Kylie Kelce Says If Her Family Gets a Cat It 'Would Not Be for the Girls': 'I Can't Get Enough of Animals'

Mar. 15, 2025

From Left: Jason and Kylie Kelce in September 2023.Photo:Lisa Lake/Getty Images

Lisa Lake/Getty Images

Kylie Kelce is not opposed to becoming a cat lady — or an animal collector.

On the Dec. 19th episode of herNot Gonna Liepodcast, she and guestCharissa Thompson, the host ofThursday Night FootballandFox NFL Kickoff, discussed when the Kelce family was going to add pets to their growing brood. This prompted Thompson to ask a very important question, “Where do things stand on the girls getting a kitten?”

Kelce, 32, didn’t have to think long and hard about the family’s future cat status. “I hate to break it to you, but the kitten would not be for the girls. The kitten’s for mom,” she proclaimed. “I think when I was growing up, I was very much in the camp of when I grow up, all bets are out.”

The Kelce family.Kylie Kelce /Instagram

Kylie Kelce /Instagram

The mom of three, who is currently expecting her fourth with husbandJason Kelce, then gave some insight to her animal obsession that started young.

“I can’t get enough of animals,” Kelce confessed before describing the amount of responsibility and care that comes with having a pet, especially as a parent to little ones.

Kylie Kelce talks about the family getting a cat.Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce/YouTube

Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce/YouTube

“When I started having kids, I realized how much I have to really put an effort in to shift my focus onto my animals because my children take up a lot of my attention,” she told Thompson. “And because of that, I am hyper aware that it needs to be a very specific timing.”

As for now, it’s not only about the timing, but getting her 37-year-old husband onboard with the commitment. “I would love to just get a cat, but we’re waiting for the right time. And also, believe it or not, I do love and respect my husband,” Kelce said of her husband.

She explained, “And if he doesn’t want a cat right now, I don’t necessarily wanna do it against his will. I do think there will come a time where we break him down and he not only says it’s okay.”

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This is not the first time getting a cat has come up for Kelce and the rest of her family.

In fact, in January of this year, she eventhreatened to use her husband’s own wordsagainst him after he recalled how he defended his shirtless escapades while attending one of brother Travis Kelce’s football games last season. He told her, “I’m like, ‘Hey I’m just letting you know what’s happening. I’m not asking for permission, I’m doing this.’”

Prior to that, Kelce told her brother-in-law about her plans to add a feline companion to the family. “Here’s the deal, I told Jason that I want to get a cat,” she said in December 2023 whileappearing on theNew Heightspodcast. “And he told me no. And I feel like you might like cats now.”

“What color cat do you want,” the Chiefs player asked his sister-in-law, before she replied, “I don’t want you to send a cat. I just want you to get on my team here.”

Kelce then said that she asked because she thought he “might like cats now.” Hint, hint.

source: people.com