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It’s taken a few weeks but Travis Kelce has finally responded to Aaron Rodgers challenging him and Dr. Anthony Fauci to a “vaccine debate” against him and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Appearing on a recent episode of the I AM ATHLETE Paper Route podcast, Kelce said that he didn’t take Rodgers’ comments as a shot at him and says he considers the back and forth to be “all fun and games.”
“I didn’t think it was as much of a shot,” Kelce said. “He has his ways. He has his thoughts, how he feels about things. He has a right to have that. How you feel about certain things is up to you, man. To each his own. I think he was just having fun with it, but I’m no debater, man. You’re not gonna see me up here going to the great debate against Aaron Rodgers over something like that. It’s all fun and games, at least between us. I got all the respect for him.”
This all started earlier in the football season when Rodgers called Kelce “Mr. Pfizer” due to his appearance in commercials for the pharmaceutical company. In response, Kelce pointed out that Rodgers’ boss is Woody Johnson, the heir to the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical empire and one of the major COVID vaccine producers.
Some NFL fans have suggested that Rodgers’ comments are stemming from jealousy about Kelce’s relationship with Taylor Swift, as Rodgers went to two of her concerts at MetLife Stadium earlier in the year.
This weekend, Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs will look to improve to an NFL-best 7-1 when they travel to the Mile High City to take on the Denver Broncos on Sunday, October 29 at 4:25 p.m. EST.
As for Rodgers, he’ll be continuing his rehab on his injured Achilles as his New York Jets take on the New York Giants.