Travis Kelce’s on-screen scripted debut surprised fans on social media when it hit screens in episode 3 of Ryan Murphy’s Grotesquerie on FX.
After waiting two episodes to see the Kansas City Chiefs star in the twisted horror series, fans were treated to the first appearance of Kelce’s character, Ed Lachlan.
In addition to Kelce’s acting prowess, Ed’s flirtatious nature sparked a storm of reactions on social media as users labeled the role “sexy” during Kelce’s performance.
“Travis Kelce you are so sexy,” one user wrote.
“Travis Kelce on a Ryan Murphy show is somehow both shitty and exactly what I would have expected,” said a second.
Fans were stunned by Travis Kelce’s acting debut in episode 3 of Ryan Murphy’s Grotesquerie.
Kelce played a sweet nurse named Ed Lachlan in her scripted screen debut.
‘WHOAHHHHH TRAVIS MICHAEL KELCE,’ a third wrote while a fourth suggested: ‘Listen… it would be really cool if Kelce called me Detective Sassy Pants on the record.’
‘This man can ACT!!!!’ suggested a fifth with a snap from Kelce during one of their scenes.
‘For someone who is not an actor. “Travis Kelce does a very good job in #Grotesquerie,” a sixth added and another admitted he was “pleasantly surprised with Travis Kelce as an actor.”
‘Travis Kelce is doing an adequate job acting, I’ll give him that. But what game are you trying to play? Lois, you’re a detective for a reason,” an eighth user wrote. “You know how to read people. Don’t trust the Kelce girl.
Many other comments acknowledged the work Kelce was doing and her performance took fans by surprise.
Ed first appeared while Niecy Nash-Betts’ character, Detective Lois Tryon, was getting some fresh air and lighting a cigarette.
Kelce’s character appeared to be a nurse at the hospital where Lois’s husband was in a coma. After finding her sitting on a bench, Ed began sweet-talking the detective before she pulled out a flask and began drinking. He warned her not to get into his car, but she proceeded to drive after drinking.
In the next scene, Lois crashes her car into a pole and wakes up in the hospital with Ed as a nurse. She convinces him to escape from the hospital against his doctor’s orders, and he agrees.
The two held hands as they ran through the hospital hallways in slow motion, climbed into Ed’s red convertible, and sped off to finish episode 3.
Kelce’s performance sparked a firestorm of reactions from fans on social media Wednesday night.
In the following episode, Ed jokingly admitted to being a male entertainer in Alaska before ending up in the hospital.
“I worked at a male strip joint,” Kelce’s character said. ‘Moving it for horny mom going out on cruises. I rocked the banana hammock with Big Peter’s name on it and his banana split.
Ed then reveals how he ended up on the street and how he had “a long way to go” from the bottom.
“Simply put, I was simply losing my dignity,” he told Lois. ‘I had to find things to live for. You have not lost your dignity. So don’t do it.