On the heels of his third Tremendous Bowl championship and within the thick of unstoppable fanfare over his relationship, Travis Kelce is seemingly transferring into a special type of highlight. The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish has confirmed he is connected to the upcoming tv sequence “Grotesquerie,” from “American Horror Story” creator Ryan Murphy. In line with Deadline, the enterprise will mark Kelce’s performing debut.
Kelce acknowledged his involvement within the sequence in a Tuesday video shared on social media by Niecy Nash, who will star in “Grotesquerie” after incomes an Emmy Award for her efficiency in Murphy’s 2022 Netflix present about Jeffrey Dahmer.
“Guys, guess who I’m working with on ‘Grostequerie’?” Nash requested viewers firstly of the video.
As her digital camera panned throughout the room, a joyful-looking Kelce immediately entered the body. Nash extra formally welcomed Kelce to “Grotesquerie” within the caption of her submit, writing, “That is what occurs when WINNERS hyperlink up‼️”
For his half, the NFL participant stated that he can be “leaping into new territory with Niecy” and “steppin’ into a brand new world with one of many legends” when he reposted the video to his personal Instagram web page.
The information of Kelce’s foray into scripted TV trailed rumors that lit up on-line earlier this yr, after an unnamed supply informed Those that he was desirous about turning his consideration towards performing. However by then, he had already taken some strides from the soccer discipline to Hollywood.
Kelce appeared on “Saturday Evening Stay” final fall in a shock cameo spot alongside his girlfriend, Taylor Swift, and earlier that yr hosted an episode of the sketch comedy present. As host, he delivered the trademark “SNL” opening monologue to widespread reward and went on to look in a couple of of the sketches themselves.
On the enterprise aspect of the trade, he took was an govt producer within the impartial movie “My Lifeless Pal Zoe,” which premiered in April at Austin’s South by Southwest movie competition.
“Grotesquerie” is ready to premiere this fall on FX. Although solely breadcrumbs have been revealed as far as to what the sequence will really form as much as be, Murphy’s manufacturing home billed it as “a horror drama” in an preliminary sequence announcement in February, which included a quick and chilling voiceover clip from Nash that spoke to its place in that style. Solid in “Grotesquerie” alongside Nash — and, seemingly, now Kelce — are Courtney B. Vance and Lesley Manville.
