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Travis Kelce struggled with ‘SNL’ table read when he hosted, | |
identifies as someone who ‘can’t really read that well’ | |
By Lisa Respers France, CNN | |
Updated: | |
3:21 PM EDT, Wed July 2, 2025 | |
Source: CNN | |
sounds liked he had fun hosting “,” but it also sounded | |
challenging. | |
The professional football player who is also Taylor Swift’s boyfriend | |
recently gave an interview to the and talked about guest hosting | |
“SNL” back in March 2023. | |
“The writers’ rooms were fun because you’re just getting pitched | |
ideas,” he said. “The table reading, for a guy that can’t really | |
read that well, it was kind of a f**ked situation.” | |
Because of his reading skill, Kelce said, he felt like he “was just | |
trying to get through the reading instead of actually acting it out and | |
giving it a voice and giving it a character.” | |
“I was just focused on, ‘Don’t f**king skip this line,’” he | |
explained, later adding that “the table read was the hardest | |
f**kin’ part.” | |
“Bussin’” pod host Taylor Lewan replied to Kelce, “Brother, | |
when it comes to reading difficulties, I will be on that side of the | |
aisle with you my entire life.” | |
“I’m more of an Audible, more of an audio guy,” Kelce said. | |
“That’s why they make audiobooks now, for guys like us. You read | |
it, I’m listening,” Lewan responded, with Kelce agreeing and | |
saying, “There you go.” | |
Kelce also mentioned the grueling nature of the week of preparation | |
leading up to the gig of hosting “SNL,” saying, “You’re there | |
all week, up ‘til 2, 3 in the morning everyday, just trying to knock | |
stuff out, do some of the prerecorded stuff. That was insane, that was | |
a crazy ride.” | |
Not that he didn’t have some fun on the episode, which also featured | |
musical guest Kelsea Ballerini. | |
“I want to take advantage of this… I want to have fun doing it, but | |
I don’t want to look like a loser doing this,” he said of the | |
experience. “I want to make them respect my approach and how I’m | |
taking it serious. But it was just a fun roller coaster, man.” | |
While he is still working his day job playing for the Kansas City | |
Chiefs, Kelce has also gotten into acting, with roles in FX’s | |
“Grotesquerie” and Netflix’s forthcoming “Happy Gilmore” | |
sequel. | |
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