
Taylor Swift needed somebody to be fearless of their grand romantic gestures — after which she met Travis Kelce.
“No person does something loopy to get my consideration so far as guys. Like, I can’t keep in mind so I assume there hasn’t been something,” Swift, 33, mentioned in a resurfaced 2012 interview with Further posted by way of TikTok. “Which is nice, so it’s, like, simpler, the bar is about actually low for anybody I date sooner or later to return in and be, like, a fantastic man. I’ll be like, ‘Oh, you exist? That is so loopy!’”
Whereas Swift has stored a majority of her romances out of the highlight up to now, she seemingly didn’t thoughts Kelce’s extra public strategy to wooing her. After taking a cue from Swifties in August and making a DIY friendship bracelet along with his telephone quantity on it, he attended the Eras Tour in hopes of assembly Swift nose to nose.
“I needed to provide Taylor Swift [a bracelet] with my quantity on it,” the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish, 33, mentioned on an episode of his “New Heights” podcast on the time. “I used to be disenchanted that she doesn’t discuss earlier than or after her reveals as a result of she has to save lots of her voice for the 44 songs that she sings so I used to be slightly butt-hurt I didn’t get at hand her one of many bracelets I made for her.”
After the failed try made headlines, Kelce confirmed that he adopted up with Swift by inviting her to one in all his soccer video games. “I advised her, ‘You understand, I’ve seen you rock the stage in Arrowhead [Stadium], you might need to return see me rock the stage in Arrowhead and see which one’s slightly extra lit. So, we’ll see what occurs within the close to future,” he mentioned throughout an episode of “The Pat McAfee” podcast earlier this month, including that he “threw the ball in her courtroom.”
Swift didn’t waste any time taking Kelce up on his provide and attended his house recreation in opposition to the Chicago Bears on Sunday, September 24, sitting in a field cheering with the athlete’s mom, Donna Kelce. The singer even sported a Chiefs windbreaker for the occasion and may very well be seen chest-bumping her friends after Travis scored a landing.

Travis Kelce. David Eulitt/Getty Pictures
The pair have been later seen leaving the stadium collectively, the place Travis even rocked an identical white and blue jacket and pants, completely matching the colour scheme of Swift’s upcoming 1989 (Taylor’s Model). They then jetted away in a purple convertible earlier than reportedly heading out to rejoice the Chiefs’ win at a restaurant with fellow teammates.
Previous to her potential romance with Travis, Swift dated Joe Alwyn for practically six years earlier than calling it quits in April. On the time, a supply solely advised Us Weekly that Swift’s superstar standing contributed to their breakup.
“Fame factored into their break up. Joe could be very shy and by no means preferred all the consideration that got here with courting one of the fashionable singers on the planet,” the insider defined, including, “He simply didn’t like having to be on all the time.”
Throughout her 2020 documentary Ms. Americana, Swift opened up about how she and Alwyn, 32, made a acutely aware effort on the time to maintain their romance below wraps for so long as doable.
“We determined collectively we needed our relationship to be personal,” she mentioned. “I used to be glad. However I wasn’t glad in the best way I used to be skilled to be glad. It was happiness with out anybody else’s enter. We have been simply … glad.”
Whereas the 2 have typically communicated about their love by way of track — they collaborated on varied tracks of Swift’s like “Candy Nothing” and “Champagne Issues” — talking publicly about their relationship has been one thing they each have averted, notably Alwyn.
“I’m conscious folks wish to find out about that facet of issues. I believe we’ve got been efficiently very personal and that has now sunk in for folks,” Alwyn mentioned within the October 2018 concern of British Vogue. “However I actually favor to speak about work.”
In April 2022, he additional opened as much as Elle about his reasoning for being so “guided and personal” in the case of his life with Swift.
“It’s extra a response to one thing else,” he mentioned. “We reside in a tradition that’s so more and more intrusive. The extra you give and albeit, even in case you don’t give it, one thing will probably be taken.”
Kelce, for his half, had a unique strategy to the media consideration surrounding his relationship with Swift. “It’s life, child,” he smirked on “The Pat McAfee” podcast earlier this month.