The NFL isn’t the one main sporting league curious about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s budding romance.
In the course of the Philidelphia Phillies’ Monday, October 16, dwelling recreation towards the Arizona Diamondbacks, a number of MLB announcers couldn’t assist however joke about Swift, 33, as Travis, 34, and his brother, Jason Kelce, sat within the stands of Citizen Park Stadium.
“Cheers boys. LETS GO PHILLIES @Phillies,” Travis and Jason’s “New Heights” podcast wrote via X (formerly known as Twitter) alongside a video of the siblings having fun with a number of beers. Whereas lamenting over what a great time the boys gave the impression to be having, MLB sports activities commentators seen a spot was left vacant.
“Appears to be like like a seat’s obtainable in between [Travis and Jason], I don’t know, you Swifties, appears to be like prefer it may be a bros evening,” they quipped.
The BNO got here in the future after Travis stood on the sidelines to look at the Philadelphia Eagles play the New York Jets on Sunday, October 15. The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish was in East Rutherford, New Jersey, to cheer his brother on as he made historical past together with his 145th consecutive regular-season begin as a middle.
Whereas Travis has been busy bonding together with his older brother, he’s additionally been spending time with Swift, 33, whereas on the East Coast. The pair each made particular person cameos on the Saturday, October 14, episode of Saturday Night time Dwell earlier than eating collectively in NYC and hitting up the SNL afterparty later that evening. The next day, they loved one other cozy night within the Huge Apple as they held fingers whereas leaving the Waverly Inn in Greenwich Village.
Travis and Swift had been first linked in July after the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish shared his disappointment over not assembly Swift whereas attending considered one of her Eras Tour exhibits. The pop star made headlines two months later when she confirmed as much as help him at Arrowhead Stadium in his recreation towards the Chicago Bears.
The twosome have since sparked a popular culture frenzy, with even the NFL usually commenting on their dynamic, enjoying Swift’s music for promos and persistently slicing to her within the crowd throughout video games. Earlier this month, Travis famous that the league’s TV and social media protection of his and Swift’s relationship felt slightly overdone.
“I believe it’s enjoyable once they present who all is on the recreation,” he instructed Jason throughout a September “New Heights” episode. “I believe it brings slightly bit extra to the ambiance, brings slightly bit extra to what you’re watching. However on the identical time, they’re overdoing it slightly bit for positive … particularly my state of affairs. I believe they’re making an attempt to have enjoyable with it.”
Jason, nonetheless, disagreed, arguing that the NFL is simply “not used to celebrities coming to the video games.” He continued: “Basketball has it discovered… [celebrities are] courtside, they present them a couple of times after which they get again to the sport. The NFL is like, ‘Have a look at all these A-list celebrities on the recreation! Present them! Present them!’ Dude, present them as soon as and get slightly clip, however you may’t be overboard with it.”
Travis later hinted at his plans to maintain issues extra low-key transferring ahead. “I do know I introduced all this consideration to me,” he mentioned, referring to a July episode through which he name-dropped Swift and revealed he tried giving her his quantity. “What’s actual is that it’s my private life and I wish to respect each of our lives.”
The NFL later addressed Travis’ gripes in October, telling Folks, “The Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce information has been a pop cultural second we’ve leaned into in real-time, because it’s an intersection of sport and leisure, and we’ve seen an unimaginable quantity of positivity across the sport.”
The league added {that a} “overwhelming majority” of their content material has “remained targeted on the sport, our gamers and number of different initiatives, together with our Toy Story Funday Soccer alt-cast, the worldwide video games and extra.”
As Travis and Swift keep mum on their relationship standing, a supply solely instructed Us Weekly earlier this month that their romance is “going nice” they usually “actually like one another.” The insider famous that their busy schedules — Travis is within the midst of his 2023 soccer season with the Chiefs whereas Swift gears up for the worldwide leg of her Eras Tour — are what make them such a “good match.”
