Taylor Swift’s cats might be getting a new feline friend, but Jason Kelce has to “be on” before that happens.
The NFL star’s wife, Kylie Kelce, tells PEOPLE she would “love a cat” but doesn’t expect to get a pet “any time soon” because she wants Jason, 36, to warm to the decision.
“I really want Jason to be involved when we decide to get one,” says Kylie, 31.
Jason and Kylie have been rumored to have added a cat to the family since December, when Kylie appeared on an extra episode of the podcast New heights with Jason and Travis Kelce and said she was interested in a pet cat.
Kylie mentioned the potential pet to Jason’s brother Travis Kelce on the podcast.
“I told Jason I wanted to get a cat,” Kylie said in the episode before telling Travis, “And he said no. And I feel like you might like cats right now,” seemingly referring to Travis’ relationship with Swift , who is a caring mom to three cats — Meredith Grey, Olivia Benson and Benjamin Button.
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In January, the idea of Jason becoming a cat dad resurfaced when Kylie wrote under a clip on the podcast’s Instagram account: “‘I’m not asking permission, I’m doing this.’ – the exact quote I’ll say when I grab my keys to go get the cat.”
In response, Jason said on a subsequent episode of the podcast that he typed “How to lose a cat” into Google.
Publicly, Jason hasn’t been thrilled about getting a cat as a pet, but Kylie says she believes those feelings could change based on a pet from her husband’s past.
“As much as he likes to pretend he’s 100,000 percent against it, he grew up with a cat that really left him with nice, positive memories. Her name was Flash,” said the mother of three.
Donna Kelce, Jason and Travis’ mom, shared insight into Jason’s time with the Flash in a Feb. 7 interview with PEOPLE.
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“They loved Flash because Flash was an athlete. I’ll tell you, that cat was amazing,” Donna said of the bond her boys had with the pet.
Kylie says she hopes finding a cat similar to Jason’s childhood cat will help convince her husband to welcome the cat into the family.
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“If we can find a cat similar to Flash — I think it’s going to have to be a cat that lives mostly outdoors just because it’s also allergic — I think we can include them,” she says.
Despite her comments in the past about not seeking permission for a pet cat, Kylie adds that she “would never get a cat” without Jason “giving up a little bit before I pull the trigger.”
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