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Taylor Swift said to Travis Kelce: ‘I’ve never been so proud of anyone’… It’s really incredible to see that Travis Kelce, a man who so many people teased for thinking he could step to thee Taylor Swift, is the first man who has ever made her absolutely awestruck
In Swifties’ wildest dreams, they never envisioned Taylor Swift back in the bleachers.
But thanks to her romance with Kansas City Chiefs star tight end Travis Kelce, which has resulted in Taylor’s attendance at 12 games and counting—chicken tenders dipped into seemingly ranch and A-list squad in tow—that’s exactly where fans have been able to find the superstar lately.
Since the “Cruel Summer” singer’s first appearance at Arrowhead Stadium on Sept. 24—during which she hung out with Travis’ mom, Donna Kelce, and enthusiastically cheered after he scored a touchdown—the relationship between the 34-year-old and Travis, also 34, has dominated headlines, timelines, Christmas bars, the condiment industry and the NFL’s social media, with the league even having to shake off criticism of its excessive coverage of the new celebrity couple of the moment.
Sure, speculation about Taylor’s love life is nothing new, but the level of interest in her relationship with Travis hits different, possibly because their love story began with a public declaration of interest from the athlete. But, even more surprising than Travis’ Hail Mary pass at Taylor was the notoriously private star accepting it so openly.
Travis very adorably put me on blast on his podcast, which I thought was metal as hell,” Taylor revealed in her Person of the Year interview with TIME. “We started hanging out right after that. So we actually had a significant amount of time that no one knew, which I’m grateful for, because we got to get to know each other.” And we’re so happy to be out of the woods as Taylor and Travis’s relationship has only soared to new heights since his podcast shout-out.