The Kansas City Chiefs are the back-to-back Super Bowl Champions in the NFL. As the 2024 season approaches, they are looking to become the first team in NFL history to win three-consecutive Super Bowl titles (the Green Bay Packers won three straight NFL Championships on two separate occasions). On Thursday, the team took another step towards rounding out their roster for next season by re-signing Super Bowl LVIII hero Mecole Hardman.
Last week, the Chiefs participated in the annual Super Bowl Champion visit to the White House. During the visit, President Joe Biden invited Pro Bowl tight end Travis Kelce up to the podium for a moment. It was an invitation that Kelce was apprehensive about accepting.
Kansas City Chiefs Tight End Travis Kelce Says the Secret Service Threatened to Tase Him
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When President Biden invited Kelce to the podium, Kelce accepted but did not stay long to talk much. He told the President:
“My fellow Americans, it’s nice to see you all again, but I’m not going to lie, President Biden. They told me if I come up here I’m going to get tased, so I’m going to go back to my spot.”
After the Chiefs won Super Bowl LVII, they of course visited the White House. During that visit, Kelce wandered to the empty podium and began to pose like he was speaking from it. He was quickly shooed away by the Secret Service and went back to his spot with the team.
When Kelce made the tasing comments last week, many thought he was joking. However, he revealed on his New Heights podcast, which he hosts with his brother Jason Kelce, that it was an absolutely real threat.
Kansas City Chiefs Tight End Travis Kelce Reveals the Secret Service Was Ready to Tase Him
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When talking about his comment to President Biden regarding being threatened to be tased, Kelce said:
“When I walked in, I had about four or five Secret Service members come up to me and tell me, ‘You know if you go up to that podium, we’re authorized to tase you.’
“That’s all that was going through my head. I had no idea President Biden was going to ask me to come up and let me have my moment. And he walks right up, and the first thing he said was (to) give me the floor. And I felt (a) Taser aimed at me when I was up there the whole time.”
Kelce went on to say that visiting the White House, no matter who the President is, is always an honor. Jason assured him that since President Biden was the one who invited him to the podium, there was no way he was going to get tased.
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