Superstar NFL tight end Travis Kelce reacted to being jabbed by sidelined New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers over his pimping of the latest round of COVID booster shots.
The Kansas City Chiefs All-Pro has been dominating headlines as he does on the playing field for his budding romance with pop culture icon Taylor Swift as well as his shilling for Big Pharma in a recent ad for vaccine manufacturer Pfizer, a spot that angered fans with many accusing Kelce of selling out.
During a recent appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show,” Rodgers, who suffered a season-ending knee injury on his very first drive of the season for his new team mockingly referred to the human touchdown machine as “Mr. Pfizer” which seems to be a nickname that Kelce will wear as proudly as the blue Band-Aid that he sported in his ad for the pharmaceutical giant.
“I thought it was pretty good,” he told reporters at a Friday press conference in advance of his team’s game against the Minnesota Vikings.
Travis Kelce on being called Mr. Pfizer:
“I thought it was pretty good. With the mustache, I look like someone named Mr. Pfizer. Who knew I’d get into vax wars with Aaron Rodgers, man? Mr. Pfizer against the Johnson and Johnson family over there.”
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“I mean, with the ‘stache right now, I look like a guy named Mr. Pfizer. Who knew I’d get into the vaxx war with Aaron Rodgers, man? Mr. Pfizer vs. the Johnson & Johnson family over there, man.”
Kelce was referring to Jets owner Woody Johnson, an heir to the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical fortune who is now signing the checks for the longtime Green Bay Packer after he was traded earlier this year.
“I mean, I’ve always been, you know — once I got the vaccine, I mean — I got it before of keeping myself safe, keeping my family safe, the people in this building,” he added, putting in another plug for the vaccine colossus. “So, yeah, I stand by it. 1000 percent. And fully comfortable with him calling me Mr. Pfizer.”
Rodgers unveiled the nickname earlier this week in the aftermath of his team’s 23-20 loss to the Chiefs on Sunday night’s nationally televised contest in which the swarming Gang Green defense held Kelce to only six catches for 60 yards and kept him out of the endzone.
Aaron Rodgers casually calls Travis Kelce “Mr. Pfizer” while talking about how the #Jets limited him on Sunday night.
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“Mr. Pfizer, we kinda shut him down a little bit,” Rodgers said. “He didn’t have his crazy impact game, obviously, he didn’t have his yards and stuff.”
The two-time Super Bowl winner has been the NFL’s best tight end as the top receiving option for superstar quarterback Patrick Mahomes and a juggernaut of a Chiefs team that is on the brink of replacing the Tom Brady-Bill Belichick New England Patriots as the league’s new dynasty.
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