Travis Kelce would prefer not to recall his time on a reality dating show. On the Dec. 31 installment of his “New Heights” podcast, the football star confirmed that he would rather have his “gooch waxed” than be subject to episodes of Catching Kelce.
During the “No Dumb Questions” segment of New Heights, which Travis helms with his brother Jason Kelce, the Chiefs player was asked, “Would you rather be forced and tortured watching Catching Kelce on a loop for the rest of your life or get Brazilian waxed like Jason?”
Travis quickly responded, “I’d rather get Brazilian waxed. Are you kidding me?”
Jason, who was waxed for charity earlier this year, agreed: “Yeah. Just rip it off. Easy decision.”
Despite the pain, Travis affirmed, “But yeah, I’d rather just get my gooch waxed.”
Catching Kelce aired for seven episodes in 2016 on E!. It featured Travis dating 50 women, one from each state, in his pursuit of love. He previously said he agreed to star in the series because he needed cash.
“I was so bad financially my first couple years,” he told The Pivot. “I literally went through my first couple checks like it was nothing. My season checks, all that. I was having so much fun, buying whatever the hell I wanted to do, going wherever the hell I wanted to… So I heard about the situation where I can make six figures in two weeks? I was like … ‘This is actually starting to sound a little better.’”
Earlier this year, he admitted on the Bussin’ With the Boys podcast that the series was “the worst thing I ever did.” “It didn’t set me up for anything,” he said. “I didn’t realize what reality TV really was.”
Travis recently found lasting love with Taylor Swift. The couple announced their engagement in August. “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married,” they wrote in a joint post on Instagram.
The singer revealed in October that the sweet moment was a long time coming. During an appearance on Heart Breakfast, Swift said she started floating inspiration for her ring to the athlete about 18 months prior by showing him videos of recent work from designer Kindred Lubeck. They were only a few months into their relationship by then, but when she knew, she knew.
Travis ultimately opted for a grand surprise that followed the taping of Swift’s appearance on his New Heights podcast. “He really crushed it in surprising me,” Swift said on The Graham Norton Show. “While we were talking on his podcast, he had a complete garden built out the back of his house to propose in. He went all out, 10 out of 10.”
Swift stopped by New Heights earlier this year to promote her most recent LP, The Life of a Showgirl. While on the podcast, Swift reflected fondly on how Travis went about courting her. “This kind of felt more like I was in an ’80s John Hughes movie, and he was standing outside of my window with boom box, just being like, ‘I want to date you,’” she said. “This is sort of what I’ve been writing songs about wanting to happen to me since I was a teenager.”
