Laila Edwards shared her appreciation for Jason and Travis Kelce for their generosity after the former donated to her family’s GoFundMe, which will help cover flights and accommodations for the Olympics. She revealed that when she first made history as the first Black woman to play for the U.S. hockey team, she noticed that the Kelce brothers gave her a shoutout on their New Heights podcast. Their initial interaction happened when Edwards personally messaged Travis to thank him for the shoutout, and he responded humbly.
Travis Kelce made donations to Laila Edwards
In a conversation with PEOPLE, Edwards revealed that Kelce donated to the GoFundMe set up to help her family support her at the 2026 Winter Olympics. She also shared that he has stayed in touch, checking in and asking how he could help further.
Appreciating the Kelce brothers’ behavior outside their professional endeavors, she added, “So I mean, those are just really good guys. They’re really good people, too, outside of their athletic abilities.” She also added that Travis told her that Kyle and Jason are her huge fans and that she looks forward to meeting them in Italy.
Edwards revealed that she interacted with Travis after personally reaching out to him via DMs to thank him for the shoutout, which came after she made history as the first Black woman to represent the U.S. hockey team. She was well aware of the chances that Travis might not see it, but surprisingly, he did.
“I thought, ‘I’ll just message them, thanking them, they’ll never see it. And then Travis and I had a full conversation over DM, and that was super cool… he was a really down-to-earth, humble guy who was super supportive and had really good things to say,” she added. She further revealed that the Kelce brothers gave her a shoutout as well when she recently made the Olympic team.
Originally reported by Shazmeen Navrange on Mandatory.com.
