Kylie Kelce Doesn’t Like the Term WAG

"I think it has a serious negative connotation attached," Kelce said on Call Her Daddy about the acronym used for the "wives and girlfriends" of professional athletes.

By Lauren Tousignant | February 12, 2025 | 9:55am

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I, like the rest of the world (and anyone who doesn’t listen to Joe Rogan), have spent the last year being completely charmed by Kylie Kelce. She’s just…cool? Sorry I can’t better describe what makes her so likable, but it really feels as simple as she seems cool and down to Earth.

Which is to say, I was excited to listen to her episode on Call Her Daddy. And it was fun! She talked about how superstitious she is (same), how boys were annoying and stupid about her height growing up (same), and why she’s not a fan of the term WAG (same!). Personally, I think the acronym can be used in a fun and playful way, but I also think it matters who’s using it where, and how. It can easily come off as misogynistic, belittling, or, as Kelce put it, like your entire life is just your partner’s job.

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“I don’t like it. I don’t like it because I think it has a serious negative connotation attached,” she told host Alex Cooper. “I think that it’s this suggestion that your spouse’s profession swallows you up as well. And I have made a serious effort to make sure that—and both Jason and I have made a serious effort to make sure that, while he was playing, that it was clear that that was his job.” Kelce’s spouse is Jason Kelce, the former center for the Philadelphia Eagles, who’s the brother of Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, who’s dating Taylor Swift. You probably knew all that, but if you didn’t, I’m impressed.

Kelce continued: “In the same way that someone would go to work and come home and not necessarily talk about their entire day; you’re filing taxes, you’re doing spreadsheets, like you’re not coming home and telling your spouse about the spreadsheet you worked out.” Makes sense to me.

Speaking of Swift, Kelce also talked about meeting her for the first time and confirmed that it was the January 2024 Chiefs game against the Buffalo Bills—which people somehow managed to have an issue with at the time.

“People are deeply disturbed by this,” Kelce said. “There was, like, all this stuff leading up to it [the meeting] about, ‘Well, why haven’t they met, they’re avoiding each other.’ I’m not avoiding anyone. I’m more than happy to meet someone, especially someone that Travis is dating.”

“But it was funny to me because I kept saying to people, ‘I didn’t meet Travis for probably close to a year when Jason and I were dating,'” she added. “And she’s busy.” She also said that she and Jason knew before everyone else, but that it was not something that “hit the group chat.” Which yeah, Tree Paine would have hated that.

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