Jason Kelce and Torrey Smith (Photos via New Heights/YouTube & Getty Images)
Jason Kelce has pushed back on recent claims made by Torrey Smith in the wake of the NFLPA’s request to the NFL to outlaw locker room interviews.

NFL locker rooms are considered sacred, yet reporters are allowed to enter them for interviews after every game. As you would expect, this has led to players’ privates being shown on the air on occasion.

The Players’ Association recently released a statement seeking to have interviews moved somewhere else.

Smith responded to the statement by stating that some male reporters stare at player packages while in the locker room.

“If only y’all knew how awkward some of the male reporters act. Straight meat watchers,” the former wide receiver tweeted.

Travis Kelce Didn’t Mind Reporters In The Locker Room, Tells Players To Hide Their Privates

Kelce discussed the comment during this week’s episode of his ‘New Heights’ podcast, insisting it never bothered him, although he did admit it was weird having people in there.

“I’m not gonna lie. It is a little weird that people are in there,” he began. “But I don’t mind. I never minded.”

His brother, Travis Kelce, whom he runs the podcast with, seemed a bit surprised, prompting the former Eagles star to explain further.

“I don’t think this is the problem that it’s being made out to be,” he continued. “I really, honestly think guys just don’t want to be interviewed in the locker room. And a lot of guys are crying wolf right now to try and get reporters out of the locker room.

“It’s so easy to just not show your d**k to everybody. Put a towel on or go into the bathroom that they aren’t in. Like, they’re not in the showers like ‘hey, how’d you catch that ball?!’ Like, you can definitely not show your d**k if you don’t want to, guys.”

While Kelce is mostly okay with it, others clearly feel differently. Whether it’s enough to sway the league is something else entirely, however.

Travis Kelce Used One Word To Describe His Whirlwind Relationship With Taylor Swift

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – FEBRUARY 11: Travis Kelce #87 of the Kansas City Chiefs and Taylor Swift embrace after defeating the San Francisco 49ers in overtime during Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium on February 11, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
Travis Kelce is proud to have girlfriend Taylor Swift by his side, and he doesn’t mind that the whole world is watching.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have been dating since at least September 2023 when she shocked everybody by showing up to Arrowhead Stadium. The move came months after Kelce first publicly expressed interest in Swift, after attending one of her concerts and failing to send a friendship bracelet to her with his number on it.

Travis Kelce knows just how obsessed the world is with his relationship.

“I’m very aware,” Kelce said when asked whether he understands the “impact” his romance with Taylor Swift was having on the NFL.

“Obviously, this is mostly because Taylor’s in my life now and we got her [to be] part of Chiefs Kingdom,” he explained in a resurfaced interview with sports reporter Laura Okmin ahead of the Super Bowl.

“And sure enough, that brought an entire entourage of human beings who just love to support her and love to support everything that she’s about.”

He used an incredible word to describe their relationship.

“With that being said, I do, you know, have a guarded approach to it,” he explained before Super Bowl 58. “But at the same time, I know what me and Taylor have is special, so I get [the interest].”

Taylor Swift was spotted at 13 of Travis Kelce’s Kansas City Chiefs football games this past season, first popping up in a box at Arrowhead Stadium in Missouri on Sept. 24, 2023. The team won 10 of the 13 games at which she’s been in attendance.

That also included the team winning playoff games over the Miami Dolphins, Buffalo Bills, Baltimore Ravens, and then the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl.

Kelce finished the Super Bowl with nine receptions for 93 yards, including a crucial catch in overtime.

The 34-year-old slowed down slightly in 2023, finishing with 93 catches for 984 yards and five touchdowns. It should be noted he did miss two games, Week 1 due to injury and Week 17 as he chose to sit out with the Chiefs not playing for anything.