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Justin Timberlake can rely Travis Kelce as a pal, however he’s nonetheless scared of being tackled by the skilled soccer participant.
When Timberlake, 42, appeared on The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon on Thursday, January 25, host Jimmy Fallon recalled their joint look on the annual 8AM Invitational in Las Vegas once they performed a spherical of golf in opposition to Kelce, 34, and his Kansas Metropolis Chiefs teammate Patrick Mahomes. (Kelce and Mahomes, 28, competed in opposition to Timberlake and Fallon, 49, on the 2022 and 2023 golf tournaments.)
After Fallon made an surprising but spectacular “bunker” shot — that means the golf ball landed within the gap after he hit it from the sand — Kelce ran over to have fun.
“Travis lifted me up within the air,” Fallon recalled, taking part in a clip. “Even the opposite crew was rooting for me. That’s how unhealthy I used to be doing, the opposite crew was like, ‘Sure, Jimmy, you probably did one thing!’”
Timberlake then identified that Kelce “nearly” tackled him moments later.
“I noticed my life flash earlier than my eyes,” the musician quipped. “He went up and did a type of, you realize, once they bounce. And I used to be like, ‘He’s doing it. I’ve to do it.’ I forgot that he weighs, like, 80 kilos greater than me.”
Fallon chimed in, “Yeah, and [he] principally tackled [you]!”
Justin Timberlake throughout an interview with host Jimmy Fallon on Thursday, January 25, 2024. Todd Owyoung/NBC
Timberlake then identified that the near-tackle induced an harm. “My neck for, like, every week,” he recalled, indicating he might barely transfer it. “I used to be like, ‘Hey, guys, how’s it going?’ ‘What occurred to you?’ ‘Travis Kelce.’”
Harm apart, Timberlake gushed that Kelce “is the perfect” and one of many “nicest guys ever.”
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“We textual content. I don’t wish to hassle him [because] he’s busy proper now,” Timberlake mentioned on Thursday. “He’s within the zone.”
Kelce — who beforehand name-dropped Timberlake as his most well-known cellphone contact apart from his girlfriend, Taylor Swift — is presently “busy” with the NFL postseason. He and the Chiefs are gearing up for the AFC Championship sport on Sunday, January 28.
The Missouri soccer crew will play the Baltimore Ravens for a slot in Tremendous Bowl LVIII. The winner of the AFC title sport will play both the San Francisco 49ers or the Detroit Lions within the massive sport subsequent month, relying on the NFC Championship end result.
“I really like [playing with the Chiefs],” Kelce mentioned in a press convention earlier this month, noting the 2023-2024 season has been a “completely different journey” than years previous. “It’s a brand new problem to search out methods to get open. It’s a brand new problem to search out methods to get wins. … I feel you’re all the time attempting to problem your self to get again to that success, as a result of these are the expectations you set for your self.”
Kelce gained his second Tremendous Bowl trophy with the Chiefs in February 2023.
