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Now, Travis Kelsey, the Kansas City Chiefs star, talking about working with his brother Jason, his acting career, life beyond football.
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What else could they possibly have spoken about?
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Will Reed sat down with him exclusively.
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Good morning again, Will.
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Hello again, Robin.
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It's been about four months since Travis Kelsey won his third Super Bowl, and in that time, he's been doing a lot.
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He's been shooting commercials, he visited the White as a supportive partner.
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He's fully aware.
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It's good to be Travis Kelsey.
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It's Travis Kelsey's world, and he's living it up.
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I feel like I'm on top of the mountain, even after winning the Super Bowl and having the offseason that I'm having.
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Living the dream, baby.
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The 34-year-old three-time Super Bowl champion has been making the most of it, hitting up high-profile charity events.
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I have no kids.
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This is just what it looks like at 35.
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And the White House for a Chiefs Super Bowl celebration.
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My fellow Americans, it's nice to see you all yet again.
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All the Secret Service guys that were there made sure to let me know that, you know, they got orders to keep me away from the podium unless asked.
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So I was like, yeah, no, I felt it.
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I felt all the taser guns on me when I walked up there.
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Now he's making a foray into Hollywood, landing a role in Ryan Murphy's forthcoming FX series, Grotesquerie.
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Guys, guess who I am working with on Grotesquerie?
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You an actor now?
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I guess you could say that.
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I've been on a few shows before.
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I've only played myself in those shows, though.
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It's definitely different portraying a character and trying to find the emotions in everything and the understanding of a script and the scene.
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But it's a challenge.
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I feel like an amateur right now, but I'm coachable.
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That's one thing I know from being in sports.
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I am a coachable guy.
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The newly minted actor was sitting down with GMA on the set of a commercial shoot for the energy drink he invests in.
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Accelerator Active Energy Drink and represent the U.S. of A.
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Got Livvy Dunn in the building, LSU gymnast, absolutely just an awesome person.
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She's down there making the accelerator look amazing.
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And talking sports and kicking back with his brother, former Philadelphia Eagle Jason Kelsey, has become a weekly passion.
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They co-host their hit podcast, New Heights, now in its second season.
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You have this really popular podcast now that's taken off to new heights, pardon the pun.
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Nice.
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When I tell you, I couldn't have even imagined it get to the point it is today.
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And I'm so fortunate that everybody, you know, kind of latched on to me and my brother's family dynamic, because that's really what my goal was to, when we started the podcast, if you looked at us on two different teams, you really didn't even think that we were brothers.
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We just had the same last name.
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Just because he's like the Neanderthal that wears flip-flops in the winter and doesn't really care what he looks like.
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And I like to, you know, throw on fashionable stuff and have fun.
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You know, through the podcast, we've been able to show everybody just how close we are as brothers.
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And of course, he's made time to support his girlfriend, Taylor Swift, on the European leg of her world tour.
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You're well-talked about personal life.
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How do you stay true to who you are?
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When you have good family and friends around you, it makes that aspect of life that much easier.
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I've always been a very grounded guy, you know, might not come off like that when I'm playing football, but off the field, I just want to be a genuine person.
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I try not to get too far down the road because you just never know what opportunities are going to present themselves.
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On a scale of 1 to 10, how good is Travis Kelsey's life these days?
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Man, 20, 100.
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Man, I'm so fortunate and so grateful of everything that's come my way in life.
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Amid all the chaos of his life, Travis tells me that football still is the main focus, primarily and specifically winning another Super Bowl.
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And I asked him if he has a detailed roadmap for the future, and he told me he prides himself on staying present because you never know what opportunities are going to come your way, which for Travis Kelsey is putting it pretty lightly, guys.
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A lot of opportunities coming his way, and well-deserved.
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He seems very grounded, very grounded.
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Will, you got that impression too?
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I did, yeah.
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I think he's well aware of the craziness of it all, but I think that he kept referencing his family and the people closest to him, how they keep him in the right place.
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Yeah, good to know.
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If only he would stop beating my 49ers.
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Thanks, Will, as always.
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Have fun at the game.
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Have fun at the game.
