Jason Kelce Launches New Late Night Show and Drinks a Whole Beer: Watch

Jason Kelce is officially in his late night talk show era!

They Call It Late Night With Jason Kelce premiered Saturday, January 4 on ESPN with a group of inaugural guests, including fellow late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, Inside the NBA host Charles Barkley, musician and Philadelphia native Lil Dicky (whose real name is David Burd).

As he took the stage in front of a live audience, Kelce cracked a few jokes about how his new show was the result of his parents Ed and Donna Kelce – who were both present in the audience – leaving him to stay up when he was a child to watch late. nightly shows.

“Wow, how did we get here?,” Kelce, 37, said in his opening monologue. “Yeah, I have my own late night show. I’m not really sure how we got here. I loved watching Conan when I was a kid. I thought it was hilarious and now I’m here to do my own show.”

“My parents are here,” he continued. “Mom, Dad, you were wrong, it turned out that letting me stay up late at night was a good thing while watching TV.”

He then directed the crowd’s attention to his wife Kylie Kelce, who added, at the viewer’s discretion, the show’s language from her own special spot dubbed “Kylie’s Corner”, before heading to the bar where he was served a pint (which he quickly downed). ) by Pro Football Hall of Famer and former Eagles player Harold Carmichael.

The show featured several funny segments, including Kelce visiting Kimmel for advice.

There was then a panel discussion with Barkley, Lil Dicky and former football offensive lineman Brian Baldinger, who also tried his hand at NFL film commentary, as well as a beer drinking competition.

The former footballer has previously spoken about his ideas for the series – which is filmed in Philadelphia – revealing the importance of having a “piece of the Philadelphia scene”.

“This first show will definitely be a pretty Philly one, but it will eventually evolve into a show that feels more national, but I still want the Philly roots to be felt and heard. So that was an important thing for us,” said Kelce, according to the Philadelphia Eagles.

He noted that it was “really a challenge to make and bring all the things together in a series like this”, and filming it for the first time made him “realize how difficult it is to film things live “.

He added: “I did Saturday evening live with my brother (Travis Kelce) and Monday Night Countdown on ESPN. But there is a challenge ahead. And one of the things that I really like is that there are so many people involved and everyone has their role. »

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ESPN described the show as “a new one-hour, personality-driven program that will run in conjunction with the NFL regular season finale and playoffs, where Kelce will take the audience on a ride highlighting his oversized personality and his contagious humor. »

Each of its five episodes will feature celebrity guests as well as the former Philadelphia Eagles star discussing the NFL combined with comedy and live music.

On November 21, during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!Kelce confirmed the news that he will host his own late night show on ESPN in 2025.

“Yes, I’m starting, I think it’s January 3rd – I hope it’s January 3rd! “- we will do a late night show during the playoffs on ESPN,” he said at the time. “It will be broadcast every Friday.”

“When I first approached ESPN with the idea of ​​working for them, Monday Night Football was a big part of it, Monday Night Countdown“, Kelce added.

After his appearance on the late night show, Kelce revealed on his podcast: New heights with Jason and Travis Kelce, on Nov. 27, Kimmel, 57, gave her tons of advice regarding her new career.

“I had the opportunity to see Jimmy Kimmel last week and I found it absurd. It was hilarious,” Kelce said at the time. “Jimmy was the guy who offered tons of advice and had to follow it all day.”