Jason Kelce Gushes Over His Wife Kylie — and Reveals the Advice He Gave Her About Starting a Podcast (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Jason and Kylie Kelce at the Atlanta Braves vs Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park on March 30, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.Photo:Ouzounova / SplashNews.com

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Jason Kelcecouldn’t be more proud of his wifeKylie.“She’s killing it,” Jason, 37, boasts to PEOPLE amid the immediate success of Kylie’s new podcast,Not Gonna Lie.The former field hockey player’s quick rise in the podcasting world (she de-throned Joe Rogan forthe top spot on Spotify and Apple’s podcast chartsafter just the premiere episode) wasn’t a shock to her husband, he says.“Doesn’t surprise me one bit,” Jason says, while speaking with PEOPLE about his partnership with Kingsford grilling. “She’s been the smartest one in the family for a long time. People have been asking her point of view for a long time. And whenever she comes on our podcast, those episodes are usually the highest viewed. So I expected her to do well and hopefully that continues.“No stranger to hosting a wildly popular podcast, theNew Heights with Jason and Travis Kelcehost says he only had one piece of advice for Kylie before she launched her own show.“The only advice I gave her was, ‘Make sure you do what you want to do with the show.’ It takes a lot of people, especially to do a podcast or anything that’s recorded, you work with a lot of people that are experts in their fields,” Jason explains.Jason Kelce and Kylie Kelce attend Thursday Night Football Presents The World Premiere of “Kelce”.Lisa Lake/Getty Images"But I think if you’re doing something and you’re taking the time to do it, make sure you’re doing it the way you want to do it and you’re sticking true to what your vision is. And then you want to take into account other people’s ideas and whatnot.“The new late-night host credits “a lot of really good people” at Wave Sports + Entertainment who help makeNew HeightsandNot Gonna Liecome to life.“But at the end of the day, make sure you’re doing what you want to do,” he adds. “Otherwise, it could tend to be not as fun.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.And Kylie’s doing exactly that, her husband says. When asked what it is about his wife he thinks people are drawn to, Jason says, “I think she’s authentic to who she is.““I think Kylie is a very authentic person. I think she’s very real. And I think that that makes people connect with her. And I think that she’s very smart, she’s funny, she’s charismatic, she’s beautiful. So I think when you combine all those traits, people tend to like listening to her.“Kylie Kelce attends 2023 Night of Too Many Stars benefiting NEXT for AUTISM at Beacon Theatre on December 11, 2023 in New York City.Kevin Mazur/GettyKylie and Jason’s fans appreciate their transparency — like whenKylie admitted Jason rarely watches their kidsand that they don’t censor themselves in front of the girls. TheMonday Night Countdownanalyst says there wasn’t anything he asked Kylie not to mention on her show.“We’re a pretty open family. We don’t really hold back a lot,” Jason shares. “I think we’ve collectively chose to not show our kids as much, but I think that we’re pretty much on the same page. I don’t know that there’s anything that she would say that I would deem off limits.”

Jason Kelcecouldn’t be more proud of his wifeKylie.

“She’s killing it,” Jason, 37, boasts to PEOPLE amid the immediate success of Kylie’s new podcast,Not Gonna Lie.

The former field hockey player’s quick rise in the podcasting world (she de-throned Joe Rogan forthe top spot on Spotify and Apple’s podcast chartsafter just the premiere episode) wasn’t a shock to her husband, he says.

“Doesn’t surprise me one bit,” Jason says, while speaking with PEOPLE about his partnership with Kingsford grilling. “She’s been the smartest one in the family for a long time. People have been asking her point of view for a long time. And whenever she comes on our podcast, those episodes are usually the highest viewed. So I expected her to do well and hopefully that continues.”

No stranger to hosting a wildly popular podcast, theNew Heights with Jason and Travis Kelcehost says he only had one piece of advice for Kylie before she launched her own show.“The only advice I gave her was, ‘Make sure you do what you want to do with the show.’ It takes a lot of people, especially to do a podcast or anything that’s recorded, you work with a lot of people that are experts in their fields,” Jason explains.

Jason Kelce and Kylie Kelce attend Thursday Night Football Presents The World Premiere of “Kelce”.Lisa Lake/Getty Images

Lisa Lake/Getty Images

“But I think if you’re doing something and you’re taking the time to do it, make sure you’re doing it the way you want to do it and you’re sticking true to what your vision is. And then you want to take into account other people’s ideas and whatnot.”

The new late-night host credits “a lot of really good people” at Wave Sports + Entertainment who help makeNew HeightsandNot Gonna Liecome to life.

“But at the end of the day, make sure you’re doing what you want to do,” he adds. “Otherwise, it could tend to be not as fun.”

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

And Kylie’s doing exactly that, her husband says. When asked what it is about his wife he thinks people are drawn to, Jason says, “I think she’s authentic to who she is.”

“I think Kylie is a very authentic person. I think she’s very real. And I think that that makes people connect with her. And I think that she’s very smart, she’s funny, she’s charismatic, she’s beautiful. So I think when you combine all those traits, people tend to like listening to her.”

Kylie Kelce attends 2023 Night of Too Many Stars benefiting NEXT for AUTISM at Beacon Theatre on December 11, 2023 in New York City.Kevin Mazur/Getty

Kevin Mazur/Getty

Kylie and Jason’s fans appreciate their transparency — like whenKylie admitted Jason rarely watches their kidsand that they don’t censor themselves in front of the girls. TheMonday Night Countdownanalyst says there wasn’t anything he asked Kylie not to mention on her show.

“We’re a pretty open family. We don’t really hold back a lot,” Jason shares. “I think we’ve collectively chose to not show our kids as much, but I think that we’re pretty much on the same page. I don’t know that there’s anything that she would say that I would deem off limits.”

source: people.com