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Jason and Travis Kelce Shout Out Taylor Swift Fans After Winning Award
Travis Kelce and Jason Kelce are giving credit where it’s due. The siblings and co-hosts of the New Heights podcast thanked Taylor Swift’s fans in a fun video after their show was named Podcast of the Year at the 2024 iHeartPodcast Awards on Monday.
Starting out with their signature “New News” call, Jason announced the victory by throwing his hands up in the air.
“We won podcast of the year!” he shouted, with Travis replying, “Get the f**k out of here” before marveling that “people actually listen to this.”
Awards were doled out on Monday at the sixth annual iHeartPodcast Awards Presented by The Hartford Live at SXSW in Austin, Texas. Travis and Jason were not available to attend the ceremony in person, instead pre-recording their speech while recording last week’s episode.
We wish we could be there, guys, but we are honored,” Travis said in the clip, released on Monday. “We are honored to accept this award. Podcast of the Year is big s**t.”
Jason echoed, “Listen, this is an incredible honor, especially for two jabronis like us to receive an award like this is beyond humbling.”
The show — which debuted in September 2022 at the start of the NFL season, which culminated in Jason and Travis becoming the first brothers to ever face off at the Super Bowl — indeed reached new heights this year amid news of Travis’ romance with the biggest pop star in the world, resulting in a convergence of the show’s existing fanbase, dubbed the “92 Percenters,” with the Swifties.
We would be remiss if we didn’t immediately thank all the 92 Percenters out there A.K.A. Swifties who voted for us to win this award,” Jason joked, earning a big laugh from Travis.
“Thank you guys for everything,” Travis continued, poking a little fun at the fans’ tendencies to go the extra mile with, well, everything.
“We truly do have the best fan base in the entire world,” he said.
“Thank you guys for voting every single day of every single month and every hour of that day,” he trailed off.