Jason Kelce also gave a shoutout to Taylor Swift, saying she reached the Super Bowl “in her rookie year”.
Travis Kelce is happy to have Taylor Swift on the Kansas City Chiefs bandwagon heading to the Super Bowl.
As if that wasn’t evident by their on-field smooch after the AFC title game.
On the latest episode of their “New Heights” podcast, the Chiefs tight end and his brother, Eagles center Jason Kelce, joked about how the 12-time Grammy winner has come along at just the right time. Swift began dating the younger Kelce after he invited her to a game earlier this season, and she has been a frequent attendee at Chiefs games ever since.
Travis Kelce is recapping his and Taylor Swift’s on-field celebration after the Kansas City Chiefs won the AFC Championship! On the Jan. 31 episode of his “New Heights” podcast with brother Jason Kelce, the tight end, 34, adorably reacted to a viral photo of his head coach, Andy Reid, and his superstar girlfriend pointing at each other after the Chiefs’ big win.
“Big Red showing a little love to Tay! Obviously, we’ve already talked about how they kind of know each other from the Philly days. Scott Swift, shout out to big Scott, him and Andy are good friends. It was a cool moment to see afterwards. I didn’t get to see it because I was up on stage screaming ‘Fight for your right,’ but yeah, that was a cool one,” he said. Travis also shared how grateful he was to have the pop star and his whole family join him on the field. The NFL star and the 12-time Grammy winner were seen hugging and kissing amid the post-game festivities.
Speaking of flights, American Airlines and United Airlines got on board, so to speak, with the Taylor-and-Travis romance this week. Flight 1989 — Swift was born that year and it’s the title of her fifth studio album — will run twice from Kansas City to Las Vegas next week, while Flight 87 — Kelce’s jersey number — leaves from Kansas City the day after the Super Bowl.
“To our customers who are huge sports fans, look what you made us do,” American said in a statement to The Associated Press.
Kelce and Swift have tried to keep their relationship out of the spotlight, though it has become increasingly difficult. That’s been especially true during game broadcasts, when networks have received pushback from NFL fans for showing too much of the “Shake It Off” singer’s in-suite celebrations, often with Brittany Mahomes, wife of Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
Still, the Swift effect appears to be real when it comes to expanding the NFL audience.
