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Jon Ediger

Travis Kelce to star in new FX drama series ‘Grotesquerie’

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce has his eyes set on life after football, even while he is at the peak of his current full-time profession.

Between his hit podcast New Heights podcast with brother Jason Kelce and his upcoming gig as the host of Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?, the star tight end is beginning his foray into television in earnest.

On Thursday, it was announced that the three-time Super Bowl champion will be starring in FX’s new series Grotesquerie, a 10-episode drama about a small-town detective plagued by a series of unexplainable crimes.

Take a look the the first trailer for writer and director Ryan Murphy’s show, starring Reno 911!‘s Niecy Nash-Betts and Travis Kelce:

The details of both Kelce’s character and much of the cast are still unknown, but with this latest addition to his résumé, the Chiefs’ star is slowly cementing himself as a superstar outside of football.

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