Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce’s Relationship: A Timeline

The soccer star was noticed Swift’s Eras Tour cease at Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium in July, marking the primary public linking between the 2.

During an episode of his New Heights podcast, the Kansas City Chiefs tight finish recounted his foiled plan to start wooing the “Karma” singer. Inspired by the lyric “So make the friendship bracelets / Take the moment and taste it” from Midnight’s “You’re On Your Own, Kid,” followers have been buying and selling selfmade jewellery at every Eras Tour cease, and Kelce tried to get in on the development.

“I was disappointed that she doesn’t talk before or after her shows because she has to save her voice for the 44 songs that she sings,” Kelce mentioned, “so I was a little butt-hurt I didn’t get to hand her one of the bracelets I made for her.”

He went on to clarify that the bracelet he needed to provide her had his telephone quantity on it. Evidently, Kelce’s plan was not profitable. “She doesn’t meet anybody, or at least she didn’t want to meet me, so I took it personal,” he quipped.

During an interview with NFL+ host Andrew Siciliano, Travis considerably addressed the rumors. He confirmed his story about attempting to shoot his shot at Swift through an Eras Tour friendship bracelet, however that’s so far as he’d reveal. “I said what I said. And I meant what I said when I said it. And you know what, it is what it is,” he mentioned earlier than shutting down additional dialog concerning the pair’s relationship standing. “I’m not gonna talk about my personal life.”

The tight finish then teased listeners, saying, “I know what you writers wanna hear, and you wanna hear more about that and I’m not gonna give you anything!” When Siciliano requested if Swift had reached out to him, Kelce responded, “And that’s gonna wrap it up here,” thus ending the interview.

Travis’ brother, Philadelphia Eagles participant Jason Kelce, was additionally requested concerning the pairing throughout an interview. “I’ve seen these rumors, I cannot comment,” he mentioned of romance hypothesis

During the sport between the Chiefs and the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday (Sept. 17), NFL announcer Ian Eagle slipped in just a few Swift lyric references as he known as a play from Kelce. “Kelce finds a blank space for the score!” he mentioned, a callback to Swift’s 2014 Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper “Blank Space.”

NFL Network’s Rich Eisen loaded in loads of Swift references in his pre-game protection, as he teased, “You saw it on Thursday night, when Travis Kelce wasn’t in there, it left a ‘blank space,’ but I think he returns today and proves to be the ‘anti-hero.’ Never goes out of ‘style.’”

It was all in good enjoyable, as Kelce himself later commented on Eisen’s medley through Instagram, writing, “Well played Rich…. Well played 👏🏻😂.” See the put up right here.

The Kansas City Chiefs tight finish joined The Pat McAfee Show, the place he revealed that he invited Swift to look at him play. “I threw the ball in her court,” he mentioned. “I told her, ‘I’ve seen you rock the stage in Arrowhead, you might have to come see me rock the stage in Arrowhead.’ We’ll see what happens in the near future.”

He additionally expressed his shock at how a lot publicity their potential relationship has gotten. “It’s hilarious how much traction this has actually got,” the 33-year-old mentioned. “I think it’s, right now, it’s like that old game in school called ‘Telephone,’ where everybody is just whispering in each other’s ear, just hearing some random stuff.”

Swift shocked soccer followers and Swifties alike when she spent the day cheering on the Kansas City Chiefs’ tight finish from Kelce’s suite alongside his mother, Donna, because the staff performed the Chicago Bears (and gained).

The two additionally left the stadium collectively, as seen in a clip sports activities reporter Jarrett Payton shared on X. In the video, the NFL star nods in greeting to the anchor and asks, “How you doin’” as Tay flashes Payton a smile and says, “Hey!”

Kelce and Swift had been then noticed using off collectively in his convertible, in keeping with pictures acquired by TMZ.

Jason and Travis mirrored on the sport of their New Heights podcast. “Shoutout to Taylor for pulling up!” Travis mentioned. “That was pretty ballsy. That was pretty ballsy, yeah. I just thought it was awesome how everybody in the suite had nothing but great things to say about her, the friends and family — she looked amazing. Everybody was talking about her in great light and on top of that, the day went perfect for Chiefs fans, of course.”

“To see the slow-motion chest bumps, to see the high-fives with Mom, to see how Chiefs Kingdom was all excited that she was there,” he added. “It was definitely a game I’ll remember, that’s for d–n sure. Then we just slid off in the getaway car at the end. Took my Chevelle to the game.”

The Kansas City Chiefs had been set to play the New York Jets, which meant Kelce was in Swift’s space this time — she has a New York City residence. This time round, it was no shock that the pop icon confirmed up at MetLife Stadium to assist Kelce and his staff. She arrived with a bunch of well-known pals, together with Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds.

“Welcome to New York, it’s been waiting for you,” the official NFL account tweeted to Swift on X earlier than the sport started, sharing clips of her greeting others on the stadium and having fun with the sport.