Jason Kelce‘s transition into hosting a late night television show has had a rough start – highlighted by an awfully blunt joke by one of his guests.
On Friday night’s episode of ‘They Call It Late Night with Jason Kelce,’ the former Philadelphia Eagles center was showing highlights of the AFC and NFC Divisional rounds from the weekend prior.
That included a highlight of his brother, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce catching a touchdown in the game against the Houston Texans.
‘How about this highlight of my younger, taller, cooler, hotter, more popular brother as he leads his team to another AFC Championship,’ Kelce said on the show.
At this point, former Philadelphia Eagles nose tackle Beau Allen – who was teammates with Jason for three seasons – cut in with an off-color joke.
After Jason had listed off all those positive words about Travis, Allen chimed in with a quick jab: ‘And he’s got a bigger d**k too.’
Jason Kelce was seen cringing at a joke made on his talk show by a former Eagles teammate
Jason just grimaced and said, ‘Thanks Beau’ as the audience reeled from the remark.
It’s just another example of the surprisingly foul-mouthed ESPN+ offering seemingly failing to meet the mark.
A number of fans on social media have already taken to branding it ‘the worst show in the history of television’.
Ratings aren’t too particularly kind to the show either – possibly owing to it’s air time of 1:00am ET on Saturday evenings.
The show, which derives its name from David Letterman’s legendary late-night show, premiered on January 3 with an underwhelming response. The culprit could have been its late start time or the content itself, but in any case, the show garnered only 290,000 viewers on its first episode, according to Puck’s John Ourand.
For context, Ourand points out that ESPN had 700,000 viewers watching that same time slot two weeks earlier. However, he adds: ‘that figure was inflated by the Indiana-Notre Dame playoff game earlier in the night.’
ESPN has confirmed the 290,000 viewers for the first episode, adding in an email to DailyMail.com that the second episode saw a sizeable jump to 881,000 viewers.
The show has a limited run of five episodes – airing up until February 1, the week before Super Bowl LIX.
See More: Patrick Mahomes debunks Trump’s claim that Senator Tommy Tuberville coached and recruited him
‘I don’t remember if I ever got to meet him or not,’ says Kansas City Chiefs quarterback
Patrick Mahomes has contradicted claims by Donald Trump that Alabama’s Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville coached and recruited the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback. Mahomes told The Philadelphia Inquirer Thursday that he’s not even sure he ever met the guy.
During the president’s executive order signing on Wednesday, Trump praised Tuberville, claiming that he had both coached and recruited Mahomes while he was at Texas Tech University.
“Tommy Tuberville, a great coach,” said Trump, who’s attending the Super Bowl Sunday in New Orleans between the Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles. “You know, his quarterback was named Mahomes. He was a great college coach.”
Trump said he asked Tuberville, referring to Mahomes: ”How good was he?” The president said Tuberville responded: “You don’t want to know how good … he made me into a great coach.”
Trump added: “He’s a pretty good quarterback, right? Yeah, he was very good, and he’s a good guy too.”
Many were quick to point out on X that Mahomes and Tuberville never even worked together. Tuberville coached from 2010 to 2012 while Mahomes played football at the school from 2014 to 2016.
“Donald Trump said that Senator Tommy Tuberville coached Patrick Mahomes. Tommy Tubesocks left Texas Tech in 2012, two years before Mahomes arrived,” one post read.
The quarterback unequivocably told the Philadelphia Inquirer Thursday: “He did not recruit me at the time. I don’t remember if I ever got to meet him or not.”
Tuberville appeared to attempt to clarify the men’s relationship in a post on X, yet continued to imply that the two of them had a history. “As a coach, you start recruiting and working with players years before they get to college,” he wrote.
“Patrick Mahomes was one of the best players I ever had the opportunity to recruit and get to know. Looking forward to cheering him on this weekend when I join President Trump at the Super Bowl,” he added.
Trump announced on Tuesday that he would be attending this year’s big game at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, making him the first sitting president to watch the Super Bowl in person.
Mahomes commented in a press conference about Trump’s attendance, telling reporters: “It’s always cool to be able to play in front of a sitting president – someone that is at the top position in our country.”
Trump (right) recently congratulated Mahomes (left) on the birth of his third child (Getty Images)
Mahomes was also asked about Trump’s previous comments when he called the Chiefs quarterback “a good winner.”
“I don’t want to say, but there’s a certain quarterback that seems to be a pretty good winner,” Trump said when asked what team he would be rooting for.
Mahome said: “It’s cool to hear that he’s seen me play football and respects the game that I play.”
Trump also congratulated Mahomes and his wife, Brittany, on the birth of their third child, one month after the two of them shared the news.
“Congratulations to the Chiefs GREAT Quarterback, Patrick Mahomes, and his very beautiful and BRILLIANT wife, Brittany, on the birth of their new baby daughter, Golden Raye,” he wrote on his Truth Social platform Thursday.
“This is what I call a baby with great genes, both mother and father. It’s happy times in the wonderful Mahomes family. See you all on Sunday!”