Angry Philadelphia Eagles fans have blasted Jason Kelce for partying with the Super Bowl champions in their parade on Friday.
Kelce faced huge criticism around the Super Bowl in New Orleans because of his split loyalties around the game.
He wanted brother Travis and the Kansas City Chiefs to win for personal reasons but was also backing his beloved Eagles, who he played for throughout his 13-year NFL career.
Kelce broke down in tears on their New Heights podcast on Wednesday as he opened up about his conflicting emotions in the aftermath of the Eagles’ dominant win.
Over a million Eagles fans lined the streets of the city on Friday to welcome home Jalen Hurts, Saquon Barkley and their teammates.
Almost an hour after the bus set off, Eagles legend Jason was seen joining the party having already made a start on the beers.
Jason Kelce has been criticized for attending the Eagles’ Super Bowl parade on Friday
Kelce was accused of having split loyalties as he watched the Super Bowl in New Orleans
Jason was torn between his beloved Eagles and young brother Travis and the Chiefs
The 37-year-old received a warm reception from fans on the ground in Philadelphia when he arrived just after 12pm, before lifting his cap in the air to show his appreciation.
Kelce wore much more subtle attire for this parade than the celebration for Super Bowl LII when he was still playing for the Eagles.
To celebrate that occasion, the center wore a ‘Mummers’ outfit – a colorful and bombastic garment worn during a New Year’s Day parade held in Philadelphia each year.
But fans on social media were quick to criticize him after admitting he was on the fence during the Super Bowl.
In reply to footage of Kelce arriving at the parade, one fan posted on X: ‘Yet he rooted for Kansas City in the Super Bowl. He’s not even part of the team this year so why is he even there.’
Another commented: ‘Celebrating Eagles win while rooting for other players, other team with other fan (bandwagon) base who robbed you of your last SB win… IS A NEW SPORTS LOW!!!’.
A third wrote: ‘Didn’t want the Eagles to win btw but at the parade, Jason Kelce in 2025 is a fraud’.
‘Dude is a punk, would have been in KC if they won, pick a side and stick with it,’ another added.
A fifth posted: ‘Coward shouldn’t be there, he wants to bend the knee to the Swifties he can go stay with them.’
Jason opened up on the mixed emotions of Sunday’s game on a post-Super Bowl episode of his and Travis’ New Heights podcast this week, becoming visibly upset while discussing the criticism he has received.
‘Part of me is very happy and proud they won this game,’ Jason told Travis on New Heights.
‘But that doesn’t make you less of a brother,’ Travis interrupted. ‘That doesn’t make you less of a brother.’
Jason then raised his quivering voice above his brother’s.
‘That does not take precedence over rooting for you,’ Jason said, explaining why he wanted Travis to win Sunday’s game. ‘And that’s why this game sucked. It was very, very hard to watch.
‘As much as I love the Eagles as much as love the city of Philadelphia, there is not a f***ing ounce of me,’ a tearful Jason said before stopping himself and pivoting. ‘I tried to correlate that I was rooting for both sides the whole time and I was going to be happy and sad, regardless. No matter who won, it was gonna be happy and sad, regardless. And trying to communicate why I might be rooting for the Eagles…’
The frustrated Jason stopped himself again, admitting: ‘I don’t even want to do this.’
Neither Jason nor Travis revealed any of the elder brother’s antagonists by name.
However, Jason was the target of significant online criticism from both Eagles and Chiefs fans who alternately questioned his loyalty to Philadelphia and Travis, respectively.
Ultimately Travis refused to let his brother beat himself up.
‘F*** ’em,’ Travis said of Jason’s critics. ‘You don’t owe any of these d***heads the acknowledgement. You don’t, Jason. Everyone that knows you knows your intentions.’
Travis continued, saying the critics were ‘just trying to get a rise out of somebody else.’
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Cheers and beers were aplenty throughout downtown Philadelphia on Friday as scores of Eagles fans braved the cold to celebrate their team’s second Super Bowl championship.
The party started late Thursday night, with fans sleeping in tents along the parade route to ensure they’d get an up-close look at their heroes the following day.
After beginning on Broad Street, the parade route made its way to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where the Eagles took the podium atop the iconic ‘Rocky’ steps to give speeches.
Players posed for pictures with fans along the way while catching beer cans thrown from the jubilant crowd. Friday’s parade was not entirely joyful, though.
Area police said two women were shot in the leg during an argument that occurred near the parade route. It is unclear whether the shooting was related to the celebration.
Last year, one person was killed and at least 22 others were wounded in a mass shooting at the Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade in Kansas City.
