Jason Kelcetitle late night talk show is truly a family affair.
“The show obviously needs its own mascot,” Kelce, 37, said Saturday, Jan. 18, on ESPN. They call it a late night. “We went out of our way to get the perfect design team for the job.”
In a pre-recorded segment, Jason and the wife Kylie Kelce — a civil servant They call it a late night announcer — asked his kids to come up with a mascot. Jason and Kylie, 32, share daughters Wyatt, 5, Ellie, 3, and Bennett, 23 months. (Kylie is too currently pregnant with baby no. 4, another girl.)
Before the younger Kelces could begin to develop his ideas, Jason tested their knowledge.
“Do you know what the mascot is? Who is Eagle mascot?” he asked what Ellie correctly identified Swope to. (Jason played center for the Philadelphia Eagles throughout his NFL career before retiring in March 2024.)
“We need to make our own version of Swoop,” Jason said. “And I think it would be fun if we all worked it out together.”
Wyatt, Ellie, and Bennett then went to work painting potential mascots — complete with “something to drink” in hand.
“I think we have a mascot, girls,” Jason said later. “We have Wyatt's face, Ellie's body, and then we have the 'pizza hand' you drew here (and) the 'chicken legs.' This is our mascot.
Wyatt and Ellie had chosen to name their mascot “Dragon McFart-Fart Butt-Butt”.
“Okay, sounds like he's Irish?” Jason scoffed in response, later bringing the entire drawing into the ESPN studio.
Speaking live, he expressed confidence that the girls “nailed” the artistic task.
“I thought Ellie was looking for a face too, but she got a body,” Jason mentioned. “I don't really know how (Kylie) got Benny to draw anything. I never made Benny draw anything.
According to Kylie, Bennett had made an “accidental run-in” that turned out to be legs. The drawing was the inspiration for a mascot costume that one of Jason's colleagues wore for the rest of the show.
“Hi, I'm Dragon McFart-Fart Butt-Butt. It's so fun to be here,” the mascot yelled to the amusement of Jason and Kylie. “Thanks so much for making me girls.”
Jason, meanwhile, was thrilled that his kids caught on to the design.
“Well done! I don't even know what to say,” he further mused. “It's so good. … I just love this thing so much. It turned out to be incredibly perfect. I wish we could have it forever, too bad we only have it for two more weeks.
Kelce They call it a late night on air on Saturdays at 1 a.m. ET during the NFL playoffs, which culminate in the 2025 Super Bowl in February.
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