Before Jason and Kylie Kelce became one of the internet’s favorite sports couples, their love story nearly took a very different turn-one that involved an awkward Tinder revelation and a brutally honest first impression.

When Kylie first started dating Jason, she wasn’t exactly eager to broadcast it to her friends. Dating a public figure, let alone an Eagles player, came with baggage she wasn’t ready for. But eventually, curiosity got the best of them, and she let them in on her secret. That’s when the conversation took an unexpected detour.

One of her teammates had a sudden realization: she knew someone who had matched with an Eagles player on Tinder a while back. Was it possible they were talking about the same guy? The teammate reached out to her friend, who wasted no time confirming.

“His name was Jason,” the woman replied. But it didn’t stop there. She followed it up with an unfiltered opinion that had everyone howling: “Oh, that guy? He was hideous.”

When “hideous” turns into husband material

Kylie could barely believe what she was hearing. Just moments before she was about to officially introduce Jason to her friend circle, she got hit with a reminder of why she had been keeping things quiet in the first place.

“I was like, ‘This is validation. This is why I’m not telling anyone,'”Kylie recalled, laughing as she retold the story on the Call Her Daddy podcast.

Of course, it’s safe to say that things worked out just fine. Jason and his mystery Tinder match never connected beyond their brief online interaction, and Kylie ended up with the Eagles legend herself. Now, years later, the two are happily married with three daughters-and another baby on the way.

First impressions might not have been in Jason’s favor, but in the end, the right person swiped right. And that’s all that mattered.