“They taught me to never give up”: Travis Kelce’s mother Donna Kelce opens up about the financial struggles she faced while raising her sons

Travis Kelce, the Kansas City Chiefs’ tight end, and his older brother, the former star player Jason Kelce, have always been public about the challenges they faced in life while growing up and how their mother, Donna Kelce, helped them through it. Coming from a pretty middle class background in Cleveland, things were definitely tough for them as Donna Kelce opens up on how they made it through.Travis Kelce’s mother Donna Kelce opens up about how she and her children dealt with financial issues before they made it bigIn an interview with the ClutchPoints, Travis Kelce’s mother Donna Kelce reflected on how she and her children made it through as she said, “Perseverance. Through Jason and Travis, they taught me to never give up through the various struggles they’ve been able to overcome,” Kelce said.The Traitors star added, “Jason didn’t get a scholarship out of high school to play in college, and Travis, with his issues in college, but they taught me to keep going.”While things seemed pretty difficult for both Travis Kelce and Jason Kelce before they made it big in their lives, Donna Kelce is glad that they were not playing during the NILs era.In an interview, Travis Kelce and Jason Kelce’s mother Donna Kelce said, “If you think about it, a lot of children with a lot of money, that’s just not a good thing,” Kelce explained. “And they don’t have help.”Donna Kelce added, “Usually in professional sports there’s somebody there that can help you, like a financial planner or something. And I feel so bad because they have money that could probably last them, if invested properly, the rest of their lives.”Travis Kelce and Jason Kelce’s mother Donna Kelce continued, “I’m not saying that they shouldn’t be paid because colleges are making a lot of money on it. I just think that in my own opinion, it could have been thought about a little bit more in their favor.”Travis Kelce and Jason Kelce team up to grow their family’s wealth together amid their stellar careers on the fieldBoth Travis Kelce and the former Philadelphia Eagles’ icon Jason Kelce struggled to make it big in their lives, and today, the two are multi millionaires.Travis Kelce continues to be a reliable athlete for the Kansas City Chiefs while Jason Kelce opted for retirement in 2024.Both of them continue to remain committed to their popular podcast, New Heights, while building a number of ventures together, including the $20 million Ohio based Garage Beer brand.The two also signed a $100 million deal with Amazon for their podcast and seem to be living life of luxury as they remain thankful to their mother, Donna Kelce.Get the latest Sports News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.