A man who proudly owns and adores cats, a label once used teasingly and now worn as a badge of honour across social media. Travis Kelce’s Sexiest Cat Dad title in the 2026 Readers’ Choice Poll — over Dolph Lundgren, MGK and Paul Hollywood — captures the shift perfectly. Readers rewarded a football star happy to be defined, in this category at least, by his pets.
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