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Travis Kelce disagrees with Jason Kelce on paternity leave, sides with New Heights’ Jets Jake and gets surprised by Kylie Kelce

NFL News: As if being on opposite sides of the gridiron was not enough! They had to do that in their personal lives too? Shock, shock.In the Season 5 premiere o.

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As if being on opposite sides of the gridiron was not enough! They had to do that in their personal lives too? Shock, shock.In the Season 5 premiere of the New Heights podcast, Travis Kelce and Jason Kelce found themselves on opposite poles while discussing their colleague Jake Chatzky’s paternity leave. Fans know him as “Jets Jake.” He is the senior director of social media and producer for the podcast.Anyhow, Jake is a new father, and he’s been on a month-long paternity leave. Now that didn’t sit well with Jason. But it did with Travis! As for Kylie Kelce? She said her husband couldn’t take paternity leave, so three months is a long paternity leave! Surprise, surprise. “Zero f*cks given,” remember?Anyhow, Jason had a lot to say about Jets Jake, while Travis was all ears - but clearly sided with the father of the newborn.Travis Kelce’s brother Jason Kelce brutally roasts Jets Jake on New Heights podcastIt all started when Jason Kelce questioned just how much time a new dad really needs. He pointed out that it had been a month since Jets Jake had been absent from the show.Leaving no stone unturned, Jason immediately began roasting him. “They aren’t latching onto your t*ts,” Jason brutally said.Jason then ruthlessly argued that Jake could theoretically still handle some social media work while caring for the baby, teasing that he could tweet with one hand while holding his child with the other.“I mean, let’s be honest, you’re not doing much. You can tweet with your hand and hold your baby. Like, you’re not going into the mill, right? You’re not forging iron,” Jason said.Travis Kelce quickly takes Jets Jake’s side on paternity leaveTravis was not buying even one percent of Jason’s argument. This is beyond a great spousal-support trait, everyone!Anyhow, the Kansas City Chiefs star tight end defended Jake’s decision to take time away from the podcast, saying that when someone needs time off, they should take it.“I’m with Jake on this, man. When you need some time off, you got to get some time off, man,” Travis said.Jason’s argument became even sassier when he suggested that the early months of caring for a newborn majorly involve eating, sleeping, and changing diapers.While making it clear that he supports fatherhood and being a great dad, Jason questioned how much a father can literally do in certain situations.“All it’s doing is eat, sleep, and that’s pretty much what the infant does for these first three months,” he said. “The paternity leave thing is getting a little bit out of hand to me.”“I’m just saying, I don’t know, man. Listen, I’m all about fatherhood. I’m all about being a great dad, but, like, we all know there’s only so much you can do,” he added.To this argument, Travis had a heart-melting reply: “My baby needs me, man.”No one can beat this reply! Even Jason toned it down a bit and said, “Yeah. Your baby needs you. You can be there. I’m just saying, isn’t that too much?”When Travis laughed it off, Jason immediately turned to his wife for a woman’s perspective…Kylie Kelce gets dragged into the heated paternity leave debateJason specifically asked Kylie whether three months of paternity leave was too long for Jets Jake. Kylie said it was too long.Then Jason asked her what the appropriate amount of time was.Kylie said, “You’re asking the wrong person. As someone who had a husband who went back to work literally the day after I [delivered]…”Jason cut her off with a hand signal that probably suggested, “we’re recording…” and said, “Well, yeah. We’re football players. We had to work because they don’t give you paternity leave in the NFL.”Get the latest Sports News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.

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