Kylie Kelce is still all-in on her quest to add a pet cat to her and husband Jason Kelce’s family.
“I am in a great debate with my husband about getting a cat,” Kylie, 32, told guest Kat Dennings on the Thursday, March 13, episode of her “Not Gonna Lie” podcast. “Our oldest daughter, just the other day, told Dad, ‘We’re going to buy a cat.’ He was like, ‘Kylie, did you tell her we’re going to buy a cat?’ I was like, ‘I swear, I did not. It wasn’t me.’”
Kylie then joked that she subsequently asked 5-year-old Wyatt if she “wanted to go to the ASPCA” to rescue a kitten. (In addition to Wyatt, Kylie and Jason, 37, share daughters Ellie, 3, and Bennett, 2, and are currently expecting another little girl.)
“That’s where we always got our cats from [growing up],” Kylie said. “My husband has told our daughters that cats are poisonous. He is desperate to not have a cat, which is hilarious … [because] he grew up with a cat, Flash, who he was forever impressed by [when] she would catch birds mid-air in the backyard and it blew his mind.”
Kylie has been vocal about her desire to adopt a cat — she and Jason already share a dog named Baloo — since 2023. At the time, she asked her brother-in-law, Travis Kelce, on the sibling’s “New Heights” podcast for help since he “might like cats now.” (Travis, 35, is dating Taylor Swift, who is famously a cat lover and has three pet felines of her own.)
Jason, however, has frequently shut down Kylie’s requests to add another four-legged companion to their household.
Dennings, who has her own squad of pet cats, further offered Kylie some advice to get the retired NFL center to change his mind.
“Everyone wants a kitten; they’re so cute,” Dennings, 38, said. “They’re only kittens for a very short time and then they’re cats. So, you might be better off with your husband [if] you take him in to maybe meet a cat who’s a little older, who’s already feisty and he might toss a couple things, watch that cat fly for it and he’ll fall in love.”
Courtesy of Kylie Kelce/Instagram Jason Kelce has some explaining to do when his and Kylie Kelce‘s kids meet Taylor Swift‘s cats. Fans of the former NFL player, 36, recently discovered Jason has been telling white lies to his daughters — Wyatt, 4, daughters Ellie, 3, and Bennett, 17 months — so they wouldn’t ask for […]
Dennings’ advice was “very helpful” to Kylie, who also has a backup plan in mind.
“One day I’m just going to take our kids to the local rescue and I’m going to pick out a cat and then I’m going to bring the cat home,” the pregnant podcaster teased. “I’m gonna full-commit [and adopt], then I’m going to make sure it’s a day or two where he’s not home, traveling.”
Kylie added, “At that point, the girls will be like, ‘This is the best thing ever, [and] they’ll get to bond with the cat, they’ll get to experience all the love and all of it — or just watch the cat if the cat is not a cuddly cat. By the time he returns, you can’t be the worst person ever and send the cat back.”
According to Kylie, if Jason tries to return the pet, he’ll “have four little girls looking at him like, ‘Dad, it’s our cat.’”
“I feel like this makes a lot of sense,” Kylie concluded. “[Kat,] I really appreciate your support through this.”
