Travis Kelce Says It Was an 'Absolute Honor' to Be in a Pepsi Commercial with Megan Thee Stallion: Watch

Mar. 15, 2025

Travis Kelce.Photo:PEPSI/TikTok

PEPSI/TikTok

Travis Kelceis stoked about his newPepsicommercial!

The Kansas City Chiefs player, 34, raved about his role in the beverage brand’s new “Make Your Gameday Epic” NFL campaign, in which he stars oppositeMegan Thee Stallionand fellow athletesJosh Allen,Derrick HenryandJustin Jefferson.

“It’s an absolute honor to be a part of something like this,” Kelce said in theclipposted on Pepsi’s official TikTok page on Friday, Sept. 20. “I’m so grateful to Pepsi for asking me to be a part of it. Just getting the thumbs up that I could handle the load of being a gladiator, I guess.”

He added, “It’s such a cool experience, and I’m excited that I got the opportunity.”

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In the behind-the-scenes video, Kelce is first seen getting dressed in his gladiator outfit before exiting his trailer to the set.

He then appears with a prop shield in hand as he walks in front of cameras in a studio while filming the campaign.

Other shots show Kelce rolling around on the floor on set and throwing his shield up in the air while shouting, “Are you ready?”

The clip ends with the crew clapping as Kelce’s final scene of the day is completed. “It’s so cool man,” he says, laughing. “Woo!”

Kelce is seen in the clip entering a Roman coliseum-type field with his fellow football stars as Megan watches them in action from the crowd.  By the end, she joins the players and grabs a Pepsi, declaring, “Let game day begin!”

Kelce is then seen reciting the classic line from the originalGladiatorfilm, asking, “What? Are you not entertained?”

source: people.com