Jason Kelce Says He’ll Be Hated at the Paris Olympics Without Kylie Kelce

Jason Kelce he wouldn’t have made it this far in the Olympics without his wife’s help, Kylie Kelce.

“Kylie and I did our honeymoon in Paris and we haven’t been back since,” Jason, 36, said on the Friday, August 9, episode of Yote House Media’s “Green Light With Chris Long” podcast. “Kylie says she doesn’t finish, but she sounds eloquent. He speaks such good French that whenever he talks to other French people or Parisians, [they] like, they admire him for the way he talks or they think we’re Canadian.”

He added, “I think, it helps us [not be seen as Americans]. Like, they love us. I don’t think they like tourists in general [and] they get frustrated [because] we are a loud and strange bunch. Listen, if I wasn’t with Kylie, I guarantee they would hate me. They confront me because I have Kylie.”

Jason and Kylie, 32, were also able to sightsee in the City of Lights – and the Parisians “didn’t care at all” that he was playing football. (Jason retired from the Philadelphia Eagles in March.)

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The couple attended the women’s field hockey, women’s rugby and women’s artistic gymnastics games earlier this month.

“I’ve always loved watching the Olympics [and] I think it’s one of the few events where the whole world comes together and embraces sports,” said Jason on Friday, talking to his former Eagles teammate Long. “I’ve always loved the Olympians and always wanted to do that, [which] obviously another bad thing in football is that you don’t get that chance.”

In addition to watching the Games, Jason and Kylie got to connect with some of the athletes. Team USA rugby star Nicole Heaverilandwho helped the team win a bronze medal, and even challenged Jason to an impromptu arm wrestling match.

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“Dude, I hate that yes arm wrestling. Especially if it’s someone younger than you because it’s like a losing situation,” Jason lamented on Friday. Like when I win, it’s like, ‘Oh, look at the big guy picking the little guy.’ When you lose, it’s like ‘That guy [a loser].’ But I was in Nicole’s place and I’m in the Olympics obviously. He’s like, ‘You want to arm wrestle?’ he will not refuse to fight an Olympian in the Olympics.”

Jason reunited with his “colleagues” from the Heaveriland group It’s Maherwho was equally happy to meet the couple.

“Kylie and I follow each other [and] they’re mutual friends online, so we’ve talked before,” Maher, 27, said to himself. Us Weekly Thursday, August 8. “I was very happy that he came to the game and brought Jason … because we want to look more. [the sport and] getting a football guy like that to watch the game was great.”