Actress and Kansas City native, Heidi Gardner, talks about the time she organized a tailgate in her dressing room before Travis Kelce hosted Saturday Night Live. Despite her assumption that the busy Chiefs star wouldn't have time, both Travis and his brother Jason made an appearance, showing their appreciation for Gardner's hospitality.
Gardner thought Michaels was putting 'so much pressure' on Kelce, but the Chiefs tight end rose to the challenge. 'The biggest swing I ever did in that department, and it did work, but it took a couple years, was Travis Kelce,' Gardner recounted on an episode of the podcast.
'I don't want to take full credit from the show and the talent department, but I'm just, obviously a big Chiefs fan, and I had seen him do like other little acting gigs and appearances, and I was like, 'He's funny, he's charming.' I had done the ESPYs with him, announcing something together. 'Lorne Michaels threw down the gauntlet. 'Lorne was like, 'Well, he has to win the Super Bowl.' I was like, 'That is so much pressure to ask!' And then he won the Super Bowl! Kelce hosted the March 4, 2023, episode of the long-running sketch comedy program; Kelce and Swift didn't start dating until September of that year. 'His talents were already on their way,' Gardner assured. Gardner was born and raised in Kansas City, the heart and soul of Chiefs country. In honor of the helping bring her hometown hero to Studio 8H, Gardner shared that 'all my family came in for the show, all my friends. I got barbecue. We tailgated in the dressing room before the show. She said she repeatedly told Kelce and his brother Jason, a center for the rival Eagles, ''I'm going to have a tailgate in my room,' because at Arrowhead Stadium, it's famous for tailgating.' Though she assumed the busy brothers wouldn't have time to come. When they sent a gift of canned tequila sodas to her dressing room ahead of time, she took it as a thank you for her hospitality, but a no thank you to the tailgate. 'So my brothers are getting there,' Gardner explained. 'They're texting me like, 'We're in!' My best friend Michelle, people are getting there. And then I get another text. I open it. It's a picture of Travis and Jason Kelce in my dressing room eating barbecue. I'm like, 'They're tailgating! They're here
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