{"id":160428,"date":"2025-09-22T01:40:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T01:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/160428\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T01:40:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T01:40:07","slug":"nfl-fines-travis-kelce-for-making-obscene-gestures-in-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/160428\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Fines Travis Kelce for Making &#8216;Obscene Gestures&#8217; in Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/nfl\/\" id=\"auto-tag_nfl_1\" data-tag=\"nfl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL<\/a> has fined <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/travis-kelce\/\" id=\"auto-tag_travis-kelce_1\" data-tag=\"travis-kelce\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Travis Kelce<\/a> $14,491 for making \u201cobscene gestures\u201d during last week\u2019s match between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/nfl-fines-travis-kelce-for-obscene-gestures\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBC Sports.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe game \u2014\u00a0which saw the two teams facing off seven months after the Eagles beat the Chiefs at the Super Bowl back in February \u2014 aired live Sept. 14 on Fox.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAfter a 23-yard game by the Chiefs, Kelce celebrated by gesturing animatedly to his groin, seemingly directing his movements toward Philadelphia\u2019s sideline. The moment went viral on social media; you can what Kelce did <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TomPelissero\/status\/1969495554024428009\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AidanDoc__\/status\/1969171468647801087\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe NFL <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/nfl-emphasize-sportsmanship-crack-down-violent-sexually-suggestive-gestures\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> in August that it would be cracking down on gestures that were unsportsmanlike, violent and sexually suggestive.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe Chiefs ultimately lost the Sept. 14 to the Eagles by a score of 20-17. They are taking on the New York Giants on Sunday night; both teams are winless this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tLast week\u2019s Chiefs-Eagles game also was noteworthy for another reason unrelated to any action on the field: For the first time, Kelce\u2019s now-fianc\u00e9e Taylor Swift was hidden from view behind mobile barriers when she arrived at the game, prompting a slew of speculation about the reasons behind that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tIn addition to Kelce\u2019s popular podcast New Heights, which he co-hosts with brother Jason, a retired NFL pro, Kelce is also dabbling in acting, with roles in Grotesquerie, co-created by Ryan Murphy, and Happy Gilmore 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NFL has fined Travis Kelce $14,491 for making \u201cobscene gestures\u201d during last week\u2019s match between the Kansas&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160429,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82,12659],"class_list":["post-160428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-travis-kelce"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}