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Jon Ediger

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

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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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