{"id":19523,"date":"2025-01-22T22:53:32","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T22:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=19523"},"modified":"2025-01-22T22:53:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T22:53:32","slug":"travis-kelce-reacts-to-lil-wayne-calling-his-team-the-cheating-azz-chiefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=19523","title":{"rendered":"Travis Kelce Reacts to Lil Wayne Calling His Team \u2018The Cheating Azz Chiefs\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-subheading type--dog\">This comes after fans and players criticized the referees for making several controversial calls during the Chiefs\u2019 recent game against the Houston Texans<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/travis-kelce-8285986\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Travis Kelce<\/a>\u00a0is clearing the air with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/lil-wayne\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">Lil Wayne<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_3-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">On the latest episode of their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@newheightshow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\"><em>New Heights<\/em>\u00a0podcast<\/a>, released Wednesday, Jan. 22, the NFL player, 35, and his brother\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/jason-kelce-8548268\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">Jason Kelce<\/a>\u00a0shared their thoughts on the rapper\u2019s less than positive reaction to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/rules-kansas-city-chiefs-players-have-to-follow-8748930\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"3\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a>\u2019 win after their latest playoff game.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_5-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cThe whole world was talking about something else during the game, and I&#8217;m sure you saw some of this, but they were complaining about the refs again, Trav,\u201d former Philadelphia Eagles center Jason, 37, said on the podcast.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_7-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cEven Lil Wayne. Lil Wayne [wrote on social media], \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LilTunechi\/status\/1880759391584158130\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">I hate the cheating a- Chiefs<\/a>. So an a\u2013 with two z&#8217;s,\u201d Jason added, to which Travis responded using the rapper\u2019s nickname, \u201cShout out to Tunechie, man.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I hate the cheating azz chiefs<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lil Wayne WEEZY F (@LilTunechi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LilTunechi\/status\/1880759391584158130?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_9-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-embed mntl-sc-block-universal-embed \">\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_13-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">This comes after fans \u2014 and even players \u2014 criticized the referees for making several controversial calls during the Chiefs\u2019 game against the Houston Texans during their latest AFC division game on Saturday, Jan. 18, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/43472843\/will-anderson-jr-irked-penalty-calls-texans-loss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">ESPN<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/nfl-refs-under-fire-over-questionable-calls-chiefs-playoff-win-over-texans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_14-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_15-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">The Texans&#8217; defense\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/espn\/status\/1880759722090913807?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1880759722090913807%7Ctwgr%5E2087f7ed3667b0df6cf4887c9f9debebec41d841%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fsports%2Fnfl-refs-under-fire-over-questionable-calls-chiefs-playoff-win-over-texans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">received<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/espn\/status\/1880736730912817254?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1880736730912817254%7Ctwgr%5E2087f7ed3667b0df6cf4887c9f9debebec41d841%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fsports%2Fnfl-refs-under-fire-over-questionable-calls-chiefs-playoff-win-over-texans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">penalties<\/a>\u00a0on two separate occasions for contact with Chiefs quarterback\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/patrick-mahomes-7503190\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"3\">Patrick Mahomes<\/a>, which helped extend the Chiefs\u2019 drives, and helped propel them to a 23-14 victory against the Texans, according to ESPN.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_16-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_17-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">One fan\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NFL_DovKleiman\/status\/1880759305634517043?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1880759305634517043%7Ctwgr%5E2087f7ed3667b0df6cf4887c9f9debebec41d841%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fsports%2Fnfl-refs-under-fire-over-questionable-calls-chiefs-playoff-win-over-texans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">wrote on X<\/a>\u00a0(formerly Twitter) in response to one penalty, \u201cThese refs are ridiculous\u2026 How is a flag on the Texans?? Mahomes slid way too late. Awful.\u201d Another shared a\u00a0<a class=\"pseudoStyle\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/stoolgambling\/status\/1880736086710014403?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1880736086710014403%7Ctwgr%5E2087f7ed3667b0df6cf4887c9f9debebec41d841%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fsports%2Fnfl-refs-under-fire-over-questionable-calls-chiefs-playoff-win-over-texans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">photo of several referee flags on the ground<\/a>\u00a0and joked, \u201cNFL refs when Patrick Mahomes gets touched.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_18-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_19-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.dotdashmeredith.com\/people-news-inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a>\u00a0to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_20-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_21-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Lil Wayne, 42, who is a Green Bay Packers fan, wrote in a separate\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LilTunechi\/status\/1880761993042567315\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">post on X<\/a>, \u201cIt\u2019s not even impressive when u cheat and then clearly try to cheat. Just win baby.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_22-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_23-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Will Anderson Jr., who had received one penalty for roughing the passer on Mahomes, 29, shared in an interview with ESPN that he was not impressed with the calls made during Saturday\u2019s game. &#8220;We knew it was going to be us versus the refs going into this game,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_24-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_25-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-universal-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme mntl-sc-block-image figure-square figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_1-0\" class=\"universal-image__image lazyloadwait lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/swEJPovrZo6vzMf8ELBOn6YIh6Y=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(999x0:1001x2):format(webp)\/travis-kelce-chiefs-game-11925-52f6c7b998e243209b3d7a082bc0b40a.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, 4000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/swEJPovrZo6vzMf8ELBOn6YIh6Y=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(999x0:1001x2):format(webp)\/travis-kelce-chiefs-game-11925-52f6c7b998e243209b3d7a082bc0b40a.jpg 4000w\" alt=\"Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (87) warms up before an NFL AFC Divisional game at GEHA Field against the Houston Texans at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, MO\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2000\" data-src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/swEJPovrZo6vzMf8ELBOn6YIh6Y=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(999x0:1001x2):format(webp)\/travis-kelce-chiefs-game-11925-52f6c7b998e243209b3d7a082bc0b40a.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/swEJPovrZo6vzMf8ELBOn6YIh6Y=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(999x0:1001x2):format(webp)\/travis-kelce-chiefs-game-11925-52f6c7b998e243209b3d7a082bc0b40a.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption type--mouse figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Travis Kelce warming up ahead of the Chiefs game against the Houston Texans on Jan. 18, 2025.<\/span>David Smith\/CSM\/Shutterstock&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_28-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Texans\u2019 coach DeMeco Ryans echoed his sentiments in a post-game interview, saying, per ESPN, &#8220;We knew going into this game, man, it was us versus everybody. And when I say everybody, it&#8217;s everybody. Knowing that going into this game, what we were up against, we can&#8217;t make the mistakes that we made\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_29-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_30-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">As for Travis, he also contributed heavily to the Chiefs\u2019 win on Saturday with seven catches for 117 yards and a touchdown, according to an article on the Chiefs&#8217;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chiefs.com\/news\/chiefs-defeat-texans-23-14-and-advance-to-seventh-straight-afc-title-game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">website<\/a>. Mahomes previously praised the tight end for his work in the post-season, saying that Travis was &#8220;one of those guys&#8221; that makes &#8220;big-time plays in big-time games.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_28-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Texans\u2019 coach DeMeco Ryans echoed his sentiments in a post-game interview, saying, per ESPN, &#8220;We knew going into this game, man, it was us versus everybody. And when I say everybody, it&#8217;s everybody. Knowing that going into this game, what we were up against, we can&#8217;t make the mistakes that we made\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_29-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_30-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">As for Travis, he also contributed heavily to the Chiefs\u2019 win on Saturday with seven catches for 117 yards and a touchdown, according to an article on the Chiefs&#8217;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chiefs.com\/news\/chiefs-defeat-texans-23-14-and-advance-to-seventh-straight-afc-title-game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">website<\/a>. Mahomes previously praised the tight end for his work in the post-season, saying that Travis was &#8220;one of those guys&#8221; that makes &#8220;big-time plays in big-time games.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mntl-article-meta-dynamic_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-article-meta-dynamic mntl-article-meta mntl-block pre-content\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<div id=\"people-bylines_1-0\" class=\"comp people-bylines mntl-bylines type--rabbit\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; This comes after fans and players criticized the referees for making several controversial calls during the Chiefs\u2019 recent game against the Houston Texans &nbsp; Travis Kelce\u00a0is clearing the &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19523"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19525,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19523\/revisions\/19525"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}