Playing in front of President Trump will be 'an honour' - Kelce

Kansas City Chiefs choky extremity Travis Kelce said it volition beryllium "pretty cool" and an "honour" to play successful beforehand of US president Donald Trump successful Super Bowl 59.

Trump volition go the archetypal sitting president of the US to be a Super Bowl arsenic the Chiefs look the Philadelphia Eagles successful New Orleans connected Sunday.

Kelce's girlfriend, euphony superstar Taylor Swift, has antecedently criticised Trump and endorsed the Democratic campaigner Kamala Harris arsenic Trump was re-elected past year.

Swift volition besides beryllium attending Sunday's crippled astatine the Superdome, wherever information measures had already been bolstered pursuing the New Year's panic attack which killed 14 radical connected Bourbon Street.

Kelce volition purpose for a 4th Super Bowl ring, with the Chiefs hoping to go the archetypal squad to triumph 3 consecutive Super Bowls.

"It's a large honour I think, nary substance who the president is," Kelce said connected Wednesday.

"I'm excited due to the fact that it's the biggest crippled of my life, you know, and having the president determination - it's the champion state successful the satellite truthful it'd beryllium beauteous cool."

Kansas City backmost Patrick Mahomes besides said it volition beryllium "cool" to play successful beforehand of President Trump.

The Chiefs are playing successful their 5th Super Bowl successful six years and person won 3 of them truthful far.

Speaking earlier this week, Trump declined to prime a winner, saying: "I don't privation to say, but there's a definite backmost that seems to beryllium a beauteous bully winner."

In response, Mahomes said: "It's ever chill to beryllium capable to play successful beforehand of a sitting president, idiosyncratic that is successful the apical presumption successful our country.

"I didn't spot that clip but it's chill to perceive that he's seen maine play shot and respects the crippled that I play."