{"id":186415,"date":"2025-08-12T14:05:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T14:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/12\/travis-kelce-gets-candid-about-his-parents-donna-and-eds-divorce\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T14:05:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T14:05:13","slug":"travis-kelce-gets-candid-about-his-parents-donna-and-eds-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/12\/travis-kelce-gets-candid-about-his-parents-donna-and-eds-divorce\/","title":{"rendered":"Travis Kelce Gets Candid About His Parents Donna and Ed&#8217;s Divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/travis-kelce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Travis Kelce<\/strong><\/a> opened up about the erosion of his parents\u2019 marriage and the impact it had on his childhood and adolescence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Kansas City Chiefs star\u2019s parents, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/donna-kelce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Donna<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/ed-kelce-confirms-girlfriend-maureen-maguires-death-at-74\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Ed<\/strong><\/a>, got divorced after 28 years of marriage while he was a student-athlete at the University of Cincinnati. Travis played for the Bearcats from 2008 to 2012.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThey were always the ultimate partners in terms of being there for us as kids,\u201d Travis, 35, said in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gq.com\/story\/travis-kelce-september-cover-2025-interview-super-bowl-taylor-swift?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=dhtwitter&amp;utm_content=null\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>GQ<\/i><\/a> cover story, which was published on Tuesday, August 12. \u201cThere was no division in terms of anger at each other. I think the romance of it all might\u2019ve just kind of faded, being so focused on their careers and raising a family. It\u2019s probably hard for parents to keep that romance, especially when you\u2019ve got kids that are into fucking everything, you know?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Donna, 72, and Ed, 74, also share son <strong>Jason Kelce<\/strong>, a former Philadelphia Eagles star and cohost of the \u201cNew Heights\u201d podcast alongside his brother, Travis. Jason, 37, was also a star athlete at the University of Cincinnati, where he played from 2007 to 2010.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/why-travis-kelce-appeared-to-miss-dad-ed-kelces-girlfriends-funeral\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/why-travis-kelce-appeared-to-miss-dad-ed-kelces-girlfriends-funeral\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Why Travis Kelce Was Absent From Funeral Held for His Dad\u2018s Girlfriend<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tTravis Kelce appeared to skip the funeral service held in honor of his dad Ed Kelce\u2019s longtime girlfriend, Maureen Maguire. A memorial was held in Maguire\u2019s honor in Pennsylvania on Thursday, August 7, according to photos obtained by TMZ. Ed presumably acted as a pallbearer, as he was seen helping to carry the casket. Ed\u2019s [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cMy brother was into so much more stuff than me \u2014 he was a musician, he was doing all this theater stuff \u2014 outside of just sports,\u201d Travis explained. \u201cI\u2019m doing all these sports \u2014 two sports every season. So there\u2019s so much s*** going on.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Travis recalled how a note on the family\u2019s refrigerator about his parents\u2019 anniversary eventually allowed him to understand their marriage was in trouble.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIt had to be around 20. Let\u2019s say 20,\u201d Travis said. \u201cI remember seeing it and I was like, \u2018Oh, it\u2019s their anniversary. I wonder what they\u2019re going to do.\u2019 And it was kind of just another day almost. Another day of knocking out things for the kids.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He continued, \u201cI\u2019m sure my father probably did something, \u2019cause he\u2019s always been very good at making sure we celebrate our mother when it\u2019s Mother\u2019s Day and all that. He still to this day will text, like, \u2018Hey, it\u2019s your mom\u2019s birthday coming up. Don\u2019t forget about it.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Still, Travis \u2014 who opened up about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/travis-kelce-recalls-how-he-fell-in-love-with-girlfriend-taylor-swift\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his love for girlfriend <strong>Taylor Swift<\/strong><\/a> in the profile \u2014 admitted he \u201cnever saw the romance\u201d in his parents\u2019 relationship.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cA lot of friends I grew up with shared that,\u201d he said. \u201cThe handful of my friends whose parents are still together and still thriving \u2014 those are situations I would love to have. Not that I think my parents dealt with it the wrong way or anything like that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Travis added, \u201c\u201cIt\u2019s more so, if we\u2019re gonna start this and do it, why not try and do it to last forever? Not just in a \u2018It\u2019s just for the kids\u2019 aspect.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/travis-kelce-gets-candid-about-his-parents-donna-and-eds-divorce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Travis Kelce opened up about the erosion of his parents\u2019 marriage and the impact it had on his childhood and adolescence.\u00a0 The Kansas City Chiefs star\u2019s parents, Donna and Ed, got divorced after 28 years of marriage while he was a student-athlete at the University of Cincinnati. 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