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Donna Kelce, mom to NFL pros Travis Kelce and Jason Kelce, has joined the forged of Hallmark’s Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story.
A veteran of NFL love stories in her own right, Donna, 71, has joined the network’s first NFL-affiliated romantic comedy. The casting news was shared by Hallmark in a press release on Saturday, July 13.
“Donna Kelce is off the bleachers and in the sport, joining the forged of Hallmark’s Countdown To Christmas movie, Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story,” Hallmark said in a press release. “Kelce will play Donna, the manager of the Kansas City BBQ Restaurant Norma & Nic’s.”
Mama Kelce spread the excellent news via Instagram alongside leads Hunter King and Tyler Hynes.
Holiday Touchdown follows Alana Higman (King) a Kansas City Chiefs superfan who’s seeking to win a “Fan of the 12 months” contest. The team’s director of fan engagement Derrick (Hynes) is tasked with determining whether Alana and the Higman clan are the largest supporters in all of Arrowhead Stadium.
The lack of a member of the family’s lucky hat throws the budding couple into disarray, difficult Alana’s understanding of fate, destiny and “her future with Derrick,” per the film’s logline.
The movie is filming this month in locations around Kansas City, Missouri. The film is a component of Hallmark’s annual Countdown to Christmas as certainly one of 40 recent movies set to premiere over the vacation season.
The film comes after a whirlwind yr of romance for pop star Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. The pair began dating in summer 2023 and made their relationship official in the course of the 2023 NFL season when Swift appeared at Arrowhead to cheer on Travis.
If Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are indeed endgame, she’s seemingly already won over her in-laws. The Grammy winner and the Kansas City Chiefs tight end began dating during summer 2023. That September, Swift began attending Chiefs games, sitting with the athlete’s mother, Donna Kelce, for the primary time on October 1, 2024. That very same […]
Donna’s star has risen along along with her sons, noting in an exclusive interview with Us Weekly that the newfound fame from her connection to Swift may be “somewhat unnerving at times.”
“Mainly, everybody’s been very, very kind and respectful,” she shared with Us in May. “Every every now and then, I’ll have anyone that runs into the toilet after me, and I’m like, ‘Can we wait until we get out of here before you are taking my picture?’”
As for Hynes, the Touchdown actor exclusively told Us that he felt the possibility to bring together NFL and Hallmark fandoms was “a no brainer.”
“There’s something concerning the two brands,” he said on Thursday, July 11. “The 2 fandoms are so paralleled and similar of their passion and their purity for what they love. Coming together seemed perfect.”
