Travis Kelce is getting candid about his new Pepsi commercial!
The Kansas City Chiefs tight finish, 34, detailed his look as a gladiator within the soda model’s latest commercial for NFL game day on his New Heights podcast with brother Jason Kelce — together with the one-of-a-kind armor he wore.
“That was superior,” Travis mentioned of attending to star within the advert. “… Like, once you get to placed on a cool outfit like that — like Pepsi {custom} made our armor, our gladiator’s armor.”
“Was that [real]? Is it really metallic or is it like plastic?,” Jason, 36, then requested. “Do not lie. Do not deceive me.”
“It is full [armor],” the Chiefs participant joked. “I needed to defend myself from a tiger. You suppose that s—‘s plastic? Plastic. You are ridiculous, Jason.”
He added that he even acquired to “maintain” the custom-made outfit, which he admits “is fairly candy.” “That’s fairly cool,” added Jason.
Within the business, Travis performs a gladiator alongside fellow NFL gamers Josh Allen, Derrick Henry and Justin Jefferson — whom he showered with reward.
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“All of them did f—–g unbelievable jobs,” he mentioned. “And certain sufficient, the director, Jake Scott, is the son of Ridley Scott who directed the precise film Gladiator, and I can not wait to see that film [Gladiator II]. It appears to be like so good.”
“Jake did an unbelievable job,” he continued. “Jake simply — he brawled us by the whole lot and knocked the whole lot out actual quick, and it was simply superior. He knew precisely how he wished to get the whole lot shot.”
Travis famous that working with the director, 59, went easily as nicely, and he was capable of observe Jake’s course on the place he wished to take the scenes and what he wished to point out within the advert.
“Yeah, he was unbelievable at giving me the [directions], actually,” he defined. “So I am coachable, man. You coach me up. I can do it.”
“Yeah … it was an superior remaining product,” retired Philadelphia Eagles participant Jason added. “You guys fended off the tigers. You danced. You sang. You got here collectively as a bunch of buddies.”
Travis added, “As gladiators do.”
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Megan the Stallion additionally stars within the promo as Roman royalty, whereas Jake Lacy and up to date Emmy winner Lamorne Morris seem as NFL followers who pop a can of Pepsi and get transported to a gladiator area.
Travis previously raved about his function within the beverage model’s “Make Your Gameday Epic” NFL marketing campaign and attending to star amongst so many notable names.
“It is an absolute honor to be part of one thing like this,” Kelce mentioned within the clip posted on Pepsi’s official TikTok web page on Friday, Sept. 20. “I’m so grateful to Pepsi for asking me to be part of it. Simply getting the thumbs up that I might deal with the load of being a gladiator, I suppose.”
He added, “It is such a cool expertise, and I am excited that I acquired the chance.”