KANSAS CITY (AFP) — Travis Kelce admitted that his Super Bowl confrontation with Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid was “definitely unacceptable.”
Chiefs icon Kelce blew his top at Reid during a first-half flashpoint in Sunday’s Super Bowl, sending the 65-year-old coach stumbling off balance while screaming into his face.
Reid, who has forged a close relationship with Kelce since recruiting the player out of college in 2013, later played down the incident.
But in Wednesday’s edition of the New Heights podcast Kelce hosts with his brother Jason, Kelce admitted he had been out of line.
“It’s definitely unacceptable and I immediately wish I would have taken it back,” Kelce said on the podcast.
“I can’t get that fired up to the point where bumping the coach and it’s getting him off balance and stuff. When he stumbled, I was like: ‘Aw, shit’ in my head.”
Kelce, who is dating megastar Taylor Swift, was gearing up to take part in the Chiefs’ victory parade.
The 34-year-old added on his podcast that his outburst against Reid arose from frustration about the Chiefs’ faltering first-half performance.
Kelce blew up after being kept off the field for a crucial play which led to a Kansas City turnover.
“It just came at a moment where we weren’t playing very well,” Kelce said.
“I wasn’t playing very well and we had to get some shit going.
