Jason Kelce Set to Tackle Late Night With New Show on ESPN
Jason Kelce will welcome celebrity guests onto They Call It Late Night with Jason Kelce, which will air on ESPN for five consecutive Fridays starting January 3.
Meet him at midnight.
Jason Kelce is set to host a new late-night show on ESPN, They Call It Late Night with Jason Kelce, set to premiere January 3.
The former Philadelphia Eagles player—who retired from the NFL after 13 years back in March—said that he’s most looking forward to welcoming guests from the football world and beyond during the one-hour show, which will be inspired by traditional late-night programs and will run through the NFL playoffs.
“For me, the biggest thing that players miss when they leave the sport is being around the guys,” Jason told Jimmy Kimmel on Jimmy Kimmel Live Nov. 21. “Being able to have the show, where we’re gonna have a bunch of guys up there, legends of the game, friends that I’ve played with, coaches, celebrities.”
Travis Kelce‘s brother will tape They Call It Late Night in Philadelphia in front of a live studio audience full of NFL fans, who will actively participate in the show. Conversations will largely focus on that week’s games and broader NFL topics.
The 37-year-old’s new talk show expands his presence on ESPN—he already serves as a commentator as part of Monday Night Football—after signing a multi-year deal with the cable network.
His latest project comes as the father of three—who shares daughters Wyatt, 5, Elliotte, 3, and Bennett, 20 months with wife Kylie Kelce—continues to get used to life after retiring from football.
In fact, Jason said that he’s “actually busier in a lot of ways” now.
“It’s like more decentralized so it’s a lot of like inefficient busyness,” he explained. “Whereas every day I went down to the NovaCare complex in South Philly and worked to get better at football with a bunch of coaches and players and it was awesome and now I’m traveling.”
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