Travis Kelce Makes His Debut in Grotesquerie: Find Out What Happened and What We Know About His Character

The Super Bowl Champion stars as Ed, a nurse at the hospital where Niecy Nash-Betts’ husband is in a com By

Travis Kelce, Niecy Nash-Betts in ‘Grotesquerie’. Photo: Prashant Gupta/FX

Warning: this story contains spoilers from episode 3 of FX’s Grotesquerie.

Travis Kelce is coming in hot!

The NFL star made his debut in Ryan Murphy’s Grotesquerie on Wednesday, Oct. 2 as he met Niecy Nash-Betts’ character, Detective Lois Tryon, following a particularly challenging moment between her and her husband’s nurse, Nurse Redd (Lesley Manville).

Lois was getting a breath of fresh air — and then lighting up a cigarette — near a beautiful garden when Kelce’s character, Ed, appeared beside her.

Ed seemed to be a nurse at the hospital where Lois’ husband Marshall (Courtney B Vance) was in a coma, and after finding her sitting on a bench, he began sweet-talking her before she pulled out a flask and began drinking. He warned her not to get in her car, given that she’d been drinking, but she did anyway.

In the next scene, Lois crashed her car into a pole and woke up in the hospital — with none other than Ed as her nurse. She convinced him to help her sneak out of the hospital, against her doctor’s orders, and the two held hands as they ran through the hospital hallways in a slow-motion scene that looked as surreal as it was sweet.

They emerged into the night hand-in-hand, and Ed opened the door of a swanky red convertible for Lois, before hopping into the driver’s seat and speeding off as the episode ended.

Travis Kelce and Niecy Nash-Betts on set of ‘Grotesquerie’.Prashant Gupta/FX

Kelce’s debut on Grotesquerie comes after the FX series kept all details on his character a secret in the lead-up to episode 3’s premiere.

However, many of his costars have praised the Kansas City Chiefs tight end, 34, for his performance in the show, particularly since it marks his scripted TV debut.

Micaela Diamond, who plays Sister Megan Duval, told PEOPLE she and Kelce bonded as the two “newbies on set, being sponges, trying to figure it all out together,” while Nicholas Alexander Chavez, who plays Father Charlie Mayhew, told PEOPLE Kelce plays “such an exciting character in this show, and I think that people should be looking forward to seeing Travis shine because guy’s a star.”

Niecy Nash Betts and Donna Kelce at the premiere of FX’s “Grotesquerie” held at Spring Studios on September 23, 2024.John Nacion/Variety via Getty

Nash-Betts, 54, was full of praise, too, and told PEOPLE her costar was “very professional” and “always came prepared” to work.

She also spoke to how challenging it was to play a character who is so deep in a battle with addiction, as Lois is with alcoholism.

“In this kind of story, you have to track where she is in her addiction. Is she hungover? Is she plastered? Is she tipsy?” she said. “Does she want to drink but is she trying not to? There’s so many places to be in it, and so trying to track that — that was difficult.”

New episodes of Grotesquerie premiere Wednesdays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on FX, and stream the next day on Hulu.