Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce

Taylor Swift was on the lookout to find someone ‘who belongs with her,’ and it seems like she finally has. World renowned pop star Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs football player Travis Kelce are now confirmed to be dating. 

After spending a long and seemingly private six years with her British ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn, Swift continues to focus on her career, tours, and more optimistic parts of her love life, including her new, more public relationship. Her discography seems to reflect the status of her love life, as the release of “You’re Losing Me” in May of 2023 became public just after her shocking break up with Alwyn in April. More recently, the new 1989 Taylor’s Version, released October 27th, came with several vault tracks about  an affectionate couple, which could allude to her new romance. All in all, fans seem to be content with Swift’s new relationship status, and it appears that Kelce does as well. 

Kelce has slipped numerous hints that he would not mind being involved with Taylor Swift. In fact, he has publicly stated that he is interested in her, including in his podcast, New Heights(co-hosted with his brother, Jason Kelce, who plays for the Philadelphia Eagles). After attending Swift’s concert in Arrowhead, he expressed his fascination with how “wild” the crowd was and how “he’d only seen the stage that packed before during Chiefs games.” He then stated that he’d like to give Taylor Swift a friendship bracelet with his number on it. When Jason Kelce asked whether it’s his jersey number or his phone number, his brother responded, “You know which one.”

Throughout the entire month of September, dating rumors began to circulate the media after Kelce and Swift were spotted spending a great deal of time together in public. News platforms stressed that the two were not dating at the time but were only getting to know each other and strictly having fun. In an interview with Audacy’s SportsRadio 94 WIP, Jason Kelce confirmed the two’s relationship, but jokingly played it off in the end. Later, in an interview with The Pat McAfee Show, Travis Kelce announced that he invited Swift to his game, which she eventually attended. She was photographed in the stands with Kelce’s mother, and it was later revealed that she had met his family for the first time that day. The two continued to be spotted in various locations. As far as publicly announcing the details of their relationship, Kelce expressed in his podcast that he would like to respect and keep the furtherance of his relationship with Swift private.

By late September, photographs of Swift and Kelce displaying PDA at a public event were released and the two seemed to have publicly confirmed their relationship, letting the crowd "call it what they want." Since the end of  October, the two have announced their romantic relationship and continue to be seen atKelce’s football games and other events. They both mention that they are “all in” and are ready to see where their new romance will take them. Friends, family, and fans are all showing immense support for the relationship. Regardless, we can confirm that Taylor Swift’s fifteen-year-old self would be very supportive, as she has finally ended up dating the man on the football team.

by NIHASHI NAG