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How many kids does Donna Kelce have?
Donna is a proud mom to NFL superstars
DONNA Kelce has been in the spotlight since her sons Travis and Jason Kelce played against each other at the 2023 Super Bowl.
Fans want to know if she has other kids aside from the famous Kelce brothers.
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How many kids does Donna Kelce have?
Donna Kelce is the well-known mother of Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and former Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce.
The two sports stars are reportedly her only children.
She made several headlines in 2023 after it was revealed that her kids would play against each other in Super Bowl LVII.
On March 4, 2024, Jason announced his official retirement from the NFL - marking the end of a 13-year run with the Eagles.
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Over the years, Donna has flown across the US watching her sons play in the football league.
However, she said she doesn't mind having the spotlight trained on her, especially when the media asks her about Travis and Jason.
"It's really not that difficult," she told PopSugar.
"I mean, what mother doesn't like to talk about their kids 24/7?"
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She also quipped that her sons got their athleticism from her.
"I would like to say — I'm biased — that it's from my side of the family," she said.
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"My brother played at Purdue, my dad played at a high university, we have several people on our side. My uncle played for the Cleveland Indians way back in the day."
While speaking with Today co-hosts Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie in April 2024 ahead of Mother's Day, Donna joked that her sons don't give good Mother's Day gifts and that she often does not see them on the holiday.
"Are those two boys of yours good gift-givers for Mother's Day?" Kotb asked the NFL mom.
"Boys usually are not," Donna responded.
"I'm very rarely in the same place that they are on Mother's Day because it's their off-season, so they're off," she continued, in part.
"They're off and running and doing their own thing.
"But that's okay. I've had so many blessings that I don't even care."
Does Donna Kelce have grandchildren?
Over the years, the Kelce brothers have been open with their fans about their family life.
During an episode of their New Heights podcast, the brothers tried to get their mom to admit which one of her sons she was rooting for during the 2023 Super Bowl.
Jason claimed during the show that he has a leg up on his brother because he's given her multiple grandchildren.
"You've said in the past to both of us that you root for me because I've given you grandkids," Jason joked on the podcast, via People.
Jason - who shares daughters Elliotte Ray, Wyatt, and Bennett Llewellyn with his wife, Kylie Kelce - continued, "I've always known that you root for Travis. So who do you actually root for?
"In this one, you have the luxury of rooting for offenses, but if in a battle to the death, me versus Travis, who are you rooting for?"
Instead of giving a straight answer, Donna turned the question around on her sons and asked who they would pick if there was a "battle to the death" between her and their father.
"Remember if you choose me, Wyatt and Elliotte grow up without a father," Jason then quipped.
Jason has three daughters. His brother, who is dating pop sensation Taylor Swift, has no kids at this time.
Donna once joked that Jason is her favorite son because of his kids.
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"Right now, Jason's a little ahead because of the grandchildren," she told Entertainment Tonight.
"But I'm sure Travis will take it over soon one of these days. I can't, you know, as a mother, you just can't pick one against the other. It's 50/50 and it always will be."
Who is Donna Kelce's ex-husband?
While Donna might be getting all the attention from NFL fans, her ex-husband, Ed, has also stepped into the spotlight since the 2023 Super Bowl.
Ed is known for his career as a sales representative and previously worked in the steel business while raising his kids in Cleveland, Ohio.
"Blue collar town, blue collar part of Cleveland, great neighborhood," Ed described during an appearance on his sons' New Heights podcast.
"It was a lot of fun," he added.
Not much is known about Ed's personal life because he often stays out of the spotlight, but during an interview with the Los Angeles Times, he revealed that he worked in the steel industry and would often bring his kids to work.
"I’d take them there — hard hat, safety glasses, boots, the whole nine yards," he told the outlet.
"I’d tell them,' You can have a job like your mother’s, or you can have a job like mine.'"
Donna and Ed were married for more than 20 years before getting a divorce.
Ed spoke of the split in the Amazon documentary Kelce, saying that the pair would have "preferred" to split earlier, but they stayed together for the kids.
"If we had split as we probably both would have preferred, that would have been a nightmare with the logistics, getting kids where they had to be and providing all the support," Ed said, via Today.com.
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Donna later spoke of it on the New Heights podcast, adding that they're "friends to this day."
"We get along great, it's just sometimes people move apart," Donna explained.