Justin Timberlake can rely Travis Kelce as a pal, however he’s nonetheless afraid of being tackled by way of the pro soccer participant.
When Timberlake, 42, gave the impression on The This night Display Starring Jimmy Fallon on Thursday, January 25, host Jimmy Fallon recalled their joint look at the once a year 8AM Invitational in Las Vegas once they performed a spherical of golfing in opposition to Kelce, 34, and his Kansas Town Chiefs teammate Patrick Mahomes. (Kelce and Mahomes, 28, competed in opposition to Timberlake and Fallon, 49, on the 2022 and 2023 golfing tournaments.)
After Fallon made an surprising but spectacular “bunker” shot — that means the golfing ball landed within the hollow after he hit it from the sand — Kelce ran over to rejoice.
“Travis lifted me up in the air,” Fallon recalled, enjoying a clip. “Even the other team was rooting for me. That’s how bad I was doing, the other team was like, ‘Yes, Jimmy, you did something!’”
Timberlake then identified that Kelce “almost” tackled him moments later.
“I saw my life flash before my eyes,” the musician quipped. “He went up and did one of those, you know, when they jump. And I was like, ‘He’s doing it. I have to do it.’ I forgot that he weighs, like, 80 pounds more than me.”
Fallon chimed in, “Yeah, and [he] basically tackled [you]!”
Timberlake then identified that the near-tackle brought about an damage. “My neck for, like, a week,” he recalled, indicating he may just slightly transfer it. “I was like, ‘Hey, guys, how’s it going?’ ‘What happened to you?’ ‘Travis Kelce.’”
Damage apart, Timberlake gushed that Kelce “is the best” and one of the most “nicest guys ever.”
“We text. I don’t want to bother him [because] he’s busy right now,” Timberlake mentioned on Thursday. “He’s in the zone.”
Kelce — who up to now name-dropped Timberlake as his most famed telephone touch instead of his female friend, Taylor Swift — is lately “busy” with the NFL postseason. He and the Chiefs are gearing up for the AFC Championship recreation on Sunday, January 28.
The Missouri soccer workforce will play the Baltimore Ravens for a fit in Tremendous Bowl LVIII. The winner of the AFC name recreation will play both the San Francisco 49ers or the Detroit Lions within the giant recreation subsequent month, relying at the NFC Championship outcome.
“I love [playing with the Chiefs],” Kelce mentioned in a press convention previous this month, noting the 2023-2024 season has been a “different journey” than years previous. “It’s a new challenge to find ways to get open. It’s a new challenge to find ways to get wins. … I think you’re always trying to challenge yourself to get back to that success, because those are the expectations you set for yourself.”
Kelce received his 2nd Tremendous Bowl trophy with the Chiefs in February 2023.