What did Jason Kelce say? Travis Kelce’s brother addresses backlash over World Series comments 

Jason Kelce found himself clarifying a few comments after a New Heights podcast segment about the World Series caught attention online. In a short clip shared on X, the retired NFL player and his brother, Travis Kelce, were talking about this year’s matchups when Jason asked:

“You’re telling me I’m supposed to get excited about a Canadian baseball team and a team that spends more money than everybody else?”

He didn’t mince words after that.

“Who the f**k cares about either?” he said.

“That’s why baseball sucks. You just buy World Series championships. It’s the dumbest thing in the world,” he added.

Jason Kelce went on to say,

“Everybody knew this was going to happen before the season. We just had a bunch of meaningless s**t happen before it and then it happened.”

He ended his rant with a line that summed up his mood perfectly:

“So, yeah, no, baseball’s not getting my stamp.”

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Jason Kelce clears the air after backlash to his World Series comments

As People reported, Jason Kelce’s podcast comments didn’t sit well with everyone, especially Toronto Blue Jays fans, who felt slighted by his take on the World Series. On Nov. 7, the retired NFL star turned to X to clear things up.

“Guys, I love Canada, I have been bamboozled by our social team that failed to show the whole story,” he explained in a post.

Kelce leaned into his humor as he continued,

“How could I not love poutine, maple syrup and beavers!! I was actually rooting for the Blue Jays in a World Series that I didn’t care about. Seriously, Canada is the best, I was just talking s**t about not being personally invested or caring that the team that spent the most money and built a super team won the World Series. That’s it. I am a known Canada advocate and Ice Hockey lover.”

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Jason Kelce introduces his first fragrance, a smoky collaboration with Kingsford

Away from podcast microphones and viral moments, Jason Kelce stepped into a new arena recently. The retired Philadelphia Eagles center launched Slow Burn, a barbecue-inspired collaboration with charcoal giant Kingsford. As The National News Desk reported, the scent was described as a “gourmand-smoke” fragrance, packaged in a matte black bottle with a football-shaped cap, priced at $30.62, a nod to his former jersey number.

The fragrance combined charred hardwood, carbon clove, sawdust, and powder smolder, meant to evoke the scent of backyard grilling. Mitchell O’Furey, Kingsford’s marketing head, said the match-up was an easy one.

“Kingsford has spent over a century perfecting the art of charcoal grilling, so who better to create the first charcoal-inspired fragrance?” he said.

Kelce told WWD that while fragrance wasn’t something he had ever thought deeply about, he was drawn to scents that carried emotion.

“If I smell something that makes me think of a person, a place or a thing, then I tend to like that smell, charcoal is a very vivid scent in a lot of the meaningful moments of my life,” he shared.

He also joked that his brother, Travis Kelce, was the more style-conscious one.

“Travis is definitely the one who’s always had the different colognes lined up on his dresser,” he said.

Beyond fragrance, Jason Kelce has also been working with Garage Beer on Thermal Buzz, a short film tied to 20th Century Studios’ Predator: Badlands, set for release on November 7. The project, featuring Kelce and former teammate Beau Allen, serves as a tribute to the 1987 classic Predator.

“As a ’90s kid, there’s nothing I loved more than a good action movie; it’s hard to find a movie more iconic than Predator,” Kelce shared.

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