Jason Kelce is glad he got a bikini wax before unveiling his Speedo at the annual Team 62 fundraiser for the Eagles Autism Foundation. At the June 2025 charity event in Sea Isle City, New Jersey, the retired NFL player took off his shorts to reveal a USA-themed Speedo. If he hadn’t gotten a bikini wax prior to the event, the look “would have been even more gross,” Jason said on the July 2 episode of his New Heights podcast with brother Travis Kelce. Even though Jason seemed glad that he did it, he probably wouldn’t get a bikini wax again – but his wife, Kylie Kelce, thinks he should’ve gotten a Brazilian wax.
Jason explained why he wore a Speedo and got a bikini wax.
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During the podcast, Jason, 37, said he stripped down to a Speedo at the event because he lost a bet. He and his friend Beau Allen were both trying to lose body fat and gain muscle. According to Jason, “the bet was you get two points for every percentage body fat lost, and you get one point for every pound of muscle gained.”
As the loser of the bet, Jason had to wear a Speedo at the fundraising event. But he and Beau also “adding something else” to their friendly competition. They decided that the loser would also get a bikini wax prior to wearing the tiny bathing suit.
He said ‘it was the most vulnerable (he’s) ever felt.’
Given that the experience was new to him, he didn’t know exactly what to expect. Jason described feeling “vulnerable” and exposed when he went to European Wax in Philadelphia, though he said the salon team did “a great job” and tried to make it “comfortable” for him.
Describing his experience, Jason said, “Right away, the technician says, ‘Okay, remove everything from the waist down. I’m like, ‘Excuse me? Like, we’re just everything’s off?’” He added that tech then told him to “assume the butterfly position.”
“So I am filleted open,” he continued on the podcast. “I’m filleted. I look like a spatchcock turkey down there on that table. Dude, it was the most vulnerable I’ve ever felt.”
Though it wasn’t the most comfortable experience for Jason, he believes he “took it like a man,” he shared.
The salon team actually recommended a Brazilian wax.
When Jason went in for his wax appointment, the salon team said he should get a Brazilian wax. He didn’t love the idea – but his wife seemed to.
“I don’t know what it is,” Jason explained, per People. “I don’t like anything in that crease. Nothing’s been in that crease other than my own hand. The crease, that’s a no-fly zone for me.”
Meanwhile, “Kylie’s response was, ‘Jason, that’s the one thing you could’ve used,'” he said.
He probably won’t do it again.
Even though the salon team made the experience “as comfortable as they could,” Jason doesn’t really see another bikini wax in his future. “It’s probably not a thing that I’m gonna redo,” he admitted.
But he was glad that he did it before stripping down to a Speedo. He said, “Thank God I did because (the Speedo) would have looked so much worse if I wasn’t waxed. I mean, it would have been even more gross.”
