When Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce was at the podium at the White House to celebrate his team’s Super Bowl win he had one thing on his mind — he was going to get tased.
Travis Kelce spoke about the celebration ceremony held May 31 on the June 5 edition of the “New Heights” podcast with his brother, Jason Kelce.
“When I walked in, I had about four or five Secret Service members come up to me and tell me, ‘You know if you go up to that podium, we’re authorized to tase you,'” Kelce said, per Today.
That “threat” almost became a reality when President Joe Biden called him to the podium.
“That’s all that was going through my head,” he said on the podcast. “I had no idea President Biden was going to ask me to come up and let me have my moment. And he walks right up, and the first thing he said was (to) give me the floor. And I felt (a) Taser aimed at me when I was up there the whole time.”
His older brother said that was not likely.
“If the president invites you up, you’re not going to get tased,” Jason Kelce said.
Travis Kelce tried — and failed — to address the crowd at a 2023 White House Super Bowl celebration. But Biden let him take the mic when he hosted the Chiefs for their second straight Super Bowl win.
“I’d have Travis come up here, but God only knows what he’ll say,” Biden said. “Travis, come here.”
Travis Kelce approached the podium cautiously.
“My fellow Americans, it’s nice to see you all yet again,” Kelce said. “Uh, I’m not going to lie, President Biden, they told me if I came up here I’d get tased, so I’m going to go back to my spot.”
Jason Kelce approved the speech.
“My fellow Americans,”’ Jason Kelce said. “Trav, you nailed it.”
Travis Kelce said the Secret Service was after him following the Chiefs’ 2023 visit to the White House when he was able to go despite having an expired driver’s license.
“The Secret Service that’s all over the White House, they weren’t too happy with me on my second time visiting,” he said on the June 5 episode. “Not just for that, but for the whole, you remember I was talking about how I had an expired ID and I got in the White House. I caught s—- for that.
“Beforehand, I made sure — because of what happened last time and how embarrassed I was for going to the White House with an expired ID — I made sure that I brought my passport this time so that it showed that I was a citizen in Missouri. And I was official, and I was legit, and I was doing things the right way because everyone has to do that at the White House.”
Despite the glitch, Travis Kelce enjoyed the ceremony.
“It’s an always an honor to go to the White House,” he said. “Any time that I get a chance to get recognized by the president of the United States and get to go with my teammates and a group of men and women that I had success with to the point where we get to get acknowledgement, I’m doing it every single time.
“No matter who’s up there at the helm, no matter what’s going on in this world, I think it’s just such a cool opportunity,” he said.
The Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers with a score of 25-22.
