Travis Kelce roasted for 'husband belly' after returning to Chiefs training campTravis Kelce walked into Kansas City Chiefs training camp fresh off his wedding to Taylor Swift, and the internet immediately clocked something different about him. Not his ring. His stomach. Videos from the first day of camp in St. Joseph, Missouri, showed the 36-year-old tight end looking noticeably softer than fans are used to, and social media did not hold back. What was supposed to be a routine practice session turned into a full-blown pile-on, with fans debating whether Kelce had shown up in "husband shape" instead of football shape.Travis Kelce shows up to Chiefs training camp looking a little too married, Fans roast Kelce's "husband belly"One clip in particular set it off. Kelce looked winded during a drill, and fans zeroed in on his midsection, joking he might be " wearing a fat suit" to hide what one person bluntly called his "husband belly."Another fan piled on, writing that "looks like he's been benching pressin' buffalo wings." A third asked if he was secretly playing guard this season instead of tight end. Someone else went for the jugular, joking that now that he's away from Taylor for a few weeks at camp, maybe he can finally "get rid of the belly."Not everyone agreed he looked bad, some fans actually said he looked leaner and more cut than last year, but the "out of shape groom" jokes were louder and funnier, and they're the ones that went viral.Coach Andy Reid, who was actually at the wedding, tried to shut the roast down. He told reporters Kelce "looked pretty good" and joked that he'd "stayed in shape" because he "did a lot of dancing at his wedding." Cute line, but it didn't stop the memes.Why everyone's watching Kelce so closely this yearKelce isn't just any player walking into camp with a few extra pounds, he's coming off a rough season personally and for the team. The Chiefs finished 6-11 last year, missed the playoffs for the first time in a decade, and watched Patrick Mahomes go down with a high ankle sprain. Kelce himself admitted on his podcast, New Heights, that he felt he'd let his teammates down last season, saying he wanted to put in extra reps and extra miles this offseason to make up for it. So there's real pressure on him to prove the "husband belly" jokes wrong once the season actually starts.He's also playing under a fresh three-year, $54 million deal, and has said he wants to retire a Chief. Add in that this camp appearance came just three and a half weeks after he married Swift at Madison Square Garden on July 3, and it's easy to see why fans were watching his every step (and every inch of his stomach) so closely. Kansas City opens the season September 14 against the Denver Broncos, so Kelce has about six weeks to trade the honeymoon body for game shape or brace for a very long season of jokes.
“Is he wearing a fat suit?”: Travis Kelce's first Chiefs practice after his wedding gets brutally trolled
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