Travis Kelce tricked President Biden in Super Bowl White House prank but he was too slow for Patrick Mahomes
Travis Kelce has gained a reputation as a jokester and his mischievous ways were on full display at the White House last year.
The Kansas City Chiefs beat the Philadelphia Eagles 38-35 in Super Bowl LVII back in February 2023 and continued the long-standing tradition of SB champions visiting the White House and meeting the President.
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Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce presented President Biden with his own Chiefs jersey after the won Super Bowl LVIICredit: Getty
The Chiefs enjoyed a tour of the iconic Washington DC residence and met with President Biden inside the Oval Office.
Afterwards, Biden and the Chiefs posed for pictures outside the White House with Kelce and Patrick Mahomes holding up a No. 46 Biden jersey.
At that point, Kelce seized the opportunity to pull of one of the oldest tricks in the book, pointing off into the distance to distract 80-year-old Biden so he could reel off a few words at the President’s podium.
The cheeky tight end approached the podium and said to the microphone “So, I’ve been waiting to do this…”.
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Thankfully teammate Mahomes was on his toes and managed to intervene before Kelce said something he’d later regret.
âSorry! Sorry!â Mahomes said while waving his hands in apology.
Following the incident, Kelce revealed on his New Heights podcast with brother Jason what he actually wanted to say.
“Obviously, the President at the podium, itâs iconic, right?,” he said.
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Kelce distracted the President before going over to his podiumCredit: TikTok@faroew
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Patrick Mahomes stepped in to stop Kelce saying anything untowardCredit: TikTok@faroew
“Itâs iconic, and how he usually addresses the nation [is] âTo my fellow Americans.
“To my fellow Americans.
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“Thatâs all I wanted to say, dude. Thatâs it… I shouldnât have started with, ” Iâve always wanted to do this.”
Jason replied, “If you started off with âMy fellow Americans,â that wouldâve been such a showstopper.”
“I donât think they wouldâve kicked you off. If somebody gets up to the podium and says âMy fellow Americans,â itâs like immediate like âAlright, whatâs this dude about to say.â”
Jason was also quick to praise Mahomes for being an alert, diligent friend to Travis.
“Pat [Mahomes] knew right away when you pointed,” said Jason.
“He was like âThere ainât nothing over there. If I know this is a flanking move â I know Travis, and heâs a flanker.’
“Heâs seen that one before,” Travis responded.
“Shout out to Pat, man, for keeping me from embarrassing myself at that podium in front of the world.”
Kelce is no stranger to viral microphone moments.
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Travis and Jason Kelce laughed about the White House incident on their podcastCredit: YouTube
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After the Chiefs won the AFC Championship game against the Bengals last season, Kelce called out Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval who’d suggested Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow was actually Patrick Mahomes’ father.
“I’ve got some wise words for that Cincinnati mayor,” Kelce said with the AFC trophy in hand.
“Know your role and shut your mouth! You jabroni!” he yelled, evoking the great Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson.
Kelce’s raucous antics continued this year after his Chiefs advanced to their fourth Super Bowl in five years.
Kansas City beat the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC title game, prompting Kelce to scream Beastie Boys lyrics into the CBS microphone.
“The Chiefs are still the Chiefs, and believe it,” he said after the game, before referencing the famous Beastie Boys line.
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“You gotta fight, for your right, to party!”
Kelce and the Chiefs face the San Francisco 49ers in this year’s ‘Big Game’ as they look to go back-to-back as champions.
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