Travis Kelce reveals he had therapy in college after getting suspended from football over drugs scandal

Travis Kelce was mandated to attend therapy sessions as part of his reinstatement to college football after getting suspended due to drug usage, the current NFL tight end has revealed. 

The Kansas City Chiefs star opened up about the unknown part of the conditions set forth by Cincinnati's football program after his marijuana violation, which caused him to miss the 2010 Sugar Bowl - a rare chance at a high-level bowl game for the Bearcats. 

Travis' older brother and fellow Bearcat alumnus, Jason Kelce, vouched for Travis to be reinstated into the program, with other conditions previously known, such as not missing a class and holding a grade-point average of 3.0 or higher. 

'I had to sit down with a shrink for an hour a week,' Kelce told GQ. He got me to look at my life way more strategically. He got me to understand that you go through these emotions, and your reaction can either help you or hurt you or be indifferent.'

'He walked me through all these different phases of my life. "How did this make you feel? How did you react?" I started to understand and process these emotions completely differently. You start to control it and not let it get too crazy.'

Kelce previously opened up about his suspension to Daily Mail at this year's Super Bowl, which also took place in New Orleans, where the Sugar Bowl is held annually. 

Kelce managed to get his place on team back and turned his football career around to become one of the NFL's greatest-ever tight ends. However, he admitted the incident left a mark.  

'I think it was a very emotional and meaningful thing that happened to me back in college and I brought that all on myself. I think it was just me not living up to my family's expectations and that was probably the biggest thing.

'Bringing negativity to them was probably the hardest part for me. Outside of that, I always knew I was going to find a way to figure things out and it wasn't the end of the world for me.'

Kelce has revealed more details about his college life surrounding the incident in the past, discussing it on the 'Bussin' With the Boys' podcast in July 2023.

He admitted that he 'partied a little too much down there [New Orleans], got hit with a drug test and from that point on, I realized I’ve got to tighten the f*** up.'  

Then, in a tell-all interview with The Athletic last year, Kelce's former college roommate Zach Collaros recalled his mom accidentally walking in on the Chiefs star lighting up a joint during his suspension.

'My mom visited one time,' said Collaros. 'This was when Travis was suspended. She doesn’t like going to the games so she just stayed behind and cleaned the house, which is a story in and of itself.

'She smells something and walks downstairs in the basement and it’s Trav — smoking a joint. She goes: “Travis, aren’t you suspended for this?!?”

'He goes: “Hey Momma Collaros, it’s all right. When are we going to the game?” And they walked to the game together.'

Travis confirmed the story was an accurate one on his New Heights podcast, having told his ex-college buddies to speak freely about their experience together in the piece.

'I made sure to tell them don't hold back, tell all the good stories,' he insisted. 'And sure enough they mentioned all the really good ones, like Zach's mom walking in on me firing up in the garage before one of the games.

'Absolutely hilarious. That's how I was living back then.' 

It's safe to say Travis got his life back on the right track, now dating Taylor Swift, who is set to appear on 'New Heights' for the first time on Wednesday evening.