New Heights is ostensibly a Chiefs and Eagles show, thanks to Travis and Jason Kelce’s careers with each team. But after the Birds won Super Bowl LIX over the Chiefs, some 92%ers were not pleased with the podcast’s social media accounts post to celebrate the win.
The original post, which is now deleted, read, “Congrats to all our Birds fan 92%ers and Jason’s Eagles teammates on an incredible season,” and the accompanying graphic shared a quote from Jason, who said, “There’s a lot of people in the Philadelphia organization that feel like family to me.”
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Chiefs fans, many of them also Taylor Swift fans, lashed out at the account for posting about the opponent when Travis was the only brother to play in the actual game, unlike during the “Kelce Bowl” in Super Bowl LVII. Some Swifties also criticized Jason for stating publicly that he would be supporting both Travis and his former Eagles teammates in the game. Kelce said on ESPN’s pregame show ahead of Super Bowl LIX that “the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb.”
The New Heights podcast ultimately deleted the posts congratulating the Eagles from all their social media platforms. The show elected not to post during the Super Bowl, not even to recognize Travis breaking the NFL record for most catches by a tight end in the Super Bowl.
Jason posted about the referees in the Super Bowl twice on his own account on X, and retweeted one additional post about the officials. He did not post a congratulations message to the Birds — despite posting one after the NFC Championship game.
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Swifties also expressed their anger toward defensive back C.J. Gardner-Johnson’s Instagram stories taking shots at Travis, saying he should not have broken up with his ex-girlfriend, Kayla Nicole — who celebrated on the field after the game with the Eagles. Gardner-Johnson and Travis appeared to have a short on-field confrontation in the fourth quarter.
Going to be an awkward episode of the show Wednesday!