Donna Kelce claims she “stood still for several years” before officially ending her marriage to Ed Kelce

Opening up about the end of her marriage to Ed Kelce, Donna Kelce she revealed the values ​​she hoped to instill in her children, her sons Jason AND Travis Kelce.

“I was a commercial banker at a bank in several different states. I wanted to move forward. I worked really, really hard,” Donna, 71, said Charm in an interview published on Thursday, October 3. “I was the main breadwinner in the family.”

Recalling her past, Donna explained that “it’s important for kids to see that a woman can do whatever she wants.” The famous NFL mom also admitted that she was “standing still too.”

“My husband and I knew our marriage wasn’t working out, but we stayed together for the children,” she said. “Our relations were very friendly. So we could do that and make sure their lives were (as) normal as possible.”

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She continued, “But in this one respect, I stood still for a few years until I could move on on my own.”

Donna and Ed married in the late 1970s and welcomed sons Jason and Travis in 1987 and 1989, respectively. After 25 years of marriage, they separated after their sons graduated from college. The former couple admitted in the 2023 documentary that Kelcethat they decided to stay together for the sake of their sons.

“If we split up, as we probably both would prefer, it would be a nightmare with the logistics, getting the kids where they need to be and providing all the support,” Ed explained in the video, with Donna adding that “I’m trying to keep it all together when you are a parent is difficult.

Travis, 34, admitted in the documentary that he knew Donna and Ed, “the situation was different from other parents.”

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“I would sleep in different houses and other parents would stay in that room, and my parents wouldn’t sleep in the same room,” he explained. “I started making these connections when I was in middle school and realized they were probably going to break up. But I guess they stayed together for Jason and me’s sake.

Despite retiring, Donna and Ed continued to attend many of their sons’ NFL games together. (Travis is a Kansas City Chiefs player, while Jason, 36, previously played center for the Philadelphia Eagles.)

“We try to go to one of the games,” Ed said Los Angeles Times in February 2023 “Divide and Conquer”.