Travis Kelce is headed to the small screen.
And not just as part of his professional football duties.
The future Hall of Famer landed his first real acting gig, signing on for a role in Ryan Murphy’s high-profile new FX horror series, Grotesquerie,
Murphy has been known to give legitimate roles to entertainers on his shows in the past, including with Lady Gaga Kim Kardashian For their American Horror Story franchise.
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Very few details regarding Kelsey’s role have been made available to the public; We don’t even know what this program will be about.
we but to do Know who the three-time Super Bowl champions will be joining in the upcoming series Niecy Nash-Bates, Courtney B. Vance and Lesley Manville, with production having just begun.
These are some of the biggest names in Hollywood!
Well done, Travis!
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Kelce has made no secret that he wants to pursue a career in the entertainment industry.
He hosted Saturday Night Live this spring and anchored several commercials.
Kelce was previously at the center of the reality show Catching Kelce, which ran for one season in 2016, and she recently signed on as the host of Amazon’s Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity? game show.
A handful of Swift supporters have been fearing for some time that Travis is only dating Taylor to increase his visibility and promote himself as a legitimate A-list celebrity.
Meanwhile, others are scared Kelsey drinks too much,
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After Deadline broke this story, Kelce posted a video from the set of this upcoming drama.
“Guys, guess who I’m working with on Grotesquerie,” Nash-Bates says to the camera, before Kelce joins them and adds:
“Coming into a new area. With Niecy!
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So there you have it folks. If you need further confirmation.
Grotesquerie, which Murphy is producing with frequent collaborators Jon Robin Batz and Joe Bacon, released an all-text teaser in February.
It includes audio of the Nash-Bates character, in which she says:
“I don’t know when it started, I can’t put my finger on it, but it’s different now. There has been a shift, as if something is opening up in the world – a kind of hole that descends into nothingness.
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