Benjamin Jones
Shortly after his third Super Bowl championship and in the middle of unstoppable fanfare Regarding his relationship, Travis Kelce is apparently taking on a different kind of spotlight. The Kansas City Chiefs tight end 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 her involvement in the series in a Tuesday video shared on social media by Niecy Nash, who will star in “Grotesquerie” after winning 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 his camera panned across the room, a cheerful-looking Kelce suddenly entered the frame. Nash more 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 “jumping into new territory with Niecy” and “entering a new world with one of the legends” when he reposted the video on 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 he was interested in turning his attention to acting. But by then he had already taken a few steps from the football field to Hollywood.
Kelce appeared in “Saturday Night Live” last fall in a surprise appearance alongside his girlfriend, Taylor Swift, and earlier that year hosted an episode of the comedy show. As host, he delivered the trademark “SNL” opening monologue to widespread praise and went on to appear in some of the sketches.
On the commercial side of the industry he took a position executive producer in the independent film “My Dead Friend Zoe,” which premiered in April at Austin’s South by Southwest film festival.
“Grotesquerie” is set to premiere this fall on FX. While only crumbs have been revealed about what the series will actually be, Murphy’s production company has billed it as “a horror drama” in an early series. announcement in February, which included a brief, chilling voiceover clip from Nash that spoke to his position in the genre. Cast in ‘Grotesquerie’ alongside Nash – and, apparently, now Kelce – are Courtney B. Vance and Lesley Manville.
