Travis Kelce (tkelce) has two Super Bowl titles and one ‘SNL’ hosting gig under his belt—but the fan-favorite tight end is just getting started. For VF's July/August Issue, the Chiefs star reflects on his rise to stardom—both on and off the field.
Along Sunset Boulevard, we pass a mammoth billboard for Fallon’s game show,and Kelce recounts meeting the host for the first time. “I was like, ‘Dude, this is probably going to be the most awkward thing anybody has ever said to you,’” he says, building up a story that ends with him revealing that he told Fallon how much he loved him in the 2004 filmFallon has a scene in which he sings “This Will Be ,” and Kelce really gets a kick out of it.
Kelce also remains tight with several childhood friends from Cleveland Heights, who are fixtures within Kelce’s jet-setting lifestyle. There’s Kumar Ferguson, who works as his personal chef. Growing up in Cleveland Heights, Ferguson honed a passion for food by cooking for his younger brother. He was working as a truck driver in 2016, a job that allowed him to “taste food from every region,” when Kelce called to make a compelling proposition.
For Kelce, the candor and familiarity of those friendships has been a grounding force. “I’ve known both of them since I was five, six years old,” he says of Ferguson and Jones. “It’s really easy to be yourself when you’ve got the people you grew up with around all the time.” Shams hands him a black suede shoe embellished with a Tiffany blue Nike swoosh, and Kelce holds it up for me to inspect.We are led to “the vault,” which is just the back room from which we entered, and Shams shows him the Air Jordan 1 A Ma Maniére.
The day grinds on toward late afternoon as our SUV creeps toward Malibu. He’s in California a lot these days, for work and play, but remains partial to New York and Miami, which are both close to his immediate family. Jason is in Philadelphia with his wife and three kids. Ed and Donna, who are divorced, live in Pennsylvania and Florida, respectively.
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