Heidi Gardner has playfully apologized for sleeping with Travis Kelce while the NFL star hosted Saturday Night Live last year.
The actress and comedian also revealed what motivates the Super Bowl champion before and during a Kansas City Chiefs game.
Kelce was handed hosting duties after the Chiefs won the Super Bowl in 2023 and received high praise for his performance.
One of his funny jokes in the program included him in bed with Gardner when her Hinge date abruptly interrupted them.
The episode aired months before Kelce and Swift began their high-profile romance, but Gardner quickly apologized for sleeping with him while addressing the scene.
During an interview on Today with Hoda and Jenna, she admitted to feeling ‘protective’ of Kelce and said that he scoffs Uncrustables on game day.
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Saturday Night Live star Heidi Gardner jokingly apologized for being in bed with Travis Kelce
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Kelce was given hosting duties weeks after the Chiefs won the Super Bowl in 2023
Told that she ‘loved him before Taylor’, Gardner replied: ‘Yes, I did!
‘I was very protective. I asked him questions, which as a sports fan I am just interested in. Like on game day, what do you eat?
‘He was like “oh, Uncrustables. I’m just pounding Uncrustables”. Even during the games, just Uncrustables. So the Saturday of the show I went to the store and got Uncrustables.
‘I wanted it to feel as much like home as I can. It was cool. Right before dress rehearsal we were in a scene where – sorry Taylor – we were in bed together but he leaned over into me and said “I’ve been eating Uncrustables all day”.’
Gardner also stated that when she tried to persuade SNL creator Lorne Michaels to hire Kelce as a presenter, he insisted Kelce needed to ‘win the Super Bowl’ before he was considered.
Kelce achieved exactly that, and on March 4, 2023, he took over as host.
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Gardner revealed Kelce is ‘pounding Uncrustables’ before and during Chiefs games
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Kelce partied with Chandler Parsons (right) and the Chainsmokers during a Kentucky Derby concert.
Meanwhile, Kelce was seen hanging out with The Chainsmokers and retired NBA player Chandler Parsons at a Kentucky Derby concert on Friday.
Kelce, who is scheduled to attend the Miami Grand Prix with fiancée Taylor Swift and Patrick and Brittany Mahomes on Sunday, appeared to meet up with the electronic band backstage at the Louisville show.
Chainsmokers duo Alex Pall and Andrew Taggart performed at the Ice House venue as part of Sports Illustrated’s Revel at the Races concert on Saturday, the day before the Kentucky Derby.
After being spotted enjoying the event with good friend Parsons, Kelce appeared on Pall’s Instagram story, standing back to back with the former Houston Rockets player while smoldering into the distance.
After enjoying the Chainsmokers’ Kentucky Derby performance, Kelce will go to Miami alongside Swift for Sunday’s Grand Prix in Florida.
The couple is also anticipated to be joined by Patrick Mahomes and his wife Brittany, one week after the quartet had a double date in Vegas.