Chris “Mad Dog” Russo has slammed the New Heights podcast and called out Travis Kelce for refusing interview requests following the Chiefs’ recent loss to the Chargers. The criticism comes amid growing speculation that the Chiefs’ tight end might be facing punishment from the NFL.
Travis Kelce called out by ESPN host amid Chiefs’ loss
During a recent appearance on ESPN’s First Take, Russo took a jab at Kelce’s New Heights podcast. He also called the tight end out for not fulfilling his media obligations.
“I could care less about his stupid podcast, but how about Kelce on Sunday afternoon?” the Radio Hall of Famer began. “They just lose the game, and Mahomes tears his ACL. The last play of the game, [Gardner] Minshew goes to Kelce to try to kick a field goal and gets intercepted. Kelce, after he settles down in the locker room, says, ‘Not today, fellas, I’m not going to talk to you.’ The media,” he added (via Awful Announcing).
The radio host continued his rant, saying, “Hold on… time out! We got these poor guys who have been covering the Chiefs for years, who go to every training camp practice, every preseason game. Every day for seven months, they cover the football team, and you blow them off at the end of this game when they got Mahomes out, maybe the last game you’re ever going to play.”
He added, “You can’t give them three words. You can’t give them, ‘Terrible day for us. I don’t know what I’m going to do with my career. Hope Pat will be OK when you’re walking out the door?’ You say, ‘Not today,’ and you don’t talk to the press.”
Ending with a direct attack on the Kelce brothers’ New Heights podcast, Russo stated, “Listen, I understand you got your brother, and you do the podcast. I get that. Maybe you want to save the exclusive news. But no serious sports fan listens to that nonsense anyway. This is a situation here where it’s a Sunday afternoon, we want to hear from you. Mahomes is out for the year, you may not play again. The season’s over. You lost, and you’re not making the playoffs.”
Originally reported by Namrata Ghosh on Mandatory.
