Kylie Kelce fires back at claims she ‘exploits’ her and Jason Kelce’s kids
Kylie Kelce thinks it’s “wild” that critics accuse her and her husband, Jason Kelce, of “exploiting” their daughters online.
The mom of four opened up about setting boundaries around sharing her children on social media while living in the public eye during Wednesday’s episode of “The Squeeze” podcast.
When she and Jason welcomed their first daughter, Wyatt, Kylie, 34, said that despite her husband’s large following as a Philadelphia Eagles player, she still used Instagram to share “life updates” like anyone else.
“As life has gone on and things have changed, I post infrequently overall, and I post, even less frequently, our children,” she told host Tay Lautner. “I made it a point to stop putting their faces on my social media.”
While Kylie said she supports parents making their own choices about sharing their children online, she found herself in a “gray area” when her daughters appeared in Jason’s retirement documentary.
“That was really the turning point for me to understand that people can’t draw a line for themselves, and I think that sometimes you have to very clearly draw it for them,” she added.
Kylie said her daughters may occasionally pop up on her podcast, “Not Gonna Lie,” or Jason’s podcast, “New Heights,” but they won’t be used in social media clips or included in any brand deals the couple does.
“I feel really strongly about going forward just for their safety to not include them in anything,” she added. “People online have opinions about it. People online take issue with the fact that I discuss my kids’ lives — which I think is kind of crazy — let alone show their faces on anything.”
Kylie then recalled a recent radio show that accused her of “exploiting” her children and claimed they were “plastered all over social media.”
“I’m like, ‘My kids aren’t in anything,’” she said. “And I went back on my Instagram and I’m scrolling, and I’m like, ‘They haven’t been on my Instagram.’ The last time I posted [them] was when I gave birth to our last. It was wild.”
“I’m still trying to navigate it. I overall want to ensure my kids’ safety, and that’s always going to be the top priority.”
Kylie and Jason, 38, who married in 2018, share four daughters: Wyatt, 7, Elliotte, 5, Bennett, 3, and Finnley, 1.
Most recently, Kylie pushed back at social media users who speculated that she was pregnant with baby No. 5, calling the commentary about women’s bodies “f–ked up.”
“First of all, hell no,” she said when discussing the possibility of having another baby. “I have four children. Four. Four. If you’re confused, I have four.”
“I have so many kids that over the last week, I’ve had three different people forget I have four kids and thought I had three. … Stop trying to get me to have more. Stop it. That’s between me, my husband and my motherf–king uterus,” Kylie added.