- Kylie Kelce said that there are toys she wouldn’t want in her house on the latest episode of « Not Gonna Lie. »
- Her ‘please don’t buy this for my children’ gift guide includes toys with too much glitter and pets.
- Kelce’s podcast topped the charts on Spotify and Apple after its premiere last Thursday.
If you’re wondering what gifts to buy — or not buy — for kids this festive season, Kylie Kelce has got you covered.
On Thursday, during the second episode of her podcast « Not Gonna Lie, » the media personality and wife of Jason Kelce shared her « brutally honest » gift guide for kids.
« I don’t know about you guys, but I often see toys when I’m out shopping or scrolling social media, and I just think to myself, ‘Not in my house,' » she said.
Referring to the list as her ‘please don’t buy this for my children’ guide to holiday shopping, she recommended that other parents share it with « aunts, uncles, grandparents, friends — anyone who has asked, ‘What can I get the kids for Christmas?' »
« This is your opportunity to have me deliver that harsh reality, » said the soon-to-be mom of four.
1. Toys that require more than 5 minutes to assemble
When a kid sees a box with a picture of the toy, they will immediately want to play with it, the former field hockey player said.
« And you know what they’re going to do the whole time you’re trying to assemble it on a Christmas morning, a Hanukkah evening? » she said. « They’re going to stand behind you and say, ‘Are you done yet? Are you done yet?' »
« Don’t do that to people. Let’s not, » she said.
2. Anything with too much glitter
As a mom of three daughters, all aged 5 and under, Kelce said that « pretty much everything » they get has glitter on it. « It makes their hearts so happy. I can’t veto glitter as a whole, » she said.
What she doesn’t like about it is how glitter falls everywhere. « I need you to get something that glitter is sealed; I need it attached to that surface; I need it not leaving it, » she said.
3. Toys with no volume control
Kelce said that when her daughter Wyatt was 2, she received an electronic drum set. However, it didn’t come with volume control.
« I tried taping over the speaker, I tried putting it on a blanket when Wyatt wanted to play with it, » she said.
She eventually retired the toy a week later but said the same person, Ed Kelce, her father-in-law, got her kid a new drum set the following Christmas. Thankfully, the new drum set did have volume control, she said.
« But there’s still a lot of deep amount of guilt associated with the fact that I hid a Christmas gift from my child because I couldn’t stand to listen to that damn thing for one more minute at the volume that it was playing at, » she said. « I’m so sorry, Ed. »
4. Anything with a heartbeat
Her kids have yet to be gifted a pet, but Kelce said she fears that when the time eventually comes, she will have to respond by returning it.
Calling it a « sick, twisted joke to gift, » Kelce added that it’s the parents who will end up taking responsibility for the pet.
« I’m already proud of myself when I can keep three children alive each day. I don’t need to be working on any more pets, specifically pets that I have not chosen to bring into my household, » she said.
5. Toys with too many pieces
« Once the kids start playing with toys that have a million pieces, I then have to go around and pick up all the little pieces, » Kelce said. Eventually, pieces go missing, rendering the toys useless, and she ends up stepping on them, she added.
6. Toy weapons
Kelce said her kids have received a few toy weapons. On one occasion, her daughter, Elliotte, got « picked off » in the backyard by an airplane gun that Wyatt played with.
« So, they’ve proved that they have not earned the trust required to receive weapons, because they will try to take each other out, and I don’t want to mediate any of that again, » she said.
« Not Gonna Lie » dethroned « The Joe Rogan Experience » to take the top of the charts on Spotify Podcasts and Apple Podcasts after the release of its first episode last Thursday.
« It absolutely blew my mind, » Kelce said at the beginning of her second episode. « I really appreciate you guys having such positive feedback, considering I’m still a rookie, and we’re working out the kinks. »
The podcast is produced by Wave Sports + Entertainment, the company behind her husband’s podcast, « New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce. » In August, the brothers signed a three-year deal with Amazon’s Wondery worth over $100 million.
Kelce previously opened up about her rise to fame following her marriage to former NFL player, Jason Kelce.
« As public figures, Jason and I know there’s talk about our marriage, but we don’t give much thought to it, » Kelce previously told Business Insider.
« We use social media in a way that is authentic to us and I make a conscious effort not to offer us up for the opinions of others. »
A representative for Kelce did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent by Business Insider outside regular office hours.
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