Travis Kelce’s victory party will carry on into March.
The Chiefs’ superstar tight end will host “Saturday Night Live” on March 4, becoming the latest high-profile sports figure to lead the show.
Kelsea Ballerini is slated to appear as the musical guest.
Kelce, 33, is coming off a come-from-behind victory in Super Bowl 2023, racking up six catches for a team-high 81 yards and a touchdown as he and the Chiefs won their second championship in four seasons.
He posted 110 catches, 1,338 yards and 12 touchdowns — all career highs — in the regular season.
Kelce is no stranger to TV, though “SNL” will likely be different from his 2016 E! Reality dating series “Catching Kelce.”
“At the end of the day, I don’t think I got portrayed as myself,” he said of the experience on “The Pivot Podcast” in January, adding, “I know that I’m not going back into reality TV.”
Travis Kelce’s Super Bowl victory lap will continue with hosting on ‘Saturday Night Live. APKelce will join a long list of sports figures to have hosted the show when he takes the stage, following in the footsteps of Fran Tarkenton, O.J. Simpson, Bill Russell, John Madden, Bob Uecker, Alex Karras, Hulk Hogan, Marvin Hagler, Billy Martin,
Joe Montana, Walter Payton, Carl Weathers, Wayne Gretzky, Chris Evert, Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, Nancy Kerrigan, George Foreman, Deion Sanders, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Derek Jeter, Jonny Moseley, Jeff Gordon, Andy Roddick, Tom Brady, Lance Armstrong, Peyton Manning, Eli Manning, LeBron James, Michael Phelps, Ronda Rousey, John Cena and J.J. Watt.
As for Kelce’s potential monologue, well, he may have given fans a preview at the Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade on Wednesday when he addressed the Kansas City crowd.
“Let me take you back to 2022 in the month of maybe April — maybe,” Kelce said. “Guys were getting signed left and right. The haters were saying that the Chiefs would never make the playoffs, the haters were saying the Chiefs were done. If you knew the Chiefs were going to win the division, let me hear you say, ‘Hell yeah!’ If you knew the Chiefs were going to get the No. 1 seed, let me hear you say, ‘Hell yeah!’
Kelce celebrated the Super Bowl win with his mom, Donna. Getty Images“I knew it, you knew it, but they didn’t know it. If you knew that Patrick Mahomes was going to win MVP, let me hear you say, ‘Hell yeah!’ If you knew the Kansas City Chiefs were going to have the best offense in the National Football League, let me hear you say, ‘Uhhhhhh… na na nana.’ That’s a good one right there — I like that one right there. If you knew Chris Jones was going to be the best defensive player in the nation, let me hear you say, ‘Uhhhhhh… na na nana.’ Alright, alright, alright!”






