Donna Kelce discloses she and ex-husband Ed decided to postpone the divorce until Jason and Travis Kelce were out of college: “We worked together as a team”

Donna revealed that it would have been hard to raise two sons all by herself.


Donna Kelce discloses she and ex-husband Ed decided to postpone the divorce until Jason and Travis Kelce were out of college: “We worked together as a team”

Donna Kelce, mother of Jason and Travis Kelce (Image via IMAGO)

Donna Kelce doesn’t live with her husband of 25 years, Ed Klece, any longer. But the two waited until their sons, Jason and Travis Kelce, graduated from college to make their divorce official.

While speaking with Martha Stewart on her podcast, Donna Kelce revealed how she and Ed ‘worked together’ to raise Jason and Travis. 

[It is] very, very difficult to raise children on your own. [And] with them as active as they were, how do you do that on your own? So we decided that we would be married throughout the entire time that the kids were in the house.
Donna Kelce said

Stewart chimed in, praising the 71-year-old for raising her two sons. She further added that Travis and Jason were lucky to have both of their parents present in the house until they graduated.

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Both 36-year-old Jason Kelce and 34-year-old Travis Kelce went to the University of Cincinnati. Although they had already passed out of the college, they missed the ceremony. So recently, the institution organized an event where they awarded certificates in their honor.

How did Donna Kelce meet her ex-husband, Ed?

Well, Jason met Kylie Kelce through a dating site and was drunk on their first date. Travis, on the other hand, failed to meet his girlfriend, pop icon Taylor Swift, on his first try but later hit it off. Even Donna’s has an interesting history with love.

Jason Kelce and Travis Kelce (Image via IMAGO)

She met Ed by chance. While she was waiting for another man at a bar named Fagan’s in Old Cleveland Flats, Ed happened to swing by for a drink. The pair started talking and grew close.

In the special family episode of Jason and Travis’ ‘New Heights‘ podcast, Donna revealed the details to the public.

I was supposed to go out with a guy that night. We were supposed to go to a play, and I never made it. Your dad and I talked forever.
Donna Kelce said

Even after living apart for so long, Mama Kelly has no regrets about her decision.

I don't hate him [Ed Kelce]. We're friends to this day. We were like a tag team with you two. When one of you had to go out of town, the other person would help with the other child.
Donna Kelce said

She added that if they had separated before their son reached an age to understand their situation, then it would have been messy. Taking care of two growing children is no walk in the park for parents, let alone a single one. 

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