"Nobody liked me until I became fat," the former NFL star said just before describing the shift in how he's perceived
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Jason Kelce claims losing weight has also caused him to lose some of his supporters.
The 38-year-old retired Philadelphia Eagles center spoke candidly about the public’s perception of his post-NFL physique during the Wednesday, May 13 episode of the New Heights podcast, which he hosts with his younger brother, Travis Kelce.
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Before his admission, Jason read a fan question that asked, “If you had to live in one Disney movie forever, which would you choose and why?”
“Damn, that’s a good f–king question,” Travis, 36, said as the siblings pondered.
The Kansas City Chiefs tight end, who is engaged to Taylor Swift, named Heavyweights as his first option.
Ben Stiller, Judd Apatow, and Kenan Thompson star in the 1995 family comedy, which follows a young boy named Gerry (Aaron Schwartz) get sent to a summer camp for kids who need to shed some pounds.
“All the fat kids when we were growing up, they ended up being the funniest, most enjoyable to be around,” Travis said as they chatted about the film.
“It's true,” Jason added. “Fat people are just better.” Travis told his brother he “didn’t get good” until he “got fat.”
“I didn't,” Jason agreed as Travis laughed. “Yeah. Nobody liked me until I became fat. And as I get skinnier, people hate me more and more.”
Wednesday’s podcast episode isn’t the first time the father of four has spoken on the subject. Shortly after retiring from 13 years in the league in March 2024, he used New Heights to share his goal weight after reaching nearly 300 pounds at one point in his life.
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“I look forward to getting skinny,” he said during an episode of their podcast that same month. “I’m gonna slim down. My goal is 250 lbs. This last week I got down to like 285 because I knew I was doing this and then I had cake like three days in a row."
“There’s different ways to do this," he continued. "I personally don’t subscribe to doing extreme diets like going all the way vegan or all the way carnivore or keto. F— no I’m not doing that."
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That summer he told GQ that he lost nearly 20 lbs. and was looking "forward to losing" more weight.
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