Travis Kelce captured patiently waiting for Taylor Swift before later bursting out a cute smile as she run to embrace him in London

“You want to keep things private, but at the same time I’m not here to hide anything. That’s my girl, you know what I mean? That’s my lady. It’s like, I’m proud of that,” he said in an interview.

While appearing on the latest episode of Barstool Sports’ Bussin’ With the Boys podcast, released June 25 (recorded on June 19), the Kansas City Chiefs tight end reflected on the start of their relationship, the media storm that followed and what he has admired about the singer-songwriter.

“Nobody knew what was going on, really all over the place. We kind of kept it between us as much as we could,” he explained, adding that things changed once Swift attended a Kansas City Chiefs game.

He recalled her attending her first Chiefs game and him telling her he could help get her set up with security, but she just “walked right through the front door.” “She really won me over with that one,” Kelce said, recalling Swift wanting to “be around family and friends, and experience this with everybody.