heights podcast, the siblings revisited last week’s 15 and the Mahomies auction gala, where the Kansas City Chiefs star tried to buy the “Fortnight” singer’s autographed guitar.
“There’s this clip of you helping a good cause by running up an auction price for a signed guitar,” Jason, 37, began — and which Travis, 35, quickly corrected.
“No, I put my paddle up because I wanted it and then I realized, ‘Oh, I already have it. Oh, that was the guitar I have,’ ” Travis said.
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But the retired Philadelphia Eagles center couldn’t understand why his brother bid in the first place.
“You realized it afterwards?” Jason incredulously asked, to which Travis replied: “You don’t want to buy the same guitar twice.”
Travis appeared at his friend and Chiefs star Patrick Mahomes’ annual charity benefit on Thursday, May 15, where he was seated with the quarterback and his wife Brittany Mahomes. In video taken at the event, Swift was not seen.
But footage from the gala caught the moment Travis made his mistake mid-bid.
“I just realized I have that already,” Kelce said and then took his seat at a table, as guests at the event roared with laughter.
Last year, Swift, 35, and the Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? host pulled up at the benefit, where they displayed PDA — and their generosity.
The tight end appeared onstage during the auction and revealed that he and his “significant other” had decided to put four of Swift’s Eras Tour tickets up for bidding.
“Has anyone heard of the Eras Tour?,” he asked as guests in the room cheered.