Jason Kelce Teases His Possible Christmas Gift for Taylor Swift: 'I’ve Got Something Up My Sleeve This Year'

Mar. 15, 2025

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Jason Kelcehas a strategy in mind when it comes to a Christmas gift forTaylor Swift.

In a guest spot onJimmy Kimmel Liveon Thursday, Nov. 21, the former NFL star workshopped his holiday present plan with the host — and said it might have a personal touch!

“It’s tough to shop for people that can have anything that they want,” Kelce, 37, said. “You gotta go to handmade gifts, something sentimental, maybe, that is near and dear to them.”

“I’ve got something up my sleeve this year,” Kelce said. “A macaroni necklace. It works for me with my kids very well.”

“It would be funny if you make Taylor a macaroni necklace,” Kimmel replied, “and then all of a sudden millions of girls are wearing macaroni necklaces.”

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“Friendship macaroni necklaces, we just started a trend,” Kelce joked.

Elsewhere in the interview, the retired athlete broke new news that he will be hosting his own late-night show on Friday nights on ESPN starting in January.

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“For me, the biggest thing that players miss when they leave the sport is being around the guys,” he added about how his new show will enable him to bridge the gap between playing football and retiring to spend more time with his wifeKylie Kelceand their daughtersWyatt, 5,Elliotte, 3½, andBennett, 20 months.

“Being able to have the show, where we’re gonna have a bunch of guys up there, legends of the game, friends that I’ve played with, coaches, celebrities,” Kelce continued. “While also incorporating NFL films, who’s going to be a part of it.”

The Philadelphia-based show will feature a live studio audience, he added.

Eight months after retiring from the NFL after 13 seasons, Kelce added that he’s now “actually busier in a lot of ways.”“It’s like more decentralized so it’s a lot of like inefficient busyness,” he said. “Whereas every day I went down to the NovaCare complex in South Philly and worked to get better at football with a bunch of coaches and players and it was awesome and now I’m traveling.”

source: people.com