Donna Kelce offers uncommon perception into delaying divorce from Ed for ‘a number of years’

Donna Kelce is sharing uncommon particulars about her and Ed Kelce’s divorce.

Travis Kelce and Jason Kelce’s mother explained in Glamour’s 2024 Women of the Year: The Moms issue, printed Thursday, that she and her ex “stayed collectively” for the sake of their sons.

The exes, who wed within the Nineteen Seventies, maintained a “pleasant relationship” regardless of understanding their “marriage was not working.”

“We may do this and be sure that their life was regular as doable,” the 71-year-old defined. “However in that one respect, I did stand nonetheless for a number of years till I may transfer on alone.”

The previous industrial banker recalled wanting “to get forward” and “working actually, actually onerous” because the “main breadwinner” within the household.

“I believe it’s essential for youths to see {that a} girl can do no matter she needs, however I did stand nonetheless, too,” Donna stated.

She and Ed had been married for roughly 25 years, splitting after Travis, 34, and Jason, 36, graduated from school.

Donna beforehand told “Martha Stewart Podcast” listeners that it might have been “very, very tough to boost youngsters” on her personal.

“We decided that we would be married all through the whole time that the youngsters had been in the home, and that’s the best way it labored out,” she stated within the Might episode.

The previous couple haven’t divulged any particulars about their motive for calling it quits.

Travis “began making … connections” and realized his “mother and pop’s scenario was completely different than different dad and mom” in center faculty.

“I’d go and have sleepovers at different homes and the opposite dad and mom are staying in the identical room, and my dad and mom didn’t keep in the identical room,” the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs participant stated within the 2023 “Kelce” documentary.

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Ed famous that he and Donna “would have most popular” to be aside — however “that will have been a nightmare with the logistics, getting youngsters the place they needed to be and offering all of the assist.”

On Thursday, Donna known as motherhood the “most daunting job” and the “hardest factor” she’s ever carried out.

“They’re completely depending on you and also you’re making an attempt to do the perfect you possibly can with the restricted sources that you’ve,” she stated.

Jason has gone on to welcome youngsters of his personal.

The retired athlete and spouse Kylie Kelce are the dad and mom of daughters Wyatt, 5, Elliotte, 3, and Bennett, 1.

As for Jason’s “New Heights” podcast co-host, Travis has been in a relationship with Taylor Swift since final summer season.