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- Travis Kelce was joined by his parents, Ed and Donna Kelce, astatine nan premiere of ESPN's precocious released docuseries, The Kingdom, connected Sunday, Aug. 24
- Ed and Donna some said exclusively to PEOPLE astatine nan event, and revealed their reactions to Taylor Swift's caller quality connected Travis' podcast, New Heights
- The Kingdom, directed by Kristen Lappas, chronicles nan Chiefs' 2024 play and heavy dives into nan franchise's unique spot successful nan NFL’s landscape
Travis Kelce had 2 of his biggest fans by his broadside for a very typical night.
The NFL star, 35, was joined by his parents, Ed and Donna Kelce, astatine nan premiere of nan Kansas City Chiefs' caller ESPN docuseries, The Kingdom, connected Sunday, Aug. 24. They were each smiles arsenic they walked nan reddish carpet astatine nan celebratory event, held astatine nan Kauffman Center for nan Performing Arts successful Kansas City.
Donna showed her Chiefs squad tone by wearing a acheronian reddish lace ensemble, accessorized pinch a brace of her signature reddish glasses to match. Ed sported a classical bluish suit and achromatic shirt.
The shot parents said exclusively to PEOPLE connected nan reddish carpet and shared their respective reactions to Travis' woman Taylor Swift's caller appearance connected New Heights, nan podcast Travis hosts pinch his brother, Jason Kelce.
Donna described nan popular superstar's quality connected nan Aug. 13 podcast section arsenic "really, really eventful."
“It was authentic. It was conscionable thing I deliberation everybody was thrilled to see, and it was a very loving podcast,” she added.
Ed, meanwhile, told PEOPLE really his boy Travis' joyousness is each down to his relationship pinch Swift, 35. When asked to pinpoint nan origin of nan tight end's happiness of late, Ed replied, "Taylor. There's nary mobility astir it."
Donna and Ed, who went their abstracted ways pursuing their sons' assemblage graduations aft astir 25 years of marriage, person showed their support for Travis passim his 12 seasons successful nan NFL, and person moreover opened up astatine magnitude astir backing his dreams to play professionally since he was a kid.
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In February, nan proud parents sported matching jerseys pinch nan number "87" connected them successful support of Travis and nan Chiefs playing successful nan 2025 Super Bowl against nan Philadelphia Eagles. They posed connected nan reddish carpet together up of nan anticipated matchup.
Travis' relative Jason, meanwhile, has spoken highly of his brother's individual and master endeavors some connected and disconnected nan section — from his standout NFL profession to his whirlwind romance pinch Swift — connected their record-breaking podcast.
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In summation to nan Kelces, respective members of nan Chiefs squad walked nan reddish carpet astatine Sunday's The Kingdom premiere. Quarterback Patrick Mahomes posed for photos alongside his wife, Brittany Mahomes, and caput coach Andy Reid made an quality together pinch his wife, Tammy Reid.
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The spirited soirée was thrown successful ceremony of ESPN's merchandise of The Kingdom, a six-part docuseries that chronicles nan Chiefs' pursuit of a history-making "three-peat" astatine nan 2024 Super Bowl, while simultaneously breaking down nan franchise's unique spot successful nan NFL’s scenery for much than six decades.
The Kingdom, directed by Kristen Lappas, premiered connected Aug. 14. It's produced by Words + Pictures successful relation pinch Skydance Sports, NFL Films, 2PM Productions and Foolish Club Studios.
Kansas City Chiefs CEO and Chairman Clark Hunt called nan bid a "tribute to everyone who has helped shape" nan franchise complete nan past 60 years.
"We were proud to unfastened our doors to stock nan afloat scope of what Chiefs Kingdom means, connected nan section and beyond," he added.
ESPN's Chiefs Kingdom is airing now and disposable for streaming connected ESPN+.