Travis Kelce Knows He’s ‘Coachable’ as He Admits Acting in Upcoming Ryan Murphy Series Is a ‘Challenge’

PEOPLE confirmed in May that the Kansas City Chiefs tight end was cast in Ryan Murphy’s upcoming FX series ‘Grotesquerie’

Travis Kelce has officially begun filming his first-ever scripted series, but the NFL champion knows he’s got a lot left to learn.

PEOPLE confirmed in May that the Kansas City Chiefs tight end, 34, was cast in Ryan Murphy’s upcoming FX series, Grotesquerie. Production on the show began just a day later.

Though Kelce previously appeared as himself on Showtime’s Moonbase 8 in 2020, the athlete — who previously produced the film My Dead Friend Zoe and is set to host the upcoming Prime game show Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity? — is taking on a new challenge as Murphy’s new series marks his first major acting role. And now, Kelce is revealing whether he thinks of himself as an actor.

“I guess you could say that,” he said in a June 6 interview on Good Morning America. “I’ve been on a few shows before, I’ve only played myself on those shows though.”

Kelce said that it’s “definitely different portraying a character and trying to find the emotions in everything and the understanding of a script and a scene,” as he’s had to on Grotesquerie, which he stars in alongside Niecy Nash-Betts and Courtney B. Vance.
“It’s a challenge. I feel like an amateur right now, but I’m coachable,” Kelce continued. “That’s one thing I know from being in sports — I’m a coachable guy.”