The Super Bowl Champion stars as Ed, a nurse at the hospital where Niecy Nash-Betts’ husband is in a coma
Travis Kelce is coming in hot!
The NFL star made his debut in Ryan Murphy’s Grotesquerie on Wednesday, Oct. 2 as he met Niecy Nash-Betts’ character, Detective Lois Tryon, following a particularly challenging moment between her and her husband’s nurse, Nurse Redd (Lesley Manville).
Lois was getting a breath of fresh air — and then lighting up a cigarette — near a beautiful garden when Kelce’s character, Ed, appeared beside her.
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Ed seemed to be a nurse at the hospital where Lois’ husband Marshall (Courtney B Vance) was in a coma, and after finding her sitting on a bench, he began sweet-talking her before she pulled out a flask and began drinking. He warned her not to get in her car, given that she’d been drinking, but she did anyway.
In the next scene, Lois crashed her car into a pole and woke up in the hospital — with none other than Ed as her nurse. She convinced him to help her sneak out of the hospital, against her doctor’s orders, and the two held hands as they ran through the hospital hallways in a slow-motion scene that looked as surreal as it was sweet.
They emerged into the night hand-in-hand, and Ed opened the door of a swanky red convertible for Lois, before hopping into the driver’s seat and speeding off as the episode ended.
Kelce’s debut on Grotesquerie comes after the FX series kept all details on his character a secret in the lead-up to episode 3’s premiere.
However, many of his costars have praised the Kansas City Chiefs tight end, 34, for his performance in the show, particularly since it marks his scripted TV debut.
