Niecy Nash-Betts prioritized making sure her Grotesquerie love interest Travis Kelce felt supported on the set of his first scripted project. "I just wanted to make sure I was very, very present for him in this new space,

The star and executive producer also talks about a potential love scene with Travis Kelce and the important timing of the FX series: “I'm not the only Black woman trying to save the world from evil.”

Now, the Reno 911! star is speaking frankly about her chemistry with the football player, telling Us Weekly that she felt that building rapport with Kelce was the easy part. “I was born to flirt,” she said, noting that she “just wanted to make sure he felt covered. I wanted to make sure we had time to rehearse.”