After all, the duo is ready for the \u201cKarma\u201d singer to make the whole stadium shimmer with some trophies at\u00a0the 2024 MTV VMAs<\/a>\u00a0Sept. 11.<\/p>\n \u201cShe\u2019s nominated [for] about 10 of those things tonight,\u201d Travis explained on the Sept. 11 episode of his and Jason\u2019s\u00a0New Heights<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/em>podcast. \u201cHopefully, she can walk away with some Moonmen!\u201d<\/p>\n And as Jason cheered on Taylor\u2014who earned\u00a0the most nominations at the award show<\/a>\u2014the Kansas City Chiefs tight end added, \u201cWishing everybody the best, though.\u201d<\/p>\n But, the former Philadelphia Eagles center quickly chimed in, \u201cUnless you\u2019re up against Tay, then I hope you lose.\u201d<\/p>\n The 14-time Grammy winner might also make history if she takes home the Video of the Year award for her song \u201cFortnight.\u201d After winning the category in 2022 for \u201cAll Too Well\u201d and 2023 for \u201cAnti-Hero,\u201d Taylor could be the first artist to not only win the award three consecutive years but also five times overall (she also won in 2015 for \u201cBad Blood\u201d and in 2019 for \u201cYou Need to Calm Down\u201d).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n The shoutout should come as no surprise as Travis is always ready to support Taylor, including cheering her on at 14 of her sold-out Eras Tour shows and\u00a0even taking the stage at her London concert<\/a>\u00a0in June. But, a part of that is also recognizing the weight of the fame she carries and adapting to the aspects of her life.<\/p>\n \u201cObviously, I\u2019ve never dated anyone with that kind of aura about them,\u201d he previously told\u00a0WSJ. Magazine<\/a><\/em>. \u201cI\u2019ve never dealt with it. But at the same time, I\u2019m not running away from any of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n \u201cThe scrutiny she gets, how much she has a magnifying glass on her, every single day, paparazzi outside her house, outside every restaurant she goes to, after every flight she gets off, and she\u2019s just living, enjoying life,\u201d he continued. \u201cWhen she acts like that I better not be the one acting all strange.\u201d<\/p>\n But the support\u00a0does<\/em>\u00a0go both ways. In fact, Taylor was ready in red boots and red lips to cheer on the Chiefs during\u00a0their NFL Kickoff game Sept. 5<\/a>. And she\u2019s also taken the time to understand the sport, too.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n \u201cShe had just been so open to learning the game, she didn\u2019t know much about the rules and everything,\u201d Travis said on\u00a0The Rich Eisen Show<\/em><\/a>\u00a0earlier this month. \u201cI think what makes her so good in her profession is that she\u2019s so detailed in every aspect of it\u2014from the words to the music to even the releases and the music videos and everything. She\u2019s so detailed and a part of it is that I think she was just curious about the profession.\u201d<\/p>\n Keep reading to learn more about the magic that makes Travis and Taylor\u2019s romance a true fairytale.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n No. 1: He’s a Swiftie<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Long before\u00a0Taylor Swift<\/a><\/strong>‘s attendance at the Kansas City Chief’s Sept. 24, 2023 game became one of the definitive pop culture moments of the year,\u00a0Travis Kelce<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0was an admirer of the Grammy winner.<\/p>\n The star tight end’s interest in Taylor was first revealed by one of his teammates in\u00a0a TikTok video posted by the Chiefs in August 2023 (which, in hindsight, was when the pair were secretly dating).\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Before Travis could answer the prompt of who his celebrity crush was, wide receiver\u00a0Marquez Valdes-Scantling<\/strong>\u00a0spilled, “Taylor Swift!”<\/p>\n Travis smiled at the camera before holding his finger up to his moustache, saying, “Alright now!”<\/p>\n Plus, Travis was just one of many celebs to attend Taylor’s record-breaking Eras Tour even\u00a0before<\/em>\u00a0they kicked off their yearlong romance. But more on that enchanting moment in a bit…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n No. 2: He’s Not Her Usual Type (on Paper)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n While he does have that daydream look in his eyes (especially when he sees Taylor on the big-screen at one of his games), Travis stands out a bit when you look back at Taylor\u2019s dating history.<\/p>\n She is typically attracted to creative types, including actors (Joe Alwyn<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Jake Gyllenhaal<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Taylor Lautner<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Tom Hiddleston<\/strong><\/a>) and musicians (Calvin Harris<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0John Mayer<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Harry Styles<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and, most recently,\u00a0Matty Healy<\/strong><\/a>).<\/p>\n But perhaps that\u2019s why her romance with the lighthearted and cheeky athlete\u2014who signed an updated two-year deal with the Chiefs<\/a>\u00a0worth $34.25 million in 2024\u2014feels like such a refreshing option for Taylor after her six-year uber-private relationship with Joe came to an end in April 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n No. 3: He Publicly Pursued Her<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Looks like the eight-time Pro Bowler\u2019s wishes came true after he all but manifested his rumored romance with the superstar through sheer will, determination and declarations of infatuation.<\/p>\n Travis publicly aired his failed attempt to shoot his shot and talk to Taylor when he attended the Kansas City stop on her Eras Tour July 7, 2023.\u00a0As it turns out, he had a special gift for her: A friendship bracelet bearing his “number” that he hoped to give Taylor. (He wouldn’t definitely say if it was his jersey number or phone number.)<\/p>\n Despite his claim that he was “disappointed” he failed to meet her after the concert, Taylor confirmed to\u00a0TIME<\/em>\u00a0that she belatedly caught his podcast pass.<\/p>\n “Travis very adorably put me on blast on his podcast, which I thought was metal as hell,” she recalled. “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.”<\/p>\n So, that whole theory about the Sept. 24 game being their first official hang? As Taylor clarified to\u00a0TIME<\/em>, “We would never be psychotic enough to hard launch a first date.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n No. 4: She Isn’t In Hiding<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Since her breakup with Joe, Taylor has been seen in public more frequently, including outings with friends in NYC and jubilant appearances at award shows,\u00a0like the 2023 MTV VMAs<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0the 2024 Grammys<\/a>.<\/p>\n But her most talked-about appearance? Sitting in Travis’ suite at the Chief’s Sept. 24, 2023 home game against the Chicago Bears.<\/p>\n Rather than shy away from the attention, Taylor cheered and screamed “Let’s f–king go!” when Travis scored a touchdown. Like the public, even Travis admitted he was caught off-guard by Taylor accepting his invite.<\/p>\n “Shoutout to Taylor for pulling up, that was pretty ballsy,” Travis said during the Sept. 27 episode of the\u00a0New Heights<\/em>\u00a0podcast. “I just thought it was awesome how everyone in the suite had nothing but great things to say about her, the friends and family.”<\/p>\n “She looked amazing,” he added. ” It was definitely a game I will remember, that’s for damn sure.”<\/p>\n Since then, Taylor and Travis have been photographed hand-in-hand on dates all around the world and have made multiple visits\u00a0to a Christmas bar in Kansas City<\/a>, where they were\u00a0not shy about PDA<\/a>.<\/p>\n And, after revealing to\u00a0TIME<\/em>\u00a0that she retreated from the spotlight when\u00a0<\/strong>Kim Kardashian<\/strong>‘s infamous leaked phone call in 2016<\/a>, Taylor is going out tonight…and every night, if she wants to, thank you very much.<\/p>\n “Life is short,” she said. “Have adventures. Me locking myself away in my house for a lot of years\u2014I\u2019ll never get that time back. I\u2019m more trusting now than I was six years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n No. 5: He Knows When to Pull Back<\/p>\n<\/div>\n While Travis isn’t afraid to spill some tea on his Sept. 27, 2023 podcast regarding his interactions with Taylor, he still expressed his boundaries about\u00a0addressing his personal life moving forward<\/a>.<\/p>\n “I know I brought all this attention to me,” he explained. “I did the whole friendship bracelet thing and told everyone how butthurt I was that I didn’t get to meet Taylor.” However, he continued, he didn’t plan to give a full play-by-play of their relationship.<\/p>\n “What’s real is that it is my personal life and I want to respect both of our lives,” he explained. “I’m enjoying life and I sure as hell enjoyed this weekend. So everything moving forward, I think me talking about sports and saying ‘alright nah’ will have to be where I keep it.”<\/p>\n He doubled-down on his desire to play it cool\u00a0in a November 2023 interview with the\u00a0Wall Street Journal<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n “Everybody around me telling me:\u00a0Don’t f–k this up! And me sitting here saying:\u00a0Yeah\u2014got it,” he told the outlet, before addressing the\u00a0media attention. “That was the biggest thing to me: make sure I don’t say anything that would push Taylor away.”<\/p>\n But that doesn’t mean he’s been able to resist publicly talking about his girlfriend\u2014crediting her for the boost in sales of his jersey and calling her “amazing” after she was booed by New England Patriots fans at his Dec. 17 game.<\/p>\n “I’ve never been a man of words,” he admitted to\u00a0WSJ.<\/em>\u00a0“Being around her, seeing how smart Taylor is, has been f–king mind-blowing. I’m learning every day.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n No. 6: He’s Family-Oriented<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Like Taylor, who is close with her parents,\u00a0particularly her mother\u00a0Andrea<\/strong><\/a>, Travis hails from a tight-knit fam, including his parents\u00a0Ed<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Donna Kelce.<\/strong><\/p>\n Donna became a beloved public figure when she became the first mother to have two sons playing against each other in a Super Bowl, when Travis faced off against his older brother, Philadelphia Eagles center\u00a0Jason Kelce<\/strong>, in the big game in February 2023.<\/p>\n “For all the stars to align and for them to get through high school and college and the pros. And for them to both play in the Pro Bowl and to play in the Super Bowl, and then for this to happen,” Donna told ET at the time. “This is just like a dream come true. I can’t express enough how special this is for the family and it’s just crazy.”<\/p>\n Donna, who was married to Ed for 25 years before they divorced, supported both of her sons by wearing a half-black, half-red Eagles and Chiefs jacket.<\/p>\n After the Super Bowl, which saw the Chiefs best the Eagles, Travis and Jason got emotional while reflecting on sharing the experience with Donna.<\/p>\n “The moment I saw mom is when I got really emotional,” Jason said on the brothers’\u00a0New Heights\u00a0<\/em>podcast. “It was so awesome…She was on top of the world for a week.”<\/p>\n “She was the heavyweight champ man,” Travis added. “She was on top of it, and she shined the whole time.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n No. 7: He’s Super-Close With His Brother<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Like Taylor and her younger brother\u00a0Austin Swift<\/strong>, Travis has a special bond with his older brother Jason, who inspired him to play football.<\/p>\n In addition to their impressive careers as NFL players, Travis and Jason launched their podcast\u00a0New Heights<\/em>\u00a0in September 2022, a project that has only strengthened their relationship (and their bank accounts<\/a>).<\/p>\n “What this did was gave us a scheduled two to three hour window where we have to talk to each other and we have to talk about what we’re going through, throughout the week and throughout the games,” Travis told NBC Sports in February 2023. “It’s almost been like therapy, man.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n No. 8: They Have a Mutual Friend<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Sure, the pair technically never met until 2023, but\u00a0there have been a few invisible strings<\/a>\u00a0tying them together.<\/p>\n Taylor and Travis both count\u00a0Miles Teller<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0as a friend, with the\u00a0Top Gun: Maverick\u00a0<\/em>star and his wife\u00a0Keleigh Sperry<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0even being recruited by Taylor to star in the music video for\u00a0“I Bet You Think About Me”<\/a>\u00a0off\u00a0Red (Taylor’s Version)<\/em>\u00a0in 2021.<\/p>\n Travis, meanwhile, joined Miles and Chiefs quarterback\u00a0Patrick Mahomes<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>for golfing practice ahead of the American Century Championship in 2022.<\/p>\n Miles tweeted a photo of himself on the golf course with the athletes, writing, “Grip it and rip it.” Travis proved the bromance was real when he reposted the shot and added, “Back at it like we never left!!”<\/p>\n (Interestingly enough, Miles is a noted diehard Philadelphia Eagles fans, so perhaps he put in a word with Jason to broker an IRL meet-up between Travis and Taylor?)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n No. 9: The Squad Is Shipping<\/p>\n<\/div>\n While Taylor attended the Sept. 24, 2023 game solo,\u00a0she brought an entourage of celebrity friends<\/a>\u00a0with her when she attended the Chiefs’ match-up against the New York Jets at New Jersey’s Metlife Stadium on Oct. 1.<\/p>\n She was accompanied by BFFs\u00a0Blake Lively<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Ryan Reynolds<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and his friend\u00a0Hugh Jackman<\/strong><\/a>, as well as\u00a0Sophie Turner<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Sabrina Carpenter<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<\/strong>Queer Eye<\/em>‘s\u00a0Antoni Porowski<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n While their attendance at the game spoke volumes, even more telling was Ryan following Travis on Instagram.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n![\"Taylor](\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/202485\/rs_1024x683-240905195102-GettyImages-1677454942.jpg?fit=around%7C1024:683&output-quality=90&crop=1024:683;center,top\")
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