{"id":64139,"date":"2025-05-25T08:13:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T08:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=64139"},"modified":"2025-05-25T08:13:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T08:13:45","slug":"chiefs-travis-kelce-apologizes-for-brazil-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=64139","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs Travis Kelce Apologizes For Brazil Criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"m-detail-header--dek\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/ecd404c5-8ae2-4e94-9af4-076ee51fb921\/travis-kelce-gty-jef-250305_1741185343657_hpMain.jpg\" alt=\"Travis Kelce shares biggest reason why he's returning to the NFL in 2025 - ABC News\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--dek\">Travis Kelce is issuing an apology for his first comments about the Kansas City Chiefs season opener in Brazil.<\/div>\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--flexbox\">\n<div class=\"m-description--list\">\n<p>About a week ago,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/kansas-city-chiefs\/\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a>\u00a0star\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/player\/travis-kelce\">Travis Kelce<\/a>\u00a0was not looking forward to his team&#8217;s season-opening game after the announcement that it was going to be played in Sao Paulo, Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll be there, not to do a podcast.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/kansas-city-chiefs\/travis-kelce-furious-kansas-city-chiefs-schedule-release-brazil-leak-new-heights-podcast-los-angeles-chargers-week-1-super-bowl\">I&#8217;ll be playing football in the (expletive) heat,<\/a>&#8221; Kelce said in an earlier episode of his\u00a0<em>New Heights<\/em>\u00a0podcast.<\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs are scheduled to play the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/los-angeles-chargers\/\">Los Angeles Chargers<\/a>\u00a0in their Week 1 matchup south of the equator on Sept. 5.\u00a0The Brazil temperatures are expected to be in the 80s, but the humidity, Kelce claims, will make for a &#8220;miserable&#8221; environment.<\/p>\n<p>Playing in Kansas City his entire career, he has clearly grown to favor colder playing climates than hot ones.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I will say this, if it\u2019s humid, I\u2019m gonna be miserable,&#8221; Kelce said.\u00a0&#8220;\u2026 If it\u2019s hot and humid, and it\u2019s kind a what I\u2019m expecting, I\u2019m going to be miserable but we\u2019re going to find a way to get a win.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\" data-zone-count=\"5\">\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230; I&#8217;ve been in Jacksonville in September, and that&#8217;s (expletive) miserable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Now it sounds Kelce has cooled down a bit since those fiery remarks.<\/p>\n<p>In the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?si=UcjagGqoEjsjBabe&amp;v=BIRbyChi9pQ&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">latest episode of his pod<\/a>\u00a0co-hosted by his brother and former\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/philadelphia-eagles\/\">Philadelphia Eagles<\/a>\u00a0center\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/player\/jason-kelce\">Jason Kelce<\/a>, Travis expressed an apology and emphasized his excitement for the international affair.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I apologize if it came off as that I&#8217;m not excited about this,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I&#8217;m still excited, I&#8217;m just going to be doing some wardrobe changes throughout the game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Can&#8217;t wait to get down there and see all the Brazil fans and how they get rocking for some American football,&#8221; Kelce added. &#8220;Sign me up! Don&#8217;t get me wrong, I love playing in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/kansas-city-chiefs\/arrowhead-report\/\">Arrowhead<\/a>\u00a0and I love playing in America, but I&#8217;m down for at least one or two international games.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kelce isn&#8217;t lacking in chest hair, so he was honest in his initial worries about the heat.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m a furry son of a [expletive] \u2013 me and heat just don&#8217;t do well together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With his frustrations about the weather settled, there may be another factor out of his control that he could have concern about.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Jason\u00a0warned that the field conditions should be more of a concern in Brazil than the temperature. Jason recounted his former team&#8217;s\u00a0experience in a game at that same venue last season against the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/green-bay-packers\/\">Green Bay Packers<\/a>. The former All-Pro center, however, was watching from home in his first year of retirement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The field was atrocious last year,&#8221; Jason said. &#8220;It was noticeably bad; they were slipping all over the place. It was a bad field.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One silver lining? The Eagles went on to win the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/super-bowl\">Super Bowl<\/a>\u00a0after beginning their season in Brazil. Kansas City hopes it can enjoy the same fate.<\/p>\n<p>First thing: Travis needs to remember to hydrate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Travis Kelce is issuing an apology for his first comments about the Kansas City Chiefs season opener in Brazil. 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