Travis Kelce is apparently on a first-name basis with Tom Cruise now, and Jason Kelce can’t quite wrap his head around it.
That exchange came on the latest episode of “New Heights,” released Wednesday after Jason and Travis recorded together in Kansas City. The conversation landed in the middle of a busy week for the Chiefs tight end, who helped Kansas City beat the Denver Broncos 31-10 on Monday night. During that game, Cruise was also seen in Kelce’s suite alongside Taylor Swift.
The Kelces also said Cruise will appear on a special episode of “New Heights” on Friday, and Travis made it clear he’s genuinely happy to know the actor. Jason, though, was stunned that his brother has gotten comfortable enough to drop the full Hollywood name and just say “Tom.”
“You calling him Tom is crazy to me. I feel like when somebody gets that famous, you just call the person Tom Cruise.
"I'm hanging out with Tom." Who Tom?
This was Tom Cruise. You can't just call him Tom,” Jason said.
Travis said it started more formally, but the relationship loosened up after Cruise showed up at the game and the two had a sit-down together.
“It was definitely Tom Cruise for the first two times, but then him coming to the game and us having a sit down right here. I mean, that's my guy Tom.
Yeah, that's my guy. Well, he's the man.
You guys are gonna love the sit down with him (Time Stamp: 3:48),” Travis said.
Cruise was one of the 1,000 guests who attended Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift's wedding at Madison Square Garden on July 3.
On the field, Kelce finished with three receptions for 71 total yards, including a 59-yard run in the third quarter.
The episode also included another family story, this one involving Swift and Jason Kelce’s four daughters. Travis said the girls were so formal when they first met her that they kept using her full name.
“We had to break the habit of your daughters, when they got to meet aunt Tay Tay they were calling her Taylor Swift ‘Taylor Swift can I do this? Taylor Swift’ adorable," Kelce said about his nieces.
He said they were told they could just call her Taylor instead. Now, Wyatt, Elliotte, Bennett and Finnley call her “Aunt Tay Tay.”
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