“Obviously, the president at the podium, it’s iconic, right?” Travis explained on a June 2023 episode of his New Heights podcast. “It’s iconic, and how he usually addresses the nation is, ‘To my fellow Americans.’ That’s all I wanted to say, dude.”
He added, “That’s it. I just wanted to go up there—I shouldn’t have started off with, ‘I’ve always wanted to do this.'”
As his brother Jason Kelce noted on the podcast, “If you would have started off with, ‘My fellow Americans,’ that would have been such a show stopper. I don’t think they would have kicked you off.”
The Kansas City Chiefs player also gave a special thank you to Patrick for knowing he was “in over my head.”
“Shout out to Pat, man,” he said. “For keeping me from embarrassing myself at that podium in front of the world.”
Keep reading to see more of Travis, Patrick and the rest of the team at the White House.