Jason Kelce Is 'Anxious' About 'Sweet and Kind' Mom Donna Kelce's Joining “The Traitors” Season 4
- - - Jason Kelce Is 'Anxious' About 'Sweet and Kind' Mom Donna Kelce's Joining “The Traitors” Season 4
Liza EsquibiasJuly 14, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Donna and Jason Kelce
Jason Kelce recently opened up to Entertainment Tonight about his reaction to his mom, Donna Kelce, joining the cast of The Traitors for season 4
The former NFL player gushed that Donna is "so sweet" and admitted he worries about her joining the intense competition show
The Peacock hit follows celebrities as they play a murder mystery game for a chance to win $250,000
Jason Kelce is Donna Kelce's biggest fan!
Last month, it was revealed that the Kelce family matriarch will be joining the season 4 cast of the popular competition show, The Traitors. Speaking with Entertainment Tonight at the American Century celebrity golf tournament over the weekend, Jason, 37, shared how he feels about his mom's new gig.
“She’s so sweet and so kind,” he said of the 72-year-old. “I feel like in that show, you have to be manipulative and cunning, and you’ve gotta be cutthroat. So I don't know, we’ll see. I’m anxious to see how she did.”
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Donna KelceThe upcoming cast was announced in June, one day after Jason and his brother, Travis Kelce, teased the news.
The Kelce brothers had just shared a clip on X of them debating if either of them would ever go on the Peacock series on their New Heights podcast.
In the caption of the post, they joked that they were resurfacing an old conversation about The Traitors "for no reason whatsoever," with a smirk emoji, seemingly hinting at the announcement.
Many members of the Kelce family have expressed support for Donna.
On the June 19 episode of her Not Gonna Lie podcast, Jason's wife, Kylie Kelce, confirmed that she would be tuning in to watch Donna.
“I guess I’m gonna have to watch the next season of Traitors!” she gushed. “That’s right, Donna Kelce, my mother-in-law, is on this coming season of Traitors. Have I watched Traitors? Not a whole season. Am I excited to watch Donna? 1000% Imma cheer her on until the end of time.”
“I’m not gonna lie, though, her innocence and honesty is working against her … or for her,” Kylie noted, agreeing with her husband's concern. “Oh, if she’s a faithful, maybe it works for her. Oh! We’re all on the edge of our seat. I’m excited. Come on, Donna, win it!”
Donna's ex-husband, Ed Kelce, also joked, “[I] Haven't got a f------ clue” how she will do on the show during a previous conversation with Jason and Travis.
Christian Petersen/Getty Jason, Donna and Travis KelceDonna — whose sons have won a combined four Super Bowls — will be up against several reality television stars.
Executive produced and hosted by actor Alan Cummings, The Traitors follows a group of celebrities split into “Faithfuls” and “Traitors” as they go head-to-head in a game of lies, deception and murder for a cash prize of up to $250,000.
Many of the all-star contenders have a reality competition show past, including Natalie Anderson from Amazing Race, Rob Cesternino and Yamil "Yam Yam" Arocho from Survivor, Mark Ballas from Dancing with the Stars, Monét X Change from RuPaul's Drag Race and Kristen Kish from Top Chef.
Others have less experience in that world, with a handful of Real Housewives stars entering the game: Candiace Dillard Bassett (Potomac), Lisa Rinna (Beverly Hills), Caroline Stanbury (Dubai) and Porsha Williams (Atlanta). Plus, The Real Housewives of New York City’s Dorinda Medley, who competed in season 3 of The Traitors and was first to be eliminated, is set to make a return.
Additional cast members include comedian Ron Funches, Laguna Beach and One Tree Hill alum Stephen Colletti, Olympic figure skaters Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir, singer Eric Nam, actor Michael Rapaport, Big Brother alums Ian Terry and Tiffany Mitchell, Love Island and Love Island USA’s Maura Higgins and Rob Rausch, and the season 23 Bachelor Colton Underwood.
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The first three seasons of The Traitors are available to stream on Peacock.
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