Jason Kelce tells Travis ‘you crossed line’ with Super Bowl shove of coach Andy Reid

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Sometimes, big brother just has to let little brother know he messed up.

One of the lasting images of Super Bowl LVIII was of Chiefs star tight end Travis Kelce confronting Andy Reid on the sidelines after a fumble, screaming at the head coach and bumping him — which almost caused the bench boss to hit the deck.

Kelce was pulled away from the coach by a teammate and was seen stewing on the sidelines.

The Kelces discussed the viral clip on their New Heights podcast released Wednesday, with Travis admitting he was too emotional in the situation.

“You crossed the line,” Jason told his brother. “The yelling in his face, too, was over the top. I think there are better ways to handle this, retrospectively.”

“I can’t get that fired up to the point where I’m bumping coach and it’s getting him off-balance and stuff. When he stumbled I was just like ‘Oh, s***’ in my head,” Travis said.

Travis had been subbed out on the play in which running back Isiah Pacheco fumbled and backup tight end Noah Gray failed to maintain a block on the run.

There were no hard feelings between Kelce and Reid, with the two sharing the podium after winning the big game in overtime – the third Super Bowl title the pair have celebrated together in the past five years.

“They’re passionate players,” Reid said, via Pro Football Talk. “I love that, even if they chest bump me to the other side of the 50. I appreciate it. I just love that the guy wants to play and wants to be in there playing.”

“It came in a moment where we weren’t playing very well,” Travis said. “I wasn’t playing very well. And we had to get some s*** going. And sometimes those emotions get away from me. And that’s been the battle of my career.

“Everybody else, I don’t give a s*** what anybody else says. I talked to coach Reid about it today and we kind of chuckled about it. I couldn’t be more proud of being his product on the field and I couldn’t be more proud of where we’ve come as a team since I got here in 2013. I just love playing for the guy.

“Unfortunately, sometimes my passion comes out where it looks like it’s negativity, but I’m grateful that he knows it’s all because I want to win this thing with him more than anything.”

Kelce also apologized to Reid on the podcast, saying “sorry if I caught you with that cheap shot, baby.”