Travis Kelce, Jason Kelce mother Donna says she needed to ‘stand nonetheless’ in her marriage to Ed Kelce earlier than divorce

Donna Kelce has opened up about her ill-fated marriage to Ed Kelce, saying the pair stayed married for therefore a few years “for the youngsters.”

The proud mother, whose sons are NFL champs Jason Kelce and Travis Kelce, graced the duvet of Glamour for its “2024 Lady of the 12 months: The Mothers” concern, alongside Beyoncé and Solange’s mother Tina Knowles; Billie Eilish and Finneas’ mother Maggie Baird; and Selena Gomez’s mother Mandy Teefey.

“I used to be a business banker for a financial institution in a number of completely different states. I wished to get forward. I labored actually, actually onerous. I used to be a serious breadwinner within the household,” Donna, 71, advised the outlet.

“And I believe it’s vital for teenagers to see {that a} lady can do no matter she needs, however I did stand nonetheless, too.”

She continued, “My husband and I knew that our marriage was not working, however we stayed collectively for the youngsters.

“Ours was a really pleasant relationship. So, we may do this and guarantee that their life was regular as potential. However in that one respect, I did stand nonetheless for a number of years till I may transfer on by myself.”

It’s unclear precisely when the couple parted methods.

Travis and Jason mentioned their dad and mom’ relationship within the Amazon Prime sports activities documentary, “Kelce,” launched final yr.

“I knew my mother and pop’s scenario was completely different than different dad and mom,” Travis stated. “I’d go and have sleepovers at different homes and the opposite dad and mom are staying in the identical room, and my dad and mom didn’t keep in the identical room.”

“I began making these connections once I was in center faculty and I spotted that they had been most likely gonna cut up — however they stayed collectively for me and Jason’s profit, I consider,” the 3-time Tremendous Bowl champ added.

Within the documentary, Ed defined that he and Donna needed to make sacrifices for his or her sons to have the ability to observe their NFL desires.

“If we had cut up as we most likely each would have most popular, that will have been a nightmare with the logistics, getting youngsters the place they needed to be and offering all of the help,” he stated.

Donna agreed, recalling that point as being “powerful” whereas juggling parenting.

“Simply attempting to maintain all of it collectively while you’re being a guardian,” she stated. “It’s powerful.”

The mother of two beforehand defined throughout an episode of her sons’ “New Heights” podcast that she and Ed met by likelihood at a Cleveland bar when she was really en route to a different date.

The pair “talked eternally,” Donna stated, and he or she by no means went to satisfy the opposite man.

Elsewhere within the Glamour cowl story, Donna opened up about motherhood, saying that “being a mother might be the toughest factor I’ve ever performed in my life.”

“It’s a lot simpler to simply go to work, however elevating kids, once they’re completely depending on you and also you’re attempting to do the very best you may with the restricted assets that you’ve got, it’s essentially the most daunting process I’ve ever needed to do,” she added.