Travis Kelce is apparently interested in furthering his presence on the screen with an actual acting guest appearance on a show with John C. Reilly.
Travis Kelce, actor, is not as accomplished as Travis Kelce, football player. Give it time.
The Kansas City Chiefs tight end made waves two years ago when the E! network premiered a show entitled Catching Kelce, a reality dating show in which the actual catch was Kelce himself. While the show failed to provide Kelce with his long-term partner (sorry, Maya Benberry), but it did apparently scratch an itch for Kelce for appearing on television.
The latest news from the Cleveland Plain-Dealer is that Kelce will be making a guest appearance on a forthcoming TV show, as yet unnamed, from actor John C. Reilly.
"“We really don’t know what network will pick it up, but I got to work with John C. Reilly,” said Kelce. “I already knew John was one of the most talented people in the acting world, and to see it live and to be in a scene with him was unreal.”"
While Kelce could not or did not name the show, IMDb has Reilly as an actor and producer for a new TV series called Moonbase 8, which also stars Fred Armisen (Portlandia) and Tim Heidecker (half of the popular duo Tim & Eric).
Judging by Kelce’s words, the show is still waiting to be greenlit after at least putting enough money and effort together to film a pilot. From there, various television executives are given the pitch and the pilot in the hopes they will “order” more episodes or even a full season to move forward. It helps that Reilly is involved as a primary selling point, but it also works in their favor that television has more outlets than ever before. Not only can the traditional networks like CBS or NBC get involved, but there are also several cable possibilities as well as subscription outlets like Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu and more.
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For fans worried about whether or not Kelce’s off-the-field interests will get in the way of his primary job, just know that statistically Kelce has been on fire since he was on the reality show. It’s also good for the Chiefs to have their star player with the most charisma simply being himself and generating headlines for the team.