During the 2017/18 season, Whelan as well as working for BBC, Whelan also sporadically features on Sky Sports News as an in-studio summariser for football matches. On 31 January 2018, Whelan also featured in a two part documentary exclusive to Leeds United's TV channel LUTV called 'I Wore The Shirt'. He has 2 daughters and 2 sons and is an uncle of 2