Hoda Kotb's daughter wonders why Travis Kelce pushed Andy Reid
Hoda Kotb.
Monica Schipper/Getty Images for NetflixHoda KotbHis daughter didn't understand why Travis Kelce lost his cool with the coach of the Kansas City Chiefs Andy Reid during Super Bowl LVIII.
“One of the things they didn't like happened on the sideline and my daughter asked when Travis Kelce pushed his coach,” Kotb, 59, said during the Monday, Feb. 12 episode of Today with Hoda and Jenna. “My daughter said, 'Why did he do that?' Like, why did he push that older man?'”
As Kotb's eldest daughter Haley, 6, popped the question, the talk show host explained to both of her daughters that Kelce, 34, was “frustrated that he wasn't in the game” after the Chiefs fumbled the ball. (Kotb is also the mother of 3-year-old daughter Hope.)
“But all a little kid saw was [a] strong man pushing an older man,” Kotb noted, with co-host Jenna Bush Hager agreeing.
Hoda Kotb has often talked about how her loved ones shaped her life — especially her daughters, Haley and Hope. The Today anchor became a mother when she adopted her little ones in 2017 and 2019 respectively. Kotb celebrated the milestone with then-partner Joel Schiffman. The former couple started dating in 2013 and got […]
Bush Hager, 42, said she had a similar reaction to Haley when she saw the tense interaction between Reid, 65, and Kelce.
“I was the Haley of that situation, I kept asking [husband] Henry, 'What's going on here?'” she explained. “You want to be a team and part of being a team is respecting the coach. It's sportsmanship. And that's what I tried to teach my children.”
Travis Kelce, Andy Reid.
Jamie Squire/Getty ImagesThe cohosts shared that their daughters became interested in watching Kelce and his team this season because of the tight end's romance with Taylor Swift. They noted that none of their children had seen these types of emotions during a match before.
“Yeah, and it's weird because I don't think that many young girls have been involved in soccer until this game,” Kotb said. “I don't know if my daughters would have watched it.”
Rob Carr/Getty Images Taylor Swift brought her star-studded group to root for Travis Kelce when his Kansas City Chiefs faced the San Francisco 49ers in the 2024 Super Bowl on Sunday, February 11. The pop star, 34, was spotted while she enjoyed the match with her famous friends at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. She arrived […]
Kelce had a few words with Reid after following along on the couch for a moment Isiah Pacheco's fumble. Kelce grabbed Reid's arm and yelled at him, making the intense moment go viral. Despite the bickering, the Chiefs brought home their second straight championship, defeating the San Francisco 49ers 25-22.
During the post-game presser, both Kelce and Reid were asked about the moment. Kelce hinted that he wanted to keep the duo's conversation to himself.
“Oh, did you see that?” he joked during a postgame interview. “I'll keep it between us unless my microphone comes on tells the world, but I just told him how much I love him.
Super Bowl LVIII was… something. Even before the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers took the field on Sunday, February 11, there were some absolutely – for lack of a better word – unhinged moments. Perhaps the biggest example was every press conference where Travis Kelce had to answer a question about his own […]
Reid, in turn, also gave a light-hearted answer about the interaction. “He keeps me young,” the coach said of Kelce. “He threw me off balance. Normally I would give him a little bit [back]but I didn't have that [my] feet under me.”
He later confirmed that Kelce wanted to get back into the match and promised Reid that he would score if given the chance.
“What I like is that he likes to play the game and wants to help his team win,” Reid told ESPN. “No matter how many times he encounters me, I will follow him and we understand that. He just threw me off balance.”