Kylie Kelce shares her honest reaction to ‘gender disappointment’ in pregnancy: ‘I cried for a solid 30 minutes’
Kylie Kelce, wife of Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce, is carving out a space of her own with her new Not Gonna Lie podcast. As a mom to three girls and expecting her fourth, Kylie has quickly become a refreshing voice in the parenting world, offering the kind of honesty that feels like a chat with your favorite mom friend over coffee.
One standout moment? Kelce’s candid take on gender reveals. While the internet is full of viral explosions of pink or blue, the Kelces have opted out of the tradition entirely.
“We’ve never done a gender reveal,” Kelce shared. “I’m not big on gender reveals. Cause I do think there’s always some degree of bias, whether you realize it or not, to be completely transparent.”
Kelce also reflected on a deeply personal moment from her second pregnancy, when she found out her baby was a girl:
“When we found out we were having Ellie and Ellie was a girl, I cried for a solid 30 minutes. I’m not talking about like that. I was sad. I’m talking about a full, heaving cry for 30 minutes because I felt different at the beginning of that pregnancy, and I had somehow convinced myself in my subconscious, not even knowingly, that it was a boy.”
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Reflecting on that experience, she continued: “And so when I heard that it was a girl, I completely lost it. And I don’t, to be clear, I hold only the slightest bit of guilt about that because then we met Ellie, and she was the sweetest, most lovely little girl. And she still is.”
Kelce also tackled the inevitable speculation about why she and Jason decided to have a fourth child, with the kind of humor and clarity that makes you want to fist-bump her.
“Everyone thinks we went for a fourth to try for a boy,” she said. “I knew we were going to get a girl. I’ve said on my TikTok that I had a loss before Wyatt. And so it’s really, it made pregnancy a different experience for me.”
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Her words reflect a grounded approach to growing her family—one focused on embracing the journey, letting go of outside expectations, and honoring her own experience.
Kelce’s message is clear: Don’t be afraid to own your feelings—even the complicated ones.
