Kylie Kelce’s Relatable Reason for Missing Super Bowl 2026 Revealed

Kylie Kelce has become a familiar face at the Super Bowl, largely due to her husband Jason Kelce and his brother Travis Kelce. However, this year brings a change in her usual plans.

Though Kylie, 33, has traveled to the Super Bowl 2026 host city of San Francisco for the weekend, she admitted she won’t be watching the showdown between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks.

“I can’t even count this year because I’m not staying for the game,” Kylie shared with People on Wednesday, February 4. She confessed it’s hard to “keep track” of the number of Super Bowls she’s witnessed in person over the years.

She continued, “This might be the first Super Bowl in several years that I haven’t attended.”

Reflecting on Super Bowl LII, where her husband, now-retired Philadelphia Eagles player Jason Kelce, claimed his first and only Lombardi Trophy, Kylie admits she doesn’t recall much from that momentous occasion. “Jason and I were set to marry the following April after Minnesota. We jokingly refer to it as his ‘two-ring season,'” Kylie, 32, reminisced. […]

When it comes to what Kylie plans to do instead of taking in the NFL game from Levi’s Stadium on Sunday, February 8, she said: rest.

“I’m going to be in bed because I don’t have any of my children here,” Kylie confessed, referring to her and Jason’s four daughters, Wyatt, 6, Ellie, 4, Bennett, 2, and Finn, 10 months, who did not make the trip to California.

Prior to this year’s Super Bowl, Kylie has been to two championships in support of Jason, 38, who played for the Philadelphia Eagles from 2011 to 2023. (Jason has won one Super Bowl in 2018.)

Courtesy of Kylie Kelce/Instagram With another Chiefs vs. Eagles Super Bowl on the horizon, there’s no question who Kylie Kelce will be rooting for — but this year, her daughters are getting involved. Kylie, 32, revealed during the Thursday, January 30, episode of her “Not Gonna Lie” podcast that she was at the NFC Championship […]

Travis, 36, meanwhile, has played in four Super Bowls — he’s won three, one of which was against Jason and the Eagles in 2023 — of his own throughout his career with the Kansas City Chiefs. (Travis’ future with the team is unknown for the 2026-2027 NFL season as rumors swirl that he might be retiring.)

“I will say, I think that between my husband and my brother-in-law, it has been back to back to back to back to back,” Kylie told the outlet. “And it is something that I feel very, very fortunate that I’ve just had the opportunity to witness.”

Despite opting out of Sunday’s match-up, Kylie has been part of the 2026 Super Bowl lead-up festivities taking place throughout the City by the Bay.

Kylie, a former college athlete herself, was a referee during the Toyota glow-in-the-dark NFL flag football exhibition on Wednesday alongside retired New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning.

“I was just watching flag football for dummies on YouTube,” Kylie joked when asked how she prepared for the coveted role.

The “Not Gonna Lie” podcast host noted that once she learned that the flag football game was in honor of shining a light on the Bay Area female youth flag stars, she was in.

Jamie Squire/Getty Images Jason Kelce and Kylie Kelce had family and friends on both sides of the 2025 Super Bowl matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles. The couple — who are expecting their fourth baby girl — were spotted sitting inside a suite at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans for the […]

“I love any opportunity to support female sports, so it’s a no-brainer,” Kylie added. “I’m very excited… These athletes have worked really, really hard to get an opportunity like this and they get to play on the exact same field that the Pro Bowl was just played on last night.”

Later that night, Kylie was spotted at Jason and Travis’ second annual pregame event, the New Heights Super Bowl Party, in San Francisco.

The evening was documented via the “New Heights” podcast social media pages, including photos of Kylie playing arcade games and Jason and Travis showing off their latest merchandise.

For football fans wanting to watch the Super Bowl at home, the big game kicks off on NBC Sunday, February 8, at 6:30 p.m. ET.