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The marriage of Swifties and Chiefs fans has resulted in the mother of all cameos.
Following her son Travis Kelce’s whirlwind romance with Taylor Swift, his mother Donna Kelce has been cast alongside Hunter King and Tyler Hynes in Hallmark’s upcoming 15th Countdown to Christmas movie Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Storywhich will premiere later this year.
“Look who’s joining @hunterking & @tyler_hynes in #HolidayTouchdown: A @Chiefs Love Story!” Hallmark captioned a video announcement. “Please welcome to the cast of America’s football mom @donnakelce. Don’t miss the world premiere later this year during #CountdownToChristmas.”
Donna Kelce will play the manager of Kansas City BBQ restaurant Norma & Nic’s. She appeared in the announcement clip with King and Hynes from what appeared to be the set for Norma & Nic’s.
King plays Alana, whose family of lifelong Kansas City Chiefs fans is in the running for the NFL team’s annual “Fan of the Year” contest. At the game, she begins a romance with Derrick (Hynes), the Chiefs’ director of fan engagement. But her faith in fate is shattered when her grandfather’s (Ed Begley Jr.) Chiefs good-luck hat goes missing.
Holiday Touchdown also Diedrich Bader (American housewife, Office space), Megyn Prijs (The farm, Rules of Engagement), Richard Riehle (Barry, Office space) and Christine Ebersole (Bob Harten Abishola, The Kominsky Method). Kansas City Chiefs Head Coach Andy Reid, guard Trey Smith, wide receiver Mecole Hardman Jr., running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire and defensive end George Karlaftis will also appear, as will Chiefs fan and red carpet correspondent Taylen Biggs. Additional casting will be announced at a later date.
Filming is currently taking place in and around Kansas City, Missouri, including at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium.
Now that her son is in a relationship with Swift, Donna Kelce has developed a fan base of her own, appearing regularly with the Grammy Award winner as they cheered Travis on from their own stadium suite.