Travis Kelce and Andy Reid Respond to Viral Yelling Super Bowl Clip
The Kansas City Chiefs triumphed in Super Bowl LVIII thanks to the talents of players like Travis Kelce and head coach Andy Reid. But the win didn't come without hard work, and sometimes high-stress situations like these can bring out sides of us that others normally wouldn't see.
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That's what happened when Kelce seemingly lost his temper with Reid on the sidelines after the Chiefs fumbled the ball during the game. He grabbed the coach's arm and shoved him, almost knocking the 65-year-old off his feet. He had to be pulled away by Chiefs running back Jerick McKinnon.
Kelce's passion paid off, to say the least, as the Chiefs brought home their second Super Bowl title in a row and third in four years. After the game, both Reid and Kelce shrugged off what appeared to be an intense verbal altercation during the game.
"The part I love is he loves to play the game, and he wants to help his team win. It's not a selfish thing, that's not what it is, and I understand that. And so as much as, you know, he bumps into me, I get after him. And we understand that," Reid admitted in a post-game interview. "He just caught me off balance."
Andy Reid says when Travis Kelce is emotional, it’s not out of selfishness: pic.twitter.com/cO7K17yBjR
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Reid echoed a similar sentiment in another post-game interview. "He keeps me young. Tested that hip out," the coach quipped. "He caught me off balance, normally I'd give him a little bit, but I didn't have any feet under me."
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Kelce, for his part, isn't divulging what he actually yelled at Reid in that moment. When speaking to reporters about the incident, the tight end appeared to brush it off and make a joke of it.
"Oh, you guys saw that?" he said of the viral clip. "I'm going to keep that between us unless my [mic] tells the world, but I was just telling him how much I love him."
"Imma keep it between us ... I was just telling him how much I love him."
— ESPN (@espn) February 12, 2024
—Travis Kelce on the in-game interaction with Andy Reid pic.twitter.com/oKGkJfGhWc
Kelce continued to heap praise on Reid later after the game. "I've got the greatest coach this game has ever seen," he said. Coincidentally, he credited his emotional regulation skills to Reid.
"He's one of the best leaders of men that I've ever seen in my life. He's helped me a lot with that: with channeling that emotion, channeling that passion, and I owe my entire career to that guy and being able to kinda control how emotional I get," he said. "I just love him."
"I got the greatest coach this game has ever seen ... he's one of the best leaders of men I've ever seen in my life.:
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) February 12, 2024
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It's a good thing the Chiefs ended up winning.