Travis Kelce was not at the ‘Happy Gilmore 2’ premiere on Monday night – though he earned massive praise from Adam Sandler nonetheless.
The Chiefs star landed a role in the film as a hotel employee, with one scene giving him the chance to share the screen with Bad Bunny.
And while Kelce skipped out on the premiere with Kansas City’s training camp beginning on Tuesday, it’s clear he made an impression on Sandler during the filming of the movie.
‘They were both so confident and so funny. They’re gonna go on and do whatever the hell they want,’ Sandler told The Hollywood Reporter of Kelce and Bad Bunny.
‘But I’d love to do something with them again, because I got very friendly with them, and I love them both.’
Sandler also joked to Extra TV that he ‘didn’t want to bother’ Kelce’s pop star girlfriend, Taylor Swift about a potential role in the film.
Adam Sandler offered effusive praise of Travis Kelce’s acting skills on Monday night
Kelce, seen at the American Century Championship earlier this month, missed the premiere with Chiefs training camp beginning on Tuesday
He shares a scene with Puerto Rican musician Bad Bunny, who went to the premiere in NYC
Scottie Scheffler also attended the event with his wife, Meredith – and his trophy from The Open
‘Just let Taylor entertain the world like she does… she’s done a lot for our planet.’
Bad Bunny, meanwhile, teased a ‘honey scene’ with Kelce, which he called ‘crazy’ in an interview with Extra.
Aside from the Puerto Rican musician, there were plenty more big names in attendance at the Lincoln Center in New York.
Jimmy Fallon, John Cena, Margaret Qualley and Bennie Safdie (the latter two have cameos in the film) were all in attendance, as was influencer Alix Earle.
From the sports world, Kelce’s fellow football player Derrick Henry was in attendance too, and Sandler could be heard telling the bruising running back that the pair were ‘doing a movie together’ on the red carpet.
Former Steelers star Ryan Clark was in attendance as well.
Of course, there were plenty of names from the golf world as well, including Scottie Scheffler – fresh off of his win at The Open – Colin Morikawa, Fred Couples, Tony Finau, Bryson DeChambeau and John Daly.
All will have cameo films in the movie – which will mark a second appearance in the ‘Happy Gilmore’ franchise for Couples.
Influencer Alix Earle is seen at the premiere at the Lincoln Center in New York
WWE icon John Legend attended the star-studded event with his wife, Shay Shariatzadeh
And golf content creator Paige Spiranac – who has a role in the film – was there as well
Kid Cudi and Sandler embraced on the red carpet as they posed for a photo together
Justin Thomas and Jack Nicklaus also reportedly have roles in the film, though they were not in attendance on Monday night.
Golf influencer Paige Spiranac also scored a cameo in the film and graced the red carpet on Monday.
And rapper Kid Cudi appears in the movie, too, and smiled for a picture with Sandler on Monday.
The film is a sequel to Sandler’s 1996 comedy classic which follows an ex-hockey player turned golfer with anger issues.
Despite the many newcomers in the film, fans will be pleased to see Julie Bowen and Christopher McDonald reprise the roles of Virginia Venit and Shooter McGavin respectively.
The film will be released to Netflix on Friday.
