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    Travis Kelce had to "deal with" weight gain when he was a child

    The 35-year-old footballer admitted that he was a "heavyweight" during his youth thanks to his love of pastry snacks, whilst his brother and fellow sports star Jason, 37, is more "newly founded" to the idea of having to watch his waistline


    Speaking on Wednesday's (19.03.25) episode of his 'New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce' podcast, he told guest Ben Stiller: "I was a heavyweight growing up. Jason, he didn't get fat until he went to office. We switched places growing up. So Jason is more newly founded into it.

    "He was chubby, I wouldn't say he was fat. I think I was dealing with my love for honey buns. That's what I was kinda dealing with more."

    The Kansas City tight end then mentioned to Ben his 1995 comedy 'Heavyweights' and noted that he always wanted to go to a fat camp similar to what is portrayed in the movie.

    He said: "I saw 'Heavyweights' and was like, 'Oh, man. If there's a camp out there like that, I wanna go to it. Just kids that can be fat together and hide candy in their beds.

    "Kids that never really lived up to the excellence of their brother and just the expectations that their parents set for themselves."

    Ben explained to Travis - who has been in a relationship with pop superstar Taylor Swift for almost two years - that it would be unlikely for such a film to be made these days.

    He said: "My character [a camp counselor] is so mean to these kids who are dealing with weight issues. I just don't think that's getting off the drawing board these days."

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