22-05-2025
After Going Viral For Being Shirtless With Visible Body Hair, Travis Kelce Addressed Why He Can't Take The Heat
Travis Kelce was caught without a shirt for a hot second, and the internet can't stop talking about it.
On May 20, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end was seen leaving a workout with former Chiefs teammate Ross Travis and his friend and chef, Kumar Ferguson, in Florida.
Travis was originally caught by sneaky paparazzi cameras wearing an all-black outfit (T-shirt, shorts, and baseball cap). Once the men finished their session, Travis removed his shirt, and his bare chest and back were on display for everybody.
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On a May 21 episode of New Heights, Travis addressed his body hair (which seemed to be the main topic of conversation around those shirtless paparazzi photos) and his aversion to heat.
In the episode, Travis explained that he hated the heat, joking that he's wearing two shirts (referencing his t-shirt and body hair underneath).
The three-time Super Bowl champion said he's not a fan of the hot weather because he's a "furry son of a bitch."
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Wait. Did he say furry?
No! Not that type of furry. Travis was referring to his body hair, clarifying that his comments about playing football in Brazil were about the possible hot weather, and not that he dislikes the country.
"Me and heat just don't do well together," Travis said.
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This isn't the first time Travis got candid about his hairy body. In a 2022 episode of their podcast, his brother Jason Kelce described how Travis got the nickname "Big Yeti."
"When Trav was at Cincinnati, he would play basketball in the playground quite a bit," Jason said. "And anyone who has ever played pickup basketball, you know there's shirts and skins."
"Shirts and skins, dog, that's the only way to separate the teams," Travis added. "I had the big beard, I had the long hair. I had the chest hair, back hair, arm hair, leg hair. It's just a big ole Yeti out there, man. All the homies on the court were calling me 'Big Yeti.'"
When the photos of Travis shirtless hit the internet, people had a few thirsty responses about the shirtless reveal. They're too good to overlook.
One person said, "I genuinely LOVE a man with body hair. It's HOT AF. And the fact he doesn't feel the need to overly groom something natural coz of society's expectations makes him even hotter."
Another person said, "IDK what yall say that is a BIG fine ass Yeti!!"
"He literally calls himself The Big Yeti," another person said.
This person said, "Karma is the breeze in his back hair on the the weekend," and I giggled.
Finally, somebody said, "Some of you haven't been with an adult man and it shows."
And, of course, there were negative comments as well (because the internet is nasty like that sometimes), but those people were rightfully shut down because Travis is a big ol' hunky teddy bear.
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