Travis Kelce's response to Lil Wayne's accusations about Kansas City Chiefs 'cheating' divides fans

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI: Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce responded to rapper Lil Wayne's cheating accusation against his team on the Tuesday, January 21 episode of his podcast, reported US Weekly.

According to the publication, Wayne is a huge football fan and a diehard supporter of the Green Bay Packers. After the NFL Divisional playoff game between the Houston Texans and the Chiefs on Saturday, January 18, he took to the social media platform X to vent his frustration with the latter team.

Travis Kelce responds to Lil Wayne

Lil Wayne commented on the narrative that the NFL referees were giving preferential treatment to the Chiefs after the game on Saturday.

"I hate the cheating azz chiefs,” he wrote in a tweet aimed at the two-time defending Super Bowl champions. In a follow-up post, he added, "It’s not even impressive when u cheat and then clearly try to cheat. Just win baby."

The tweet caught the attention of Travis Kelce and his brother Jason, who brought it up on the Wednesday episode of 'New Heights', which they host together.

“The whole world was talking about something else during the game, and I’m sure you saw some of this, but they were complaining about the refs again, Trav,” Jason said on the show before reading out Wayne's tweets.

He went on to poke fun at the rapper for "spelling a** with two z's."

"Shoutout to Tunechi, man,” Travis quipped, mentioning Wayne’s nickname.

Jason went on to read a post that defended Kelce and the Chiefs while responding to Wayne, sharing, "Literally folks will see s**t like this and say, ‘Yup just like I thought. Refs vs. Texans'. Bro the Texans left the all-time leading playoffs receiver wide b***y b**t nekkid open for 4 quarters and yet the Chiefs needed those calls'.”

“They did. They left me b**t naked open," laughed Travis, who had 117 receiving yards and a touchdown in the game where the Chiefs defeated Texans 23-14.

Internet divided over Travis Kelce's response

Netizens reacting to the news of Travis Kelce responding to Lil Wayne following his tweet against the Chiefs are split in their opinion. The following comments on Facebook demonstrate their takes.

"As if Travis cares what Lil Wayne has to say," wrote a person.

"Trying to figure out how anyone would take him serious about football," shared another of Wayne.

"His team must not be winning! Haters gonna hate," noted one individual

"When you play the Chiefs, you play the refs…no lie told!!!" countered someone else.

"Can’t denie what you see with your own eyes live on tv!" stated a user.

"Well yeah it’s very clear that refs have complete bias for the chiefs," echoed yet another.

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