The run-up to this yr’s Tremendous Bowl has been bereft of some notable storylines. There’s barely any speak about X’s and O’s, solely a bit of prognosticating on Patrick Mahomes’ legacy, and nearly zero chatter about essentially the most well-known non-football participant from final yr’s Large Recreation: Donna Kelce.
Clearly, when each of your outspoken sons make the Tremendous Bowl, you’re going to be a narrative. Harking back to the Har-Bowl in 2013, each single puff piece in regards to the Kelce household was lined advert nauseam, and Mama Kelce was on the receiving finish of a variety of that focus (partly as a result of she by no means turns down an open mic, but I digress).
Though Jason was lowered to chugging beers shirtless in a KC suite after the Eagles Wild Card loss, Travis is half of the largest storyline this yr. It took two and a half paragraphs to write down the identify, “Taylor Swift,” which is stunning as a result of she’s been main many of the Tremendous Bowl protection.
Hell, the one method Donna may even get a point out is by mentioning there may not be sufficient room for her in Swift’s suite.
“You can understand that the boxes in Vegas are multimillion dollars, so I have a feeling I’m not in a box,” Donna said on the Today Show. “I have a feeling I’m in the stands. As far as I know, I’m in the stands with everybody else, because it is a pricey Super Bowl.”
Don’t fear, Donna, when juxtaposed subsequent to the world’s most well-known pop star, all of us are shortly relegated to “everybody else” — even your son, who’s truly enjoying within the sport. Critically, many of the questions the Kansas Metropolis All-Professional tight finish has fielded the previous week have been pertaining to Taylor’s whereabouts, his missed trip to the Grammys, and whether or not he’ll be a groupie when the Eras Tour resumes after Sunday. It’s even odds that one of many first three questions Travis will probably be requested after a possible third title in 5 years is that if he and Swift will probably be attending the Tremendous Bowl parade.
So, Mama Kelce can say she’s “going to take a step back to enjoy” this yr’s Tremendous Bowl, however the choice wasn’t hers. In actuality, Donna was most likely on her 14th minute of fame, and any hope for one more Campbell’s Soup business was stamped out by T-Swift like she did that man monitoring her non-public jet.
From right here on out, it’s all Ziploc bags for Donna, and, hey, that’s higher than most. Although I don’t assume Taylor will probably be endorsing single-use plastics anytime quickly, gotta get that free cash whilst you can. Nevertheless, Mama Kelce’s outfit received’t be acknowledged by the Corridor of Fame this offseason, nor will she get gratuitous cutaways from CBS crews on Sunday.
No, all extra digital camera time have to be directed at The Suite. , the one Donna Kelce isn’t in.
