Tell your mom I still love her: I want us to come together again. I’m sorry for everything -Ed Kelce urged Jason Kelce to persuade mom to return to him

Ed Kelce and Donna Kelce may no longer be married — but they still have a great friendship.

The twosome met in the late ‘70s and welcomed son Jason Kelce in 1987 followed by son Travis Kelce two years later. After 25 years of marriage, the former couple called it quits — and later admitted they stayed together for the sake of their sons. “I knew my mom and dad’s situation was different than other parents,” Travis said in the family’s 2023 documentary, Kelce. “I would go have sleepovers at other houses and the other parents are staying in the room, and my parents didn’t stay in the same room.

I started making those connections when I was in middle school and I realized that they were probably gonna split. But they stayed together for me and Jason’s benefit I believe.” Although Ed and Donna divorced, they still attend every one of their sons’ NFL games they can get to, even switching off if needed. (Travis is a tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs while Jason is a center for the Philadelphia Eagles.)

On an episode of Jason and Travis’ podcast “New Heights,” Ed and Donna revealed that the duo met while Donna was on the way to another date. As Donna made her way to meet up with the date, she stopped by a bar where Ed happened to be. The duo instantly connected. “I was supposed to go with a guy that night. We were supposed to go to a play, and I never made it. Your dad and I talked forever,” Donna explained.

“It was meant to be. It’s just the way it was.” After tying the knot in the late ’70s, Donna and Ed welcomed sons Jason and Travis in 1987 and 1989, respectively. Both parents are very supportive of their sons’ football careers and try to show up to as many games as possible. “We try to be at one of the games,” Ed told the Los Angeles Times in February 2023. “Divide and conquer.”

Donna and Ed called it quits after 25 years of marriage following both of their sons’ college graduations. “I don’t hate him. We’re friends to this day. We get along great,” Donna said on an episode of “New Heights.” “We were like a tag team with you two. We got to do all sorts of fun things. When one of you had to go out of town, the other person would help with the other child. It was perfect.”

Donna and Ed later revealed in the 2023 documentary, Kelce, that they chose to stay together for as long as they did because of their sons. “If we had split as we probably both would have preferred, that would have been a nightmare with the logistics, getting kids where they had to be and providing all the support,” Ed explained in the film, while Donna added that “trying to keep it all together when you’re being a parent is tough.”