Toddler Benny Kelce Nails NFL Rule Debate with Hilarious Time-Out Comeback
Here’s your nightly dose of collective collapse: NFL table talk has officially cratered into toddler tantrums. On May 21, Jason and Kylie Kelce’s 2-year-old daughter, Bennett “Benny” Kelce, became the unwitting star of New Heights podcast—because why should grown-ups have all the fun spiraling into chaos? As Jason dialed up brother Travis Kelce to hash out potential league rule tweaks, Benny was busy crying in time-out mode, providing the perfect soundtrack to professional sports discourse unraveling in real time.
“Benny’s in time out right now,” Jason confessed, as his daughter’s muffled sobs echoed through the mic. He tried to sweet-talk her into NFL politics: “You don’t like the rule change either? You think the division winner should keep their home game, right?” Of course, the toddler didn’t even bother showing her face—because nothing says “serious football analysis” like a toddler avoiding eye contact. Travis quipped, “She might be the smartest 2-year-old ever if she agrees with this.” Jason snorted that Benny “probably better at deciding all this stuff than everybody else deciding it,” neatly dunking on hapless NFL owners.
Feeling brave, the retired Eagles center pressed on, asking about the swirling debate over the “Tush Push” play. “Benny, what do you think about the Tush Push? Should the Eagles be allowed to do the Tush Push?” Jason inquired. Her deadpan toddler logic? “I’m in time out.” Talk about a mic drop. Jason sighed, “Should the NFL be in time out for proposing banning the Tush Push? No? Okay, you’re not being any fun right now.” And just like everything else these days, we’re left hanging in a bewildering mix of adult seriousness and preschool pandemonium.
This isn’t Benny’s first headline. She’s the third of Jason and Kylie’s brood—big sis Wyatt, 5, and Elliotte, 4, flank her, plus newborn Finnley making it a gaggle of four. Remember the pregnancy announcement photo, where Benny wept in a matching “big sis” sweater? Kylie captioned the meltdown as “an accurate representation of how each of the girls feel about getting another sister,” and honestly, can you blame her? Big feelings are practically a Kelce family heirloom.
At April’s Amazon Upfronts in NYC, Jason admitted that his older girls jumped on board the baby train right away, but “our youngest, Benny, she took some warming up.” Apparently, she’s “starting to get there,” which is the most optimistic assessment anyone’s given this week. Yet, if a toddler’s time-out decree on NFL governance doesn’t signal total societal breakdown, what does?
Anyway, can’t wait to see how this keeps devolving. Bookmark it for the inevitable “I told you so” moment.
Sources: Celebrity Storm and People Magazine, Dotdash Meredith
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