When Kylie McDevitt swiped on a Tinder profile in her college days, she thought she was getting cat fished. After looking up the person in the pictures, she realized that profile claimed to belong to a football player for the Philadelphia Eagles.
Kylie accepted an invitation from the Tinder match to meet up at a bar, and that’s when she was first introduced to Jason Kelce.
The date went horribly.
‘Well, his profile at the time was something to the effect of; I want to have deep meaningful conversations and talk about getting married and having kids or something like that,’ she said on the New Heights podcast. ‘He fell asleep 45 minutes after I got there on the bar table because he was too drunk.’
Cut to years later and Kylie and Jason have a happy family of three children – with their lives constantly on display these days through documentaries and the media’s fascination with the relationship between Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift.
Philadelphia Eagles star Jason Kelce and his young family have become media darlings in 2023
The family’s new-found attention comes amid Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift’s romance
Jason has been with his wife, Kylie McDevitt, since 2015 when they met on the app Tinder
Kylie and the rest of her half of the Kelce family couldn’t have expected their shot to stardom but since Travis’ relationship with Swift took the world by storm, they’ve been in the media spotlight.
‘It’s not particularly my cup of tea to be in the spotlight or in front of a camera,’ Kylie said earlier this month in Kansas City
‘I was a communication major in college. I love to be behind it, that’s my bread and butter,’ she said of the cameras.
Of course, while her husband is a superstar in the NFL he plays a position (offensive line) that isn’t exactly one of flash and fame.
After the poor first date, Jason called her the next day and asked if he could get a second chance. Kylie agreed, saying that he ‘did much better’ the second time around.
The couple made their relationship ‘Instagram official’ in November of 2015 – with Kylie captioning, ‘Thank goodness you swiped right too’.
Fast forward to April of 2018, when the Kelce’s tied the knot at a local hotel in Philadelphia – where Jason was playing football and Kylie grew up.
Kylie initially believed that the profile she swiped on could be a catfish, but it was indeed Jason
The couple opened up on their first date – where Kylie revealed Jason fell asleep at the bar
After asking for a second chance, Kylie agreed and the couple have been together ever since
After going public with their relationship in 2015, they were married in Philadelphia in 2020
Over a year later, the Kelce’s welcomed their first young one to the family – a baby girl named Wyatt Elizabeth Kelce.
Jason told reporters that they initially planned on Wyatt as a boys name and Charlotte as a girl’s name. But after a friend named their daughter Charlotte, the Kelce’s were convinced by others that Wyatt was a great name ‘regardless’ of gender.
Wyatt became an older sister on March 4, 2021 when Elliotte Ray Kelce was born.
While Kylie was pregnant with a third child – Bennett Llewellyn – Jason was busy getting ready to play Travis in Super Bowl LVII.
She was so nervous about giving birth at the game that she brought her two OB-GYN’s to the Super Bowl with her just in case.
Kylie didn’t give birth in Arizona, but she didn’t have to wait long – with Bennett brought into the world eleven days later on February 23 of this year.
Kylie and Jason both have three daughters – with the most recent being born in late February
After getting married, they welcomed Wyatt Elizabeth in 2019 and Elliotte Ray Kelce in 2021
Just a few days after the Super Bowl, daughter Bennett Llewellyn was born
Jason was there, but Kylie caught him (literally) napping and jokingly called him a ‘tremendous support’ on Tik Tok.
As a Dad, Kylie says that Jason is a very loving father, but his love for showing the children the Disney Aladdin is getting on her nerves.
Since joining the Kelce family, Kylie has had nothing but good things to share about the tight-knit group.
‘I was on the outside at the beginning because I’m married in,’ she told ABC in an interview
‘The most amazing part is that I was welcomed in with open arms.’
Kylie says that since her marriage to Jason, she’s been welcomed by his family ‘with open arms’
Kylie’s even provided some dating advice to Travis (before he was going out with Taylor) about Tinder profile pictures.
‘Ky, you think I should go ‘stache or no ‘stache?,’ Travis asked.
She joked that her answer would ‘sound a little harsh’ before telling him to use the mustache picture, ‘because if they’d swipe right at your worst, then they’ll love you at your best’.
But Travis doesn’t have to worry about that now that he’s dating Swift – a Philly-area native live Kylie.
While their ‘Love Story’ is the subject of relentless gossip and speculation, they can find an image of stability, happiness, and maybe inspiration in Jason, Kylie, and the rest of this part of the Kelce clan.