Kylie Kelce is opening up about how her mom, Lisa McDevitt, approached their conversations about sex before marriage.
On the June 12 episode of her Not Gonna Lie podcast, Kelce told guest Ilona Maher about how her mom, whom she refers to as “Lil Lis,” reacted when she told her she wanted to wait until after she was married to have sex.
“There was some point in my life when I was younger where I told my mom during one of our deep mom talks, a.k.a. when I, like, bombarded her and came in and sat in a room while she was doing something… I told her. I was like, ‘I think I’m gonna save myself for marriage,’ ” she recalled.
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Kylie, who went on to marry now-retired NFL star Jason Kelce in 2018, noted that her mom didn’t encourage the practice, telling her daughter, “I think you’re gonna change your mind.”
The now-mother of four added that her mom “doubled down” telling her, “You gotta test drive a car before you buy it.”
Kylie said that her mom’s reaction kept their relationship open and honest as she continued into the dating world.
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“If my choice is not to stay pure towards marriage — news flash, didn’t stick — but if it wasn’t that, my mom was like, ‘You’re good.’ ”
Kylie, who shares daughters Wyatt, 5, Elliotte, 4, Bennett, 2, and Finnley, 2 months, with Jason, added that she looks to her mom as a parenting role model.
“I’m trying to recreate the Lil Lis situation,” she said. “I want my girls to be able to tell me things.”
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As for her own relationship with her mom, Kylie says they’re “very close.”
“I just this morning described our relationship as codependent because I love my mom,” Kylie said. “When my car starts, I’m pretty sure that it calls my mom. It’s the weirdest phenomenon, but it happens every time. It’s weird. So I’m going with it. I love checking in with her.”
