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After moving to Kansas City, Mo., in 2016, influencer Kelsey Taylor Pomeroy found herself slightly perplexed<\/p>\n
Everywhere she went, she kept hearing her name being said in public<\/p>\n
Speaking exclusively with PEOPLE, the influencer reveals how she realized which famous Kansas City celebrity she shared a name with, and how his engagement added more fuel to the fire<\/p>\n
When Kelsey Pomeroy first moved to Kansas City, Mo., in 2016, she was confused.<\/p>\n
Everywhere she went, she could have sworn she was hearing her name. Even more perplexing? When she went to coffee shops or ordered takeout, baristas and servers misspelled her name left and right.<\/p>\n
\u201cKelce,\u201d read all of her coffee cups and takeout containers.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt took me a while to figure out that people were not talking about me,\u201d the Kansas City-based influencer, who makes content surrounding her life as a mother in the Midwest, tells PEOPLE exclusively.<\/p>\n
Instead of an entire city talking about her, Pomeroy eventually realized people were actually referring to Travis Kelce,\u00a0who has been the tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs since 2013.
\n\u201cI’m a Chiefs fan now, but it was all very new to me, so I didn’t know who Travis Kelce was,\u201d she admits. \u201cI also didn’t know why people kept spelling my name with a \u2018C.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
It took her a long time to realize that Kelce was the football player\u2019s last name, she says.
\n\u201cI thought it was like a Kelsey Grammar situation,\u201d she jokes. \u201cAnd then once I figured that out and I finally eventually saw the spelling, then all the puzzle pieces fell into place that they were spelling my name, like Travis Kelce\u2019s name ’cause we’re in Kansas City.\u201d<\/p>\n
As a result of her unexpected connection to Kansas City and its football team, Pomeroy became a fan of the team as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s not really an option to not become a Chiefs fan in Kansas City,\u201d she jokes. And, while she doesn\u2019t like to brag, Pomeroy does think that there is a connection between her 2016 arrival in Kansas City and the Chiefs\u2019 climb to fame.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don’t want to claim to be good luck for the entire city, but I guess before 2016 in the history of the Chiefs, we weren’t that good,\u201d she jokes. \u201cWe weren’t this good for sure, but I’ve only ever known winning since I’ve been here. So to me, all they do is win.\u201d<\/p>\n
When news of Travis Kelce\u2019s relationship with Taylor Swift first became public in 2023, it didn\u2019t really faze Pomeroy. That is, until she started hearing her middle name, Taylor, out in public, too.
\n\u201cIt wasn’t even something that I considered until I was walking around town and then people were calling me out by my first and middle name, like I’m in trouble,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt became very intimate, very fast, especially that first season when it was like all over the news,\u201d she says. \u201cPeople were talking about it nonstop.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite constantly thinking that people are talking about her in public, the influencer never considered doing anything drastic about it, like, for example, changing her name.<\/p>\n
\u201cHad my name been Taylor Swift, then that would be hard,\u201d she says. For Pomeroy, hearing her first and middle name out in public really only comes when people are saying the names Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift in succession.
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\nHowever, there have been a few perks that have emerged from sharing such a similar name with Kansas City\u2019s most famous celebrities. After the relationship between Swift and Kelce went public, Pomeroy made a video parodying a day in her life, hearing her name around Kansas City.<\/p>\n
\u201cMe posting that video was intentional,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
As an influencer with over 300,000 followers on Instagram, Pomeroy is in the business of writing herself into the narrative, she says. Which is why, as a result of posting the video, and using the Swift and Kelce names to her advantage, Pomeroy has been able to secure brand partnerships with companies like Old Navy and more \u2014\u00a0especially when they do anything Chiefs related.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow do I write myself into this story so that I get so that when Old Navy or Raising Cane’s is searching for Kansas City influencers and Chiefs, how do I pop up in their algorithm?\u201d Pomeroy says she asked herself. \u201cWell, this thing, this crazy phenomenon is happening to me with my name. I made the video. It went viral.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd when the Chiefs won the Super Bowl, I popped up and Raising Cane’s invited me to go to their Super Bowl party, where I got to meet two football players,\u201d she continues.<\/p>\n
When Kelce and Swift got engaged on Aug. 26, Pomeroy recalls how a friend texted her, urging her to capitalize on the moment.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe sent me a message, she said, \u2018You need to repost that video,’\u201d referencing the original viral clip.<\/p>\n
In the caption of one of her videos, she wrote, \u201cEvery time [Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce] are in the news cycle, (like getting engaged, congratulations! ) I feel like everybody is talking about ME when I’m in public.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Publicizing her experience with her name has grown her community online.\u00a0 \u201cI love being a local Kansas City person,\u201d she says.
\nAnd it\u2019s grown other things as well, she shares: \u201cIt’s good views, but it also made me like 12 grand.\u201d She still has yet to make it to a Chiefs game, however.<\/p>\n
Perhaps one of the funniest parts about the whole scenario is that Pomeroy is not the only person who has had a similar experience.<\/p>\n
\u201cI’ve gathered in my comment section a collection of Kelce Taylors, Taylor Swifts, Travis Kelces, Travis Taylors, Travis Swifts, and a lot of them live here in Kansas City, who also are walking around,\u201d she laughs. \u201cI’ve like joked about we need to make a support group for people who have Travis Kelce\/Taylor Swift names.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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