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Travis Kelce spices up the Pro Bowl with perfect #SaltBae TD celebration

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce gets salty at the Pro Bowl. (Twitter)
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce gets salty at the Pro Bowl. (Twitter)

These are wild times we’re living in.

One minute, you’re a Turkish chef slicing up an Ottoman steak on Instagram, and the next, your sassy salt application is a worldwide phenomenon transformed into a Pro Bowl touchdown celebration.

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If you’re confused, join the club. So, let’s start from the beginning: Nusret Gokce is a restauranteur from Turkey who posted the following video of a steak-slicing technique that isn’t all that special — until he unleashes the absolute most ludicrous way to season meat these eyes have ever seen:

Ottoman steak ????

A video posted by nusr_et (@nusr_et) on Jan 7, 2017 at 2:44am PST

Soon thereafter, his video reached nine million views, and he had earned the nickname #SaltBae.

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At least one of those viewers was Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, who hauled in a 23-yard touchdown from Cincinnati Bengals Andy Dalton with 1:40 to play in the opening half of the Pro Bowl and proceeded to drop the #SaltBae celebration on fans at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Fla.:

Seriously, it was perfect:

Now that’s what I call a seasoned pro. I’ll show myself out.