Jason Kelce may be the intimidating 300-pound center for the Philadelphia Eagles, but he’s also the dad of three young girls.
He escorted his laboring wife, Kylie McDevitt Kelce, to the hospital prior to each birth, obviously making him a seasoned authority on hospital go-bag prep. On a recent episode of “New Heights,” the podcast he co-hosts with his brother, Kansas City Chiefs running back Travis Kelce (also known as Taylor Swift’s boyfriend), a member of their fan club asked the following question: “My wife is pregnant with our first child. What do I need to include in my Jason-approved hospital go-bag?”
Jason’s responses were surely interesting to every woman who has ever had a baby, including his wife, who had previously commented on his dad prowess during her labor. In a TikTok Kylie posted earlier this year, she zooms into the visual of her husband sleeping like a baby in the hospital room, and wrote in the caption: “My husband crushes the role of labor support person.”
“First of all, you’ve got to make sure you have a fan,” Jason said as he began to list hospital go-bag items. “It can get really hot and uncomfortable in there. If you like fans when you sleep, make sure you bring a fan.” Interestingly, the fan was a major point of contention between Jason and Kylie in a moment that was filmed for Prime Video’s “Kelce” documentary.
As the couple packs up to head to the hospital for the birth of their third daughter, Jason attempts to bring a silver 12-inch electric travel fan. “If you bring a fan to the hospital,” Kylie said, “I will personally kick you out.” “Just trying to be comfortable,” he said. “Just think how nice it’s gonna be when you get those stirrups off and you have a nice breeze going across your face.” Kylie joked that if she felt wind during labor at any point, “I will personally end you.”
Yet somehow, the fan made its way into her hospital room and Jason lived to tell the tale, so perhaps Kylie changed her tune on that one. She did write in her TikTok video that the fan was “better than the air mattress he was thinking of bringing.” Or maybe she simply decided to focus her attention on bringing a life into the world rather than ending one.
