Travis Kelce is going viral for a very mundane reason

News.com.au

22-05-2025

Travis Kelce is going viral for a comically mundane reason – he has back hair, and the internet can't handle it.
The 35-year-old NFL player has been launched into a new stratosphere since he started dating Taylor Swift in 2023.
Of course, the new-found fame and scrutiny comes with some big benefits. His podcast with his brother, Jason Kelce, New Heights, has soared in popularity, and he has been landing new endorsement deals left and right. But the downside is, well, probably this.
Kelce was seen shirtless and changing into gym clothes in Miami. He looked great and very athletic, because well, he is an athlete and he is currently training for the upcoming NFL season.
Interestingly, people online weren't thirsting over the shirtless photos of the star, instead they couldn't get over the back hair that was he rocking.
There hasn't been such a fuss about hair, not since Julia Roberts rocked up to a red carpet with underarm hair in the 90s.
The photos of the NFL player have been shared on X and have been seen over 11 million times, and the back hair in the photos has created quite the hairy debate.
It goes without saying that body hair is normal and natural. There's nothing wrong with it, and it is very common, but people on the internet were acting straight-up shocked and perhaps haven't been to a beach recently.
'I genuinely love a man with body hair. It's hot as f**k and the fact he doesn't feel the need to overly groom something natural coz of society's expectations makes him even hotter,' one praised.
'Like no shade but it looks like Taylor tried to wax his back and failed half way,' one joked.
'Some of you haven't been with an adult man and it shows,' another criticised.
'Can we body shame?' one troll asked.
Someone else said the photos should have come with a 'trigger warning' and another called his back hair a 'jump scare'.
One person went as far to say it was 'gross' and there were of course, people pointing out that it isn't okay to comment or body shame men.
'Have you never seen body hair before?' one inquired.
'Ya'll act like men are hairless? Men have hairy backs. Hairy necks. Hairy chests. Get over it,' someone else demanded.
'Taylor's got a man with back hair! Hair is in,' one fan claimed.
Someone else said that anyone acting shocked and 'complaining' about Kelce's body hair 'clearly' has never been with a man before.
Another jumped in and claimed that Swift is probably enjoying being with a man with impressive 'testosterone' levels – a remark that is of course not backed up by actual science but there you go.
The point is that Kelce's back hair really whipped the internet into a frenzy. It got to the point that Swift fans were jumping onto X, defending the NFL player from body shaming and demanding he be left alone because he makes the pop star happy.
Can't argue with that.