Jason Kelce got himself into a sticky situation after losing a bet with one of his buddies.
During Wednesday’s episode of his “New Heights” podcast with brother Travis Kelce, the retired NFL star explained how he ended up having to get a bikini wax and then publicly don a Speedo after his friend Beau Allen bested him in a three-month weight loss competition.
Challenging one another to get fit before summertime, the pals devised a game where each would earn two points for every percentage of body fat lost and bank one point for each pound of muscle they put on.
Though Kelce shed more fat than his friend, Allen ended up packing on four pounds of muscle while his competitor failed to get any brawnier.
“Ultimately, we’re both winners in my book, but I definitely was a loser of the bet,” the older Kelce brother admitted, and as a result had to wear a Speedo at a charity event for the Philadelphia Eagles Autism Foundation.
But sporting a skimpy swimsuit wasn’t the only thing they wagered, according to the former Philadelphia Eagle center.
Foolishly thinking that modeling a Speedo didn’t put “enough” at stake, Kelce said he and Allen decided to add “something else” to their competition: a bikini wax.
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Though Travis was shocked that his big brother would agree to getting his bits waxed, Jason said he was actually grateful to get some extra grooming before having to strip down in public.
“Thank God I did because this thing would have looked so much worse if I wasn’t waxed,” he laughed. “I mean, it would have been even more gross.”
Jason gave props to the salon for making his experience “as comfortable as they could,” but admitted it wasn’t a “fun” ordeal.
“It’s probably not a thing that I’m gonna redo,” he said.
While the Super Bowl champ was game to follow through on his promise, he decided to pass on going for a Brazilian, which would have entailed ripping off the hair between his cheeks.
“I don’t like anything in that crease,” Jason joked. “Nothing’s been in that crease other than my own hand … The crease, that’s a no-fly zone for me.”
The ESPN sportscaster said his wife Kylie Kelce was a bit disappointed he didn’t go the extra mile, sharing how she told him, “Jason, that’s the one thing you could’ve used.”
Once the day of the event at New Jersey’s Ocean Drive beach club arrived, the big loser followed through, climbing on top of a chair in the middle of the crowd to rip off his shorts and reveal a star-spangled Speedo.
Though Kelce was glad he tamed his body hair before baring the itty-bitty bottoms, he said getting waxed put him in quite the “vulnerable” position.
As he remembered, “Right away, the technician says, ‘OK, remove everything from the waist down.’ I’m like, ‘Excuse me? Like, we’re just… everything’s off?’… They say, ‘Now assume the butterfly position.’”
“So I am filleted open. I’m filleted,” he recalled. “I look like a spatchcock turkey down there on that table. Dude, it was the most vulnerable I’ve ever felt. But, no, I think I took it like a man.”
