Right after his third Super Bowl championship and in the middle unstoppable fanfare Due to his relationship, Travis Kelce apparently finds himself in a different kind of spotlight. The Kansas City Chiefs tight end has confirmed he is attached to the upcoming television series “Grotesquerie” from “American Horror Story” creator Ryan Murphy. According to Deadlinethe venture will mark Kelce's acting debut.
Kelce acknowledged his involvement in the series in a Tuesday video shared on social media by Niecy Nash, who will star in “Grotesquerie” after earning an Emmy Award for her performance in Murphy's 2022 Netflix show about Jeffrey Dahmer.
“Guys, guess who I'm working with on 'Grostequerie'?” Nash asked viewers at the beginning of the video.
As her camera panned around the room, a happy-looking Kelce suddenly came into view. Nash formally welcomed Kelce to “Grotesquerie” in the caption of her post, writing, “This is what happens when WINNERS connect‼️”
For his part, the NFL player said he would be “breaking new ground with Niecy” and “entering a new world with one of the legends” as he reposted the video to his own Instagram page.
News of Kelce's foray into scripted TV followed rumors that surfaced online earlier this year, after an unnamed source told People that he was interested in turning his attention to acting. But by then he had already taken several steps from the football field to Hollywood.
Kelce appeared “Saturday Night Live” last fall in a surprise cameo spot alongside his girlfriend, Taylor Swift, and earlier that year he hosted an episode of the sketch comedy show. As host, he delivered the signature “SNL” opening monologue to widespread acclaim and then appeared in a few of the sketches himself.
On the business side of the industry he was a executive producer in the independent film “My Dead Friend Zoe,” which premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin in April.
“Grotesquerie” premieres this fall on FX. While only breadcrumbs have been revealed so far about what the series will actually look like, Murphy's production house labeled it “a horror drama” in an initial run. announcement in February, featuring a short and chilling voiceover clip of Nash articulating his position in that genre. In addition to Nash – and apparently now Kelce – Grotesquerie stars Courtney B. Vance and Lesley Manville.
