Taylor Swift’s romance with Travis Kelce has continued to captivate fans and naysayers as the two support each other in their highly successful careers.
During Swift’s recently closed Eras TourKelce, 35, was on hand to support his partner as she performed around the world. Swift, 35, reciprocated, serving as Kelce’s star cheerleader during his NFL games with the Kansas City Chiefs.
The couple made their first public appearance in September 2023 when Swift attended a Chiefs game alongside Kelce’s mom. Since then, Swift has become a fixture at the Games — even returning to the US from Asia to cheer him and his teammates on to victory in February’s Super Bowl.
Timetables
Kelce will really be working on Christmas Day when he and his Chiefs teammates take on the Pittsburgh Steelers. The game will be the first of two that Netflix will stream live on Christmas Day.
On the December 18 episode of his podcast New heightsKelce said of playing on Christmas Day, “I’ll play anytime, anywhere. I just know that I’m so lucky to play this game that I’m going to cherish it every time I play on this field.”
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“I think it will feel a lot better if we get out of this little three-game stretch with three wins,” he added. “Give us a little bit more confidence that we can do it week in and week out against some of the top teams.”
As luck would have it, Swift is almost two years old Eras Tour closed on Dec. 8 in Vancouver, Canada—just five days before her 35th birthday and two weeks before Christmas.
While Swift might have her next big project bubbling under the surface, she certainly doesn’t have her grueling tour schedule getting in the way.
Precedent
Last Christmas, Swift was in attendance as Kelce and his teammates took on the Las Vegas Raiders in a game that resulted in a 20-14 Chiefs loss.
after the game The Kansas City Star photojournalist Nick Wagner posted a picture of Swift and Kelce holding hands in the hallway of Arrowhead Stadium in Missouri. social media.
“I spent Christmas waiting for these two lovebirds,” Wagner captioned the post on his Instagram Story. He also uploaded the same image to his Instagram feed, captioning it: “Happy Swiftmas to all who celebrate.”
Kelce later revealed on his podcast that Swift’s younger brother, Austin Swift, celebrated the day dressed in a Santa Claus costume.
“He killed it,” Swift raved about Austin Swift’s gift-giving skills. “He actually made me feel like a kid because his gift to me was straight out of the bag.
Kelce went on to share that Austin Swift “handed me a VHS of my favorite football movie of all time: Little giants. I have a VHS Little giants film.”
Romance
Kelce and his pop star girlfriend have made a flurry of headlines since their romance began last year. In July 2023, Kelce was seen at a Taylor Swift concert at Arrowhead Stadium, his team’s home venue. At the show, Kelce was seen exchanging friendship bracelets with fans.
Kelce later admitted on an episode of his podcast that he planned to give Taylor Swift his phone number on one of his friendship bracelets at the show, but didn’t get the chance.
“I was disappointed that she didn’t speak before or after the show because she has to save her voice for the 44 songs she sings, so I was a bit bummed that I didn’t give her one of the bracelets.” I did for her,” he said at the time.
As it turns out, Kelce talking about Swift on his podcast was effective, as the chart-topping singer revealed during an interview with Time magazine last December.
“It all started when Travis very adorably marketed me on his podcast, which I thought was metal as hell,” she told the magazine. “We started hanging out right after that. So we actually had a significant amount of time that no one knew about, which I’m thankful for because we got to know each other.”
The stars’ relationship became public knowledge in September 2023 when Taylor Swift attended a Chiefs game alongside Kelce’s mother, Donna Kelce.
“We were a couple by the time I went to that first game. I think some people think they saw our first date at that game?” Taylor Swift said. “We would never be psychotic enough to start a first date hard.
In a The Wall Street Journal in a November 2023 interview, Kelce said that after he called out Taylor Swift on his podcast, “someone playing Cupid” on the singer’s team gave her his number. Later she texted him and the rest was romance.
Taylor Swift has since become a fixture at Chiefs games, with NFL broadcasts often focusing on her presence, much to the outrage of some football fans.
“I’m just there to support Travis,” she said Time last year. “I have no idea if I’m showing off too much and I’m not doing a couple of dads, Brads, and Chads.”
