We’re back for another edition of The Adventures of Jason Kelce. In the past, Jason and brother Travis Kelce have told some pretty hilarious hijinks stories on their podcast, “New Heights.” I really like both of the Kelce brothers’ vibes. Jason strikes me as the chaotic kind of person who needs to stay busy and is always getting himself into the type of situation that when retold, begins with “You are not going to believe what happened to me!” Well, without further ado, let’s get into Jason’s latest tale of (mis)adventure. This week’s adventure involves a sock, a Super Bowl ring, and a kiddie pool full of three way chili. *Spoiler alert:* (Whispers loudly) The ring gets lost.
Jason Kelce lost his Super Bowl ring in the most predictably Ohio way possible: in a pool filled with Skyline Chili.
During the “New Heights” live show on the campus of the University of Cincinnati on Thursday, April 11, Jason, 36, and brother Travis Kelce returned to their alma mater and played a series of games featuring student athletes and non-student athletes going head-to-head in Revenge of the Nerds–inspired competitions.
In one particular game called “Jason Lost His Ring,” the contestants were tasked with finding Jason’s actual Super Bowl ring stuffed into a sock in a children’s pool filled with Ohio’s famous Skyline Chili, spaghetti and cheese.
As Jason explained on the Wednesday, April 17, episode of “New Heights,” the game was inspired by Jason’s tendency to misplace his Super Bowl ring, which he earned when the Philadelphia Eagles beat the New England Patriots in 2018’s Super Bowl LII. Sounds simple enough — but things quickly took a turn for the worst.
“I don’t even know if Travis knows this, but I legitimately lost my Super Bowl ring in this event,” Jason said. “They could not find it.”
After exhaustively searching for the ring the day after the event, the prized possession was nowhere to be found.
“We have still yet to find it,” Jason said. “All of the stuff has been thrown away. So I think we can safely assume that my Super Bowl ring is now in a landfill someplace in the Cincinnati tristate area. I didn’t think that would happen.”
Travis, 34, was left flabbergasted, asking his brother, “What did you expect to happen?!”
Jason said he thought they would simply “go in the pool and get the ring afterwards” if nobody was able to find it during the game.
“You are such a f–king imbecile,” Travis told him. “Goddamn it, Jason.”
Resigned to the fact that his ring was long gone, Jason noted he had already taken some necessary next steps.
”The Super Bowl ring is officially gone,” Jason said. “We have already put the insurance claim in. I think the insurance company might have some things to say about whether they’re going to cover that.”
Regardless, Jason expressed that he wasn’t terribly concerned about losing the ring in the first place.
“It’s just a hunk of metal,” he said. “I’ll just have another one made, I think. They can do that, right?”
OMG, I cannot stop laughing at this story. Truly, what did Jason think was going to happen? The probability was always higher than 50% that the ring was going to get lost. Jason may have a special kind of chaotic energy, but he’s lovable chaos with a good sense of humor. At least he’s accepted that it’s gone. So, can you just order a new Super Bowl ring? I’m sure someone hearing the pod will send him a replacement one, but idk if Jason would want one. I think he’d prefer having the story, lol. What are the odds, though, that someone did find that ring and put it up on, like, eBay or something? Maybe Jason should have an assistant set up an alert or something that keeps track of when Super Bowl rings pop up online, ha.
Here’s the video from the podcast where they talk about the ring going missing, with clips from the “Where’s Jason’s Ring?” game mixed in. The game reminds me of a Family Double Dare challenge. Jason’s guess as to what happened is an amazing sentence if you take it out of context: “At some point, the sock got kicked out of the threeway.” I also lost it when Jason reveals that using a metal detector to find the ring didn’t work because the chili itself contained traces of metal. I queued it up at the beginning of the story, but just in case it doesn’t work for you, it starts at 26:19:
I will never forgive Taylor Swift for elevating these vanilla pudding people way past their interesting factor, if indeed they ever had one to begin with.
As for his story, what a colossal waste of food. Gross, in every way.
Yeah, I admit my opinion of Taylor took another hit with this one. Don’t find his behavior “cute”. This is the man of her dreams – an eternal frat boy with temper issues?
Jason is the brother of the one Taylor is dating
What comes next…their belching/farting contest 🙄
They’re professional football players, not microbiologists. Not my type to date or hang out with, but I think they’re funny. Not everyone is highbrow and that’s okay.
I don’t care who they are. That’s my point.
It’s unfortunate for me because they are now in mainstream gossip & they are ugly ragey gross men who make
millions throwing around a ball. It’s gross. They’re gross.
If the one wasn’t dating Taylor we wouldn’t be here & it’s okay for me to bemoan that fact.
It was old chilli, presumably stuff that would have been thrown out and was saved for that purpose. And it was a charity event.
I’m quite certain Taylor Swift doesn’t need or want your forgiveness. Also, pretty sure these guys had a podcast and somewhat of a following before T entered their lives. You sound so bothered, you know you can just scroll past the stories or switch the channel, right? Like, I’m not a fan of T or T’s music, and it’s really easy to not read stuff about her
Likewise darlin’, feel free to scroll right in past my posts.
See what a silly argument that is?
@Kokiri, I was more familiar with the Kelce brothers before Taylor entered the picture. One thing constant with both of them has always been their charity work and raising money for different organizations.
The chili pool thing (not my thing at all) makes sense when you recognize that the Kelce brothers went to the Univeristy of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, known for ‘Skyline Chili’ (correct me if I’m wrong Cincinnati natives), or 5 way chili? I’m getting my info from a fav food blog(I made her recipe and love it). It’s comfort food. My preference, the meat sauce, little cheese and onions.
https://www.browneyedbaker.com/cincinnati-chili/
If interested. It’s a really good comforting meal during cool temps.
“Jason Kelce lost his Super Bowl ring in a kiddie pool filled with Chili.”
As one does.
In that same section, Travis talks about the Travis Kelce spelling bee. lol.
Travis: all of the words were words that I should know how to spell, and probably don’t. Like squirrel. And Schwarzenegger.
This is their own show and they’re making fun of him. He’s making fun of himself. 😆😆😆
Travis: yeah there’s no way I would have been able to spell Schwarzenegger and I effing love him (and they had him on the show recently!)
Jason: I don’t think anyone’s getting Schwarzenegger, including Arnold himself. Can you imagine Arnold filling out a scantron?
They’re so funny. It’s just lightheartedness when life can be heavy, and I appreciate that they can laugh at themselves.
I’m confused. Is their life “heavy”? Because surely we can all agree that losing a hunk of metal isn’t “heavy”. Or do you appreciate their lightheartedness when life in general is heavy? Not sure why the merriment of healthy millionaires is supposed to cheer me up? They are grown up men who behave like sloppy frat boys and get applauded for being “lighthearted”, I mean, to each their own, but I’m rather puzzled.
This is not a great take. Everyone has problems. Yes, money eases the day-to-day problems, but you can’t say being rich means people don’t have pain. I’m rich. Not private plane rich, but no money worries ever. I’ve also lost two of the most important people in my life, my young son has an ongoing condition, I’m taking care of an elderly parent … Everyone has pain.
Whoa, that is not what I meant. Life. My life. Society. The world we live in—it is a lot to process and it breaks my heart. Sometimes it’s nice to listen to two brothers poke fun at themselves and laugh. They obviously love each other, and for all their shenanigans, they are emotionally aware and supportive in ways that are admirable. Even with dumb moves like losing a ring in this game.
This game was part of a live event they hosted for the listeners of their podcast. It had ridiculous, silly games. So they were telling stories about the event.
Everyone is so cynical today on here! Sheesh.
@Abby,
thanks for clarifying. Not cynical at all. If it brings you some measure of joy when the times are hard, by all means, I’m unsarcastically glad. I just wanted to clarify that you didn’t mean losing a ring was “heavy”.
@Kcat
I never said that rich people don’t have pain. I said surely we can agree that losing a ring isn’t “pain”. Personally, I’m also not terribly comforted by rich healthy people having good times, but I do think that we ought to seek comfort where we can these days, so if Kelce brothers brighten someone’s day, good for them.
@Abby-I totally get what you’re saying.
@Abby, yes. Travis called his brother an imbecile for putting his ring into the thing. They can do that with each other. At least it wasn’t Jason’s wedding ring? My understanding from him is that that is his most important ring.
I’m still stuck at ‘kiddie pool full of chili’…?
This just makes him sound dumb and like a big waste of food. As parents everywhere would say, there are starving people who would have loved to have that. Metal detectors can be adjusted and the food could have been strained in some way to find the ring. Likely someone has it and just has to hold it a while and then pretend to have found it somewhere or they just want it for a keepsake.
I don’t understand the appeal of this.
You know who wouldn’t have lost their Super Bowl rings because they knew how to appreciate them? Every 49ers player.
Jason did not play against the 49ers for his Super Bowl win. That was the other brother.
Whoops, wrong Kelce, you’re right.
@K.W. yeah well the 49ers players obvs were never at risk of losing the imaginary rings that they never won.
Next year.
@KW 🤣🤣🤣 😂😂😂 Sure, OK. And the Cowboys will win the year after that lol.
Jason’s Philadelphia Eagles beat Tom Brady and the Patriots in 2018, a team that has more Super Bowl rings than anyone else. But I get your general point, it’s squandering a rare valuable that others would give a kidney to have.
I’m sure he never thought it would go missing, and he also said it was insured
Ok, so someone totally stole that ring, right? If it was placed in the pool inside something, it should have been found. Someone pocketed that ring
Yup. That’s my take as well. Just waiting on the right time for it to spontaneously “be found” and reward/sale money going to a person that needed some cash and had poor impulse control
Exactly. One of the “contestants” did find that ring, and they pocketed the ring probably worth several hundred thousand, rather than hand it over to win a game for charity.
Everytime either of them talks it just is a reminder of what complete numbskulls they are. Unimpressed.
I’m a huge Eagles fan and honestly, I think this is pretty disrespectful of Jason. For a franchise that finally won a Super Bowl, the rings were a really big deal. The owner had them made LARGE at the request of the players because of how significant it was. I’ve held one in my hand (I was at an event with some players and staff) and we’re talking the size of a robins egg. It’s not even about the money, although they were $$$ – it was a gift from the team to commemorate this awesome accomplishment. And he just lost it in a pool of chili? Be a f**king grownup, dude.
Travis describes himself and his brother as a couple of dummies who get hit in the head for a living. Jason was living up to that description.
Two bad TS songs and now a kiddie pool full of chili? I may as well go back to bed🫠
The waste of food does bother me but beyond that I’m happy to hear someone be so relaxed about losing a material possession. Whether of not he has the ring itself, he was still a part of that winning team and that’s what matters.
Jason is not a guy who puts a lot of meaning in things. You can tell he is so proud of that super bowl, of what he accomplished, but the actual ring is just a thing to him. He definitely values people and experiences more than trophies and trinkets.
There is not a single SB-winning NFL player that doesn’t value that ring more than almost every worldly possession they own, including Jason.
He comes across as juvenile and careless here.
OH bless his heart if he honestly thinks the ring is lost. My guess someone quietly pocketed it and it’s in their posession. Or has been re-sold on the dark web a few times by now.
Hahaha that’s what I thought! Someone found it and is holding on to it to either keep it forever or sell.
This story is not as endearing as Jason thinks it is. Not many people can afford to lose a $$$$$ ring and joke about it, it’s really coming across as wealthy privilege.
Jason does not think this is endearing & he identifies as blue collar from his childhood. He knows he was a dumb@ss and has filed an insurance claim, will have a copy made. He owns his mistakes, last week he said he thought Welsh people were posh (I cringed) and later apologized, said he’d never been so happy to be proved so horribly wrong and they sound like “my people.” He might be visiting Wales to apologize and catch some soccer/football.
Oh boy, can’t wait to see how many beers he has to chug shirtless in a pub in Wales to prove how blue collar he is.🙄
I’m not proud of this but after almost a year of people shoving these bros down our throats, I’m kind of enjoying the sudden backlash lol
Oh gosh, this would have been funnier if say it had been a pool of sand or mud or a ball pit, something with non-perishable food items. I could get behind that! I can’t get behind the waste of food though. At least it wasn’t his wedding ring, I’d like to think Kylie would have put her foot down on that one. But why put his REAL Superbowl ring in there? A replica would have been just fine which apparently was already in there! I do continue to love Travis’s bewilderment at his brother’s dumb life choices.
I’m so tired of hearing about the adventures of the Kelce brothers.
You guys must be a lot of fun at parties LOL! Taking everything soooo seriously.
Jason is a good guy. He knows he did something idiotic and he’s OK with making himself look foolish.
I’d rather he was doing this kind of nonsense than spouting ridiculous conspiracy theories like Aaron Rodgers.
I don’t do it in purpose. I really don’t. But a pool full of food Just to play with it? It’s just unbelievable to me. I live in a French Caribbean Island maybe it’s something quite normal to do in the U.S? But to me it’s giving out of touch and utterly privileged to feel confortable with wasting food. Was it already expired? If so there was certainly a way to give it before that. Anyway it’s my loss since I could not laugh heartily.