Christopher McDonald Teases Travis Kelce’s Happy Gilmore 2 Cameo

Christopher McDonald believes Travis Kelce’s acting skills may just be as impressive as his football moves.

“I’m gonna give him thumbs up on his acting chops,” McDonald, 70, exclusively told Us Weekly on Saturday, March 1, at GBK, MEND & Bodywell’s Pre-Academy Awards Luxury Lounge, presented by KC Chic Designs. “He was surprisingly good and he’s way too handsome for a football player.”

All jokes aside, the Happy Gilmore actor is thrilled to have Kelce, 35, make a cameo in the highly anticipated sequel that is rumored to be released this July.

“He’s a great guy. I had a lovely time meeting him,” he added of the Kansas City Chiefs tight end. “I’m a fan — although his team keeps beating my Buffalo Bills. Josh Allen? Now that’s a rockstar quarterback right there.”

Although Allen, 28, will not be sharing the big screen with Kelce, the NFL player is gearing up to marry Hailee Steinfeld. While McDonald assured fans that he doesn’t follow his favorite players’ relationships, he can’t help but support Allen’s love story.

“The way they look at each other? Oh my god, that is love right there,” he said at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. “They’re gonna be just fine, those two. They’re gonna have beautiful kids too, because they’re two beautiful people inside and out. I don’t know her that well, but I just love him, and I hope we have many more years of Josh Allen. MVP, baby.”

While McDonald is excited to see the Bills win big next season, he’s also pumped to have fans experience Happy Gilmore 2. In December 2024, Netflix released the very first sneak peek of the sequel.

Two months later, the streaming service shared a behind-the-scenes clip confirming several golfing stars would make appearances in the upcoming sequel.

“I think there’s a great connection between both films,” McDonald teased. “It’s a good idea to watch the first one because then you’ll follow the storyline, which is deeper and just funnier than you could imagine. I laughed out loud about 15 times during the read-through. It’s so good, and I hope it holds up and people come in droves here. I think they will.”

McDonald is also looking forward to honoring the Happy Gilmore cast who passed away before the sequel is released. In February, news broke that Carl Weathers — who played Chubbs in the original 1996 film — had died at the age of 76.

“We lost a handful of them and it’s tragic, but we send them love in the movie,” McDonald teased. “I can’t talk about it, but you’ll see how we talk about them in the movie. … A lot of different people that aren’t with us anymore, we’re celebrating.”

Happy Gilmore tentatively hits Netflix on Friday, July 25.