4 Times Kylie Kelce's Outspoken Opinions Became A Battle Cry For Women Everywhere

We've spent the better part of history listening to men talk, loudly and endlessly. In the 21st century, that talking turned into brand deals and podcast empires. But somewhere in all that noise, the societal palate has shifted. Kylie Kelce is not a broadcaster by training, nor is she a celebrity by design. She's a former collegiate hockey player from Pennsylvania, the wife of retired Eagles center Jason Kelce, and now a mother to their children. She also happens to be the sister-in-law of Travis Kelce, more famous these days for his winning relationship with Taylor Swift than his NFL stats. For years, she occupied the familiar WAG role of supporting act. But in launching "Not Gonna Lie" — an unpretentious, politically pointed podcast — she's charting a new course.

In its first week, it knocked "The Joe Rogan Experience" off Spotify's top spot. She speaks plainly about parenting, politics, and the everyday fatigue that comes with being a woman in the world. She's not the first to do this, but it was never supposed to be groundbreaking. The fact that it is tells us something.

Plenty of women marry into fame, but very few turn it into something feminist. Kylie Kelce did, voicing her opinions to champion the causes of other women. Her dethroning of Rogan at this particular moment in history says a lot about where women — and media — are headed. Listeners are ready to hear the outspoken opinions of someone like her.

When Kylie Kelce heard people online claiming that C-sections don't count, she thought of her own birth: 12 pounds, 1 ounce, delivered via C-section to her 5-foot-2 mother. If you think she didn't experience birth, Kelce declared, "I will kick your ass in honor of Lisa," daring anyone to repeat that nonsense within her earshot. 

You'd think by now we'd have moved past the idea that medicated or surgical births somehow make a woman less of a mother. This kind of birth gatekeeping is a depressing reminder of how much misogyny clings to motherhood — and one of the more violent ways the patriarchy continues to police women's bodies. But this is the kind of rhetoric Kelce pushed back on in "Not Gonna Lie," taking aim at the TikTokers she saw dismissing epidurals and C-sections as not "real" births.

Kelce continued to call out the cruelty and ignorance behind that message. "The person you're speaking to just grew a human being," she said, "and for whatever reason, that little baby needed to come out the front, not the bottom. You know whose business that is? Not f****** yours."

C-sections, she reminded listeners, are "massive abdominal surgery" — not a shortcut and certainly not an experience for anyone else to judge. In case her message wasn't plain enough, she spelled it out: "I'm trying to be nice. No, never mind. Go f*** yourself. You can kindly f*** right off."

Kylie Kelce is done entertaining questions about whether she'll "keep trying for a boy." The former athlete has given birth to several beautiful daughters. And yet, as she revealed on her podcast, people still assume the Kelce family won't be complete until there's a son. It's a tired assumption rooted in the outdated belief that a male child is the ultimate prize — a culturally conditioned hangover from a feudal time when women were expected to bear heirs. Cue the exhausted feminist groans.

"Don't ask if we're gonna keep trying for a boy," she cautioned on "Not Gonna Lie," concluding, "If another person asks me that, I'm warning you right now — you might get dropkicked." It was a joke, but not really. Like most women who've been asked the same loaded question on repeat, Kelce has learned to wrap the frustration in humor. But make no mistake: she's not missing anything, and she doesn't need fixing.

Far from feeling the need to balance her household, she's fiercely proud of her daughters. As she said on the show, "Watch out world, I do not need to have a boy. We were meant to have all girls." The Kelce house is already full — full of energy, chaos, and fully charged femininity — and they don't need your approval to take up space.

When a headline claimed Kylie Kelce refused Taylor Swift's home-cooked meal, it was yet another lazy journalistic impulse to pit two women against each other. Kelce had already explained, clearly and publicly on the "Call Her Daddy" podcast, that she didn't eat the dinner because she was eight weeks pregnant and too nauseous to stomach much beyond crackers. But, of course, the press couldn't resist spinning it into clickbait.

On "Not Gonna Lie," Kelce made it clear she wasn't letting the story go unchecked, saying, "I wouldn't refuse anything — especially if I was without child." She then detailed the very real physical toll of early pregnancy, noting that food aversions and nausea are not choices, and certainly not a snub to someone who's trying to feed you. In fact, she added, she did eat something Taylor made: funfetti pancakes. "They hit. They were so good. Baby liked them, I loved them. They were very, very good."

But more than correcting the record, Kelce called out the real issue. "Why are we trying to pit women against women?" she asked. "That seems dumb and counterproductive." It may come as a surprise to some, but women can coexist without drama, and the fact that this story ever made headlines says a lot more about the media's appetite than it does hers.

Do straight men know best when it comes to female desire? Should they be given microphones to speak to the world on the subject with authority? The orgasm gap suggests otherwise, but Jason Kelce certainly seemed confident when he dished out sex advice on "New Heights." On the podcast he hosts with his brother, Travis, he told a male caller that if you're looking to reignite your sex life and reclaim intimacy after a dry spell, "start setting that thing up early," and, somehow, to cue up "Jumanji" as part of the seduction strategy. He also advised slipping into tight pants and doing chores as a way to entice his wife.

This is a dynamic women know all too well: heterosexual men holding court on female pleasure like they've majored in it, minored in emotional intelligence, and never once consulted the people it concerns. Kylie Kelce wasn't having any of it. In a TikTok video, she sent up the entire idea of men arrogantly guessing what women want, arguing, "If I had to guess based on my husband's dumbass response, he's probably gonna experience a spell of his wife not being interested."

Kylie's public refusal to coddle male ego was refreshing and a reminder that women have the right to dominate the conversation about sex — especially when it's about them.