Travis Kelce stars in 'SNL' sketch promoting straight male friendship

"Straight Male Friend is available everywhere...except therapy."
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Chance Townsend
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The way Saturday Night Live sees it, friendship is hard — especially being the one gay guy in a group of straight women. So the solution as Bowen Yang presents it is having a "Straight Male Friend."

SNL host and Super Bowl champion Travis Kelce plays the titular "Straight Male Friend" in this SNL ad promoting the beauty of a low-effort friendship that requires no emotional commitment, financial investment, or drama. So whenever you need a break, go hang out with your "Straight Male Friend."

You can see them as much or as little as you want, and even when they do have their emotional low points, they'll mention it once and never again. And if they do, it's to apologize "for being a pussy about my dad dying earlier."

The ad comes with potential warnings like "significant weight gain" or if you have three or more "Straight Male Friends" you may be heading to Atlantic City. It's the "casual, low-effort relationship gay women have known about for years."

You can find them anywhere in your area, except therapy.

Topics SNL

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Chance Townsend
Assistant Editor, General Assignments

Chance Townsend is the General Assignments Editor at Mashable, covering tech, video games, dating apps, digital culture, and whatever else comes his way. He has a Master's in Journalism from the University of North Texas and is a proud orange cat father. His writing has also appeared in PC Mag and Mother Jones.

In his free time, he cooks, loves to sleep, and greatly enjoys Detroit sports. If you have any tips or want to talk shop about the Lions, you can reach out to him on Bluesky @offbrandchance.bsky.social or by email at [email protected].


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