The retired NFL star attended the Milan Winter Olympics with his wife and the mother of his four children
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- Jason Kelce joked about being called “Kylie Kelce’s husband” during the Winter Olympics, saying he found it hilarious
- Kylie Kelce attended the Olympics on behalf of NBC and YouTube, while Jason enjoyed the games as a spectator
- The couple, married since 2018, share four daughters and celebrated Team USA’s women’s hockey gold medal win together
Jason Kelce has no problem being the second most important Kelce in his household.
The 38-year-old retired NFL star recently attended the Milan Winter Olympics with his wife, Kylie Kelce, and while there he received an unexpected title.
On the latest episode of his and brother Travis Kelce’s New Heights podcast released Wednesday, Feb. 25, Travis pointed out that CBS referred to “Kylie Kelce and her husband” in the stands at the Team USA women’s hockey game.
“You're the plus one, Jason,” Travis, 36, teased his older brother, before seemingly alluding to his relationship with fiancé Taylor Swift when he added, “Sometimes being the plus one is the best feeling in the world.”
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“Kylie was there on behalf of NBC and YouTube, I really was just there to have fun and enjoy the Olympics,” Jason explained, adding it was “100% the correct way to say it and I thought it was hilarious.”
In fact, Jason had a suggestion for the game commentators, adding, “I wanted to tell them, I prefer ball and chain.”
Kylie, 33, was very invested in the game, even turning her back to the ice in a superstitious move meant to help support the team as they won Olympic gold.
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“She's gonna do everything she can,” Jason quipped of his wife. “And she’s making me participate.”
Jason admitted that during the game he was wearing a children’s hat sold exclusively for the Olympics as he was seen photographed in the fuzzy, flower- shaped cap while in the stands.
The former Philadelphia Eagles center and podcaster tied the knot in 2018 and share four daughters, Wyatt, 6, Elliotte, 4, Bennett, 2, and Finn, 11 months.
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Kylie was thrilled to be in Italy with her husband to celebrate Amercica's top athletes.
"I'm just excited to be there, experience it, and get to be there around such incredible athletes that have worked so, so hard to really be at like the absolute pinnacle, right?," the Not Gonna Lie podcast host previously told PEOPLE. "Like, this is what they work for, so it's so cool to see them get to some of them realize that goal for the first time."
The field hockey coach added, "I didn't grow up in a winter sports family, so the Winter Olympics specifically fascinate me."