If the circumstances had been reversed and the Eagles had won the Super Bowl, Jason Kelce might have hosted Saturday Night Live.
Coincidentally, Kansas City overcame a 10-point deficit at halftime to beat the Birds in the closing seconds of Super Bowl LVII, and it was Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce who got the nod for Saturday night’s show.
During Travis’ opening monologue, the camera panned to show both Jason and her parents, Ed and Donna, on TV with Mom, Travis joked, “more than either of us.” Travis said it was “pretty embarrassing” to beat his older brother in the Super Bowl, but that didn’t stop him from cracking some jokes at the expense of the Eagles center.
“Even though his team lost after going 10 points clear at halftime, my brother is really happy for me,” Travis said as the camera panned to show Jason offering his best mean cup.
“And he agrees the referee made the right decision, it was a hold,” added Travis, a jab over a late Super Bowl penalty against cornerback James Bradberry that members of both teams are still talking about weeks later.
Jason later wormed his way onto the show as well, appearing as a friend in an otherwise unforgettable skit, in which Travis played an engaged man who met his ex-girlfriend at a bar.
“Is this guy bothering you?” Jason said, pointing at Travis’ character. “Do I have to spank him because I definitely could.”
Travis becomes the 12th NFL player or coach to host Saturday Night Live, a roster featuring Joe Montana, John Madden and Tom Brady. Like Peyton Manning, Travis seemed comfortable in most of his sketches, which shouldn’t come as too much of a shock. In addition to playing himself in the short-lived Showtime comedy Moonbase 8, Travis also once starred in the E! Network dating show Catching Kelce.
“It was a bit like The Bachelor, except instead of giving out roses, I was handing out soccer balls and people weren’t looking,” Travis joked, adding that the experience was “a little bit awkward.”
“This show is owned by NBCUniversal, so it should be on Peacock,” Travis said. “But Peacock said, ‘No, we’re good.'”
Jason liked that.
Jason also appeared in a pre-filmed NFL commercial spoof alongside his brother and Chiefs lineman Creed Humphrey.
This coming weekend, Wednesday star Jenna Ortega will be hosting Saturday Night Live. Musical guest is the English pop-rock band The 1975.