- Fans recently unearthed some hilarious old tweets from Travis Kelce from 2011
- Now the man himself has spoken about it on his New Heights podcast
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Travis Kelce tried to laugh off his embarrassment after several old tweets from 2011 went viral on social media.
The Chiefs star, whose romance with Taylor Swift has seen his profile reach new heights in recent months, hit the headlines for new reasons last week when fans brought his old tweets to light.
Then, in his early 20s, Kelce often tweeted about his favorite snacks, how much he enjoyed taking naps, and, best of all, feeding bread to a “squirrel.”
And it gave his older brother Jason great material for the latest episode of their New Heights podcast as the couple reflected on another wild week.
“Perhaps the biggest news of the last week is Travis Kelce’s tweets from 2009-2011. “It was all over the news,” Jason said. “If you go back and read them, what does Travis Kelce think?”
Travis Kelce has spoken out about his 2011 tweets resurfacing and going viral
Kelce said he used Twitter “like a diary” in 2011 and joked about his spelling skills
He was most talked about about his now infamous tweet in which he was surprised by a squirrel eating bread
The man himself replied: “I just use Twitter like a diary.” There is no… I’m out here just saying nonsense. “I just gave a squirrel a piece of bread” and “squirrel” spelled like a donkey.
Jason replied with a laugh, “First of all, that’s the new spelling for squirrel.” I don’t know why they spelled it differently.
“I think the only reason this one fails is the writing. But I’d be pretty…if I threw bread around and a squirrel ate it, I’d be pretty psyched.’
Travis added: “I had found a friend, man. I had found a friend. “Nap Time” (another old tweet) was a classic. I just need a good 15.
“I mean, that’s why I don’t tweet anymore. ‘It’s just nonsense.’
The Chiefs star himself’s full tweet read: “I just gave a squirrel a piece of bread and it smashed everything!!!!” I had no idea they ate bread like that!! Haha #crazy.’
Travis continued, “Nobody followed me back then.” But I have to say, I’ve been trying to delete those old tweets since I’ve been in the league. But actually it came to the surface.
“Everyone was fucking committed to 2011. What a damn year this has been. What was I even doing in some of these tweets?’
At the time, Travis was attending college in Cincinnati, where he and Jason played football before moving on to the NFL.
Kelce’s tweets are embarrassing, but also endearing. He often talked about how funny he found his brother Jason and about the food he would “smash” with a piece of bread like that squirrel.
On December 11, 2009, Travis wrote, “Haha man my brother has to be one of the funniest guys on the planet, he’s top notch comedy any time of day.”
Another said in 2010: “I HOP!!!!!! I love coming here for breakfast! Um, I think I’ll have the T-bone steak with eggs please! Haha, with some white toast on the side!’