Family of Dallas middle school student claims luchador wrestling mask Jason Kelce wore during match Partying with brother Travis and the Chiefs after Kansas City’s Super Bowl win It belonged to their son and now they want the “lucky” mask back.
Kelsey, 36, admitted on a recent episode of the New Heights podcast that she found the mask on a dance floor in Las Vegas on Sunday.
“I didn’t start going to the next level until I found that luchador mask,” Jason Kelce said during the match. podcast. “At first, when I first got there, you (Travis) were trying to get me on stage with you, and I was like, ‘Oh, I’m going to be here.’ Now it’s your time. ”
“There’s something about finding a luchador mask that completely transforms your night.”
The Eagles center even apologized to the owner of the mask, but he didn’t expect the owner to come forward.
Elijah Smith, an eighth-grader from Dallas and a die-hard Chiefs fan, said he handed Kelsey a mask after taking a picture with him. NBC.
However, in the chaos of the team’s victory, he could not get it back.
“I gave him the mask and he dropped it and then picked it up,” Smith told the outlet on Thursday.
“Then I took a picture of him wearing it and spent five to 10 minutes next to them. They were dancing and stuff.”
Smith and his friends lost Kelce in the crowd after the photo, and the mask was never returned.
“I saw a video on Instagram this week of him wearing it to his next afterparty, and he obviously didn’t take it off all night,” Smith said.
Smith and his parents Thad and Sarah insist the amulet needs to be returned before the start of next season.
The family knows the mask belongs to their son. That’s because on the side, there’s a ton of autographs from Chiefs player Trent McDuffie, who attended last year’s Super Bowl afterparty.
“When I wore this last year in Arizona, I felt like I could score a touchdown every time I wore it,” the young Chiefs fan told the outlet.
The mask has been worn by Smith during the Chiefs’ last four Super Bowl appearances and is considered the family’s unofficial talisman.
“The only thing is Jason, if you’re listening, he just needs to get his mask back before the season starts,” Thad Smith said. Exit.
“This is a lucky mask, so the Chiefs need some luck. Sorry I’m not an Eagles fan.”
However, Smith holds no ill will towards the future Hall of Fame center as he enjoyed wearing a mask at the team’s celebration and is happy to see another Lombardi Trophy awarded to the Chiefs dynasty.
“He was happy. He was excited. There was so much celebration and dancing. And he couldn’t help but get excited,” said the boy’s mother, Sarah Smith. he told the magazine.
“When I got to the room, I asked him, ‘Wait, does he have your mask?’ And he was like, ‘Yeah,’ and I was like, ‘I’m upset. Do you want to do it?” And he wasn’t upset, he was a little disappointed because it was an autographed mask with Trent McDuffie, it was upsetting, but at the end of the day, we all had a great time at the Super Bowl. He was celebrating his victory,” his mother said.
Hoping the masks will be back in their hands by the start of next season, Elijah said, “It would be really cool if they could sign the masks and send them back.”
Although Smith is currently not wearing a mask, the energy Kelce brought to the Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration while wearing a luchador is unparalleled.
“I saw Jason, and he was the life of the party,” Patrick Mahomes said on his “Good Morning America” segment about the team’s star-studded afterparty in Las Vegas.
“Those Kelce brothers are the life of the party wherever they go.”
