Jason Kelce reveals brutal bet that forced him to wear Speedos at Eagles charity event... and get a bikini wax
The Philadelphia legend went viral after attending the Eagles Autism Foundation gala in a skimpy outfit on June 25, which also included a rainbow-themed hat and a crop top as well as the tiny trunks.
On the latest episode of their New Heights podcast, Jason told younger brother Travis that his Speedos moment was the result of a lost bet with friend and former teammate Beau Allen.
The two ex-Eagles players went head to head in a three-month-long weight loss and muscle gain competition, he explained to Travis.
'The bet was you get two points for every percentage body fat lost, and you get one point for every pound of muscle gained,' Jason said.
He then revealed that Allen lost a total of two percent body fat while gaining four pounds of muscle, whereas he lost three percent body fat and didn't gain any muscle, meaning he came off second best.
'And for those of you that remember, I didn't think that [wearing the Speedos] was enough,' he said about the added bikini wax element. 'Smart by me. So, we talked about maybe adding something else to it.'
'You did a WHAT?' Travis asked his brother in astonishment.
'Thank God I did because this thing would have looked so much worse if I wasn't waxed,' Jason admitted.
'I mean, it would have been even more gross.'
At one stage Travis was also shown a photo of Jason at the salon, which left him in disbelief.
'Dude, this cannot see the light of day. This cannot see the light of day, dude,' he joked.
Jason defended himself by blaming the unflattering picture on 'vulnerable positioning.'
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