These days, Donna Kelce is primarily known for one of two things depending on who you ask.
Meanwhile, to Swifties, she is Taylor Swift’s potential future mother-in-law.
After all, Travis and Swift are something of an item and Donna seems to approve.
So it’s really kind of wild, a wild ride" (viaPeople).
At the time, Ed was working in the steel industry and Donna worked at a bank.
Before long, the two ran into each other.
And I said, ‘No.’
And he said, ‘Oh I thought you said Joe.’
I said, ‘Is your name Joe?’
And he went, ‘No, it’s Ed.'"
I’m in coveralls that are covered with cement and stuff."
“We started talking and … “Your dad and I talked forever,” she recalled fondly.
When asked by her sons if she completely stood the other guy up, Donna replied in the affirmative.
Interestingly, though, she did not seem to have very many regrets about that night.
“It was meant to be,” she said of her relationship with Ed.
“It was meant to be just the way it was.”
The pair tied the knot and eventually decided to start growing their family.
On the podcast, “New Heights,” Donna opened up with her sons about this trying time.
“We were trying to have kids.
It wasn’t working for us, for whatever reason.”
One day, however, the couple’s luck changed.
She says, ‘You’re going to have a little one.’
And I went, ‘Woah.'”
Nine months later, Jason was born.
His younger brother, Travis, soon followed.
After all, when it came time to name the baby, Donna had something unusual in mind.
And I had just thought he was the most gorgeous man in the whole world.
And I named you after him."
This tiny rebellion might have been an early sign that things between the couple weren’t going to last.
“We both were like a tag team with you two and did all kinds of fun things.
When one of you had to go out of town, another person would help the other child.
So, it was just perfect.”
In her view, this coordination between parents allowed Travis and Jason to thrive.
“You got to do whatever sports you wanted.
You got to go on all the tournaments.”
The way that Donna remembers things, it was not that anything huge or explosive happened.
Instead, the couple slowly began to realize that they did not have that much in common.
Because of this, the couple considered parting ways while Jason Kelce and Travis Kelce were still growing up.
However, they eventually decided to remain together for the sake of their children.
In the documentary, “Kelce,” Travis recalled just how unique his parents’ dynamic was.
“I knew my mom and dad’s situation was different than other parents.
But they stayed together for me and Jason’s benefit I believe.”
In the same documentary, Ed spoke about the way that separating without divorcing worked for their family dynamic.
Compellingly, though, neither Ed nor Donna wishes that things between them had gone any differently.
“No,” he practically shouted.
“Because I got you two.
I wouldn’t be here.
I wouldn’t be on this show if it wasn’t for [our marriage].”
“You got to do everything [sports-wise], and it worked out.
If there would have been another kid, somebody was going to lose out.
So, it just happened to work out for the best.”
Speaking about this bond on “New Heights,” Donna revealed, “I don’t hate him.
We’re friends to this day … We get along great.”
You still remind us to reach out to her on her birthday.
For a divorced couple, boy, you two sure do care about each other still."
