“Otherwise, the men without beards would have been the ones fornicating,” the 37-year-old—who shares daughters Wyatt, 5, Elliotte, 3, and Bennett, 22 months with wife Kylie Kelce—continued. “I think this is how evolution works, Travis. Women are just attracted to beards, I think it’s a scientific fact.”

As Jason later admitted, “This is why I have a beard, I look awful without a beard.”

To which Travis jokingly added, “I’ve been getting cooked all year for having a mustache.”

Indeed, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end received some playful criticism for his ambitious look, with his team’s Instagram account jokingly referring to it as “The return of El Travador,” during training camp in July.