Travis Kelce hits back at critics of his beer-fueled graduation antics at New Heights Live

Travis Kelce has hit back at critics of his beer-guzzling graduation antics at New Heights Live last week after Taylor Swift’s boyfriend was called ‘insufferable’ and an ’embarrassment’ by her fans.

The Kansas City Chiefs star and brother Jason took their smash-hit podcast on the road last week, hosting a live event at their former school the University of Cincinnati.

A chaotic evening was brought to a close by Kelce finally receiving his diploma in a mock commencement ceremony. Before collecting his award, Kelce downed a beer in front of thousands of fans before slamming it to the ground.

But the move did not go down well on social media, with fans claiming Swift must be ‘getting sick of this’ while body language expert Judi James wrote the ‘attention-seeking’ display indicated the NFL star will never ‘mature’.

However, speaking on this week’s episode of New Heights, Kelce defended himself and said the graduation ceremony was ‘just a fun way to close out the night’.

Kelce’s beer-chugging antics did not go down well with Taylor Swift’s army of fans online

Judi told DailyMail.com: ‘There’s adult, husband material and then there’s this.

‘Receiving his graduation certificate on stage from two polite and formally-gowned men, Travis decides to take the moment to show the world how he can guzzle beer from a can, throwing his head back like a showman to drop the beer from a height so it pours out of his mouth and down over his chin.

‘He then smashes the can to the ground so that what remains of the beer splashes everywhere, including, possibly, the people on stage and the audience.

‘He also grabs the mic to sing the chorus of a song and even for a rebellious teenager this display would look attention-seeking, especially with his mom looking on wearing what appeared to be a smile of pride as she watches her two sons.’

She continued: ‘Many leading sportspeople can get caught in a state of eternal teenager and this does look like telling behavior from a 34-year-old man who is rumored to be prepping to propose to America’s current sweetheart.

‘Heroes can have fun and they can celebrate a win but more usually out on pitch than like this on a stage when some level of maturity might have been called for.’

Another fanadded: ‘I wouldn’t be surprised if Taylor Swift is getting sick of Travis Kelce’s drunken public behavior.’

And a third said: ‘Travis Kelce is an absolute embarrassment, this type of behavior is cultural rot.

‘This is what Taylor Swift is into and she wonders why she has to write so many breakup albums…’

‘I don’t understand how this is OK today? Just because it’s Travis Kelce? I can’t f**king stand this dude he has really destroyed the NFL and he thinks he is funny the whole way,’ someone else