On October 12, Taylor Swift attended a Kansas City Chiefs game and, as you can see in the above photo, she spent some time with Travis Kelce’s dad, Ed Kelce. Swifties made a big deal about how quickly Taylor met Travis’s mom Donna and all of that, but Tay also met Ed pretty quickly, and Ed is a big fan. Ed spoke to People Mag about what impressed him the most about Travis’s new girlfriend:
Ed Kelce is singing Taylor Swift’s praises as his son, Travis Kelce, continues his romance with the superstar songstress. In his first interview since Travis, 34, and Swift, 33, went public with their budding relationship, Ed tells PEOPLE that the “Karma” singer is “a very, very sweet, very charming, down-to-earth young woman.”
Ed, who was seen chatting with Swift in a suite at Arrowhead Stadium on Oct. 12, says his initial impression that Swift is “very genuine” was proven right upon his first meeting with the singer.
“I’ll tell you something very special that I noticed about Taylor the first time I met her,” Ed shares. “We’re sitting in the suite, she gets up and in the front room, she gets up to go get a drink or something and she starts picking up empty bottles, cans, plates that are scattered around. Because in the suites everybody gets stuff and you empty it down wherever you can.”
Ed continues, “And I’m just thinking, I don’t think she got the diva memo. She didn’t get the spoiled musician. She doesn’t know how to pull that off. And that really to me said a whole lot.”
The father-of-two (his older son Jason plays for the Philadelphia Eagles) adds, “She’s very smart. I mean, very. That comes through right away.”
That’s a good Taylor story, that she was cleaning up inside a VIP suite. I think she’s really like that, it’s not a “she’s on her best behavior around his parents” story, although that’s true too, she is on her best behavior. It’s just that she also likes to tidy up, I bet you anything that cleaning up calms her down. It can be nerve-wracking to “meet the parents,” and I’m sure Taylor has mastered the art of laughing at dad jokes and buttering up her boyfriend’s mom.
Taylor’s reaction to Travis taking a hit on Sunday’s game also went viral. Like… football WAGs go through it, it’s so difficult to watch your man play such a violent sport.
Taylor Swift’s reaction to Travis Kelce taking a fall during last night’s Chargers vs. Chiefs game. pic.twitter.com/p1IXLDig4m
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) October 23, 2023
Also: got an ID on Taylor’s Chiefs sweatshirt, which she wore to Sunday’s game in Kansas City. Taylor picked up a 1990 sweatshirt at Ellie Mae Vintage. Tay is seeking out vintage Chiefs gear? I’m telling you, they’re going to get married.
Photos courtesy of Getty.
It makes me wonder how this family treated their son’s previous girlfriends.
There is something about what his parents are staying that is making gut reaction hit.
Travis had a type and it sure wasn’t Taylor.
@tiffany how do you mean? (I hope that doesn’t sound abrupt, I’m genuinely curious x)
I had the same thought. Successful woman of color gf didn’t have dad thrilled to bits singing praises to news outlets or probably even go friends and family. I should know I’ve experienced this quite a bit. Bias sucks
His dad actually talked about his ex in an interview around the Super Bowl, said she was absolutely lovely, only nice things to say. But he did say he got the impression that Travis was never serious about her, that Travis talked about settling down but not with Kayla specifically and his dad thought she deserved better than that.
I don’t think his parents were asked about his previous girlfriends by People magazine.
I’m always willing to acknowledge the possibility of bias, but Kayla Nicole, as successful as she is, wasn’t going to spark the media frenzy that Taylor Swift has.
@quitecontrary I was just saying I bet dad didn’t have this much of a glowing singing praises reaction to Travis’s ex whether to media outlets or friends and family.
@tiffany I didn’t even consider that. Ugh.
His ex of 5 years was close with his family, she just wasn’t a famous popstar. Talk about an absolute projection. They’ve been broken up for more than a year now.
Also, if you’ve (unfortunately) seen his old dating show, man doesn’t have a type. He picked a black woman, his other finalists were white and blonde. He just likes attractive women.
@jojo I’ll be the first to admit I know nothing about him so thank you for the context.
That’s a pretty crappy take. No one was asking his family about his previous girlfriends and publishing it, so this is all your projection (I’m not saying that that has never happened before ever in the world). He’s thanked his family for raising him in an area that was truly diverse and for always accepting all of his friends as family, before he got with Taylor.
It doesn’t seem fair to be mad at his dad, who the family feels is a loose cannon anyway, for not bringing up his ex in a positive way when he got asked about Taylor, which is essentially what you’re saying here.
I don’t know if there is any unconscious bias from the family coming through, but it definitely has GOT to be weird to see your ex’s new relationship analyzed from every angle and publications like People mag reaching out for scoops and opinions and reporting every little thing about the new couple. If Kayla wasn’t completely over the relationship when this started I hope she has some good support because it’s got to be a lot.
Not sure if @kaiser is kidding about that but tbh I get the marriage vibe too!
This is some wild projection. There are tons of easily available pictures of Kayla at family events looking happy and included. Everyone looks happy. He was earlier in her career and she’s simply not that famous. So it wasn’t a news story that People magazine was getting Ed and Donna’s take on. But there’s nothing to suggest there was some sort of issue.
Sorry I meant to reply to an earlier comment! 🙂
1990’s is considered vintage? I am old, and that’s all I got.
not vintage yet. I think vintage is 40 years+. Like me, my kids call me vintage
The fact that the nineties were 30 years ago and the eighties FOURTY years ago makes me want to weep….
I’m pretty sure any item is considered vintage once it’s 25 years old.
Travis and Jason joked on their podcast about their dad talking to Taylor. “This is a terrifying conversation,” Travis said. “I felt terrible for Taylor.”
Jason said, “If you hear Dad talking to anybody and you can’t hear what’s happening, who knows where that conversation’s going.
They both quickly added that they love their dad and he’s the greatest. But they imagined their dad telling Taylor that he checked out all her CDs from the local library and burned them onto his computer.
Travis said his dad really was listening to her music now.
It was hilarious and relatable because, DADS.
My favorite thing I have learned about Ed Kelce is their last name was originally pronounced differently, and Ed got tired of correcting people and just went with it for his branch of the family tree.
As a Christine, who is forever called Christina, I can appreciate this level of laid back. I can just imagine him saying, “Fuck it, Donna, we are the Kell-see family from now on.”
If they do get married, I predict eventually there will be a song about how his personality changed due to traumatic brain injury from football affecting her and how it was just too hard and unlucky in love for our plucky heroine. Also, that she gave up and sacrificed a lot for him but alas she’s been denied eternal love again. It’s the hero’s saga but for Taylor. It’s how she makes a comeback in her almost 40s and monetizes off yet another relationship. I was really hoping she’d write about how it’s okay to not search for a partner and be content in one’s own life and focus on other aspects which life has to offer.
I said something to this effect yesterday but viewing a celebrities personal life through this lens is so dehumanizing … and kind of a bizarre fanfic. I’m not saying she’s not inspired for some new music right now, but this arc is all in your head. And for what reason?
@Jojo it’s speculation for celebrity gossip based on years of observing Taylor in the media write about how it just didn’t work out with a man because of xyz. It’s also based on traditional Greek hero sagas. I just love how people come to the defense of a white woman when none is needed….
@myeh I’m not saying Taylor is deserving of unlimited and blanket defenses, but can I not say it’s simply a tired way to view this particular person?
She just got out of a 6 year relationship where she wrote time and time again how she thought this was it, created concept albums. I enjoy her earlier work, but I’d hate at 34 to be compared to the dating of my early 20’s. That’s all.
@Jojo the issue is Taylor has continued since her split with Joe to fall right back into those old dating and PR patterns. Her habits as a 34yo haven’t changed from her 20s. There are pages and pages of discussions on this site about it. Let’s not pretend the last several months didn’t happen. I’m glad things between her and Kelce seem to be working out, but let’s not forget her attempts to smear Joe and her very public misstep with Matt Healy. She’s moved on lightning fast after a six year relationship. Just like in her 20s.
@Sass
Smear Joe? I’ve gotta say I disagree. Quietly releasing You’re Losing Me and dropping the break up during a holiday weekend wasn’t a smear. She could’ve actually smeared him, saying he couldn’t handle her fame isn’t a smear imo. It’s also been 6 months and she mourned that relationship before it ended. As many women do.
I’m not condoning the Matty situation. It was an awful look and short lived. But I’m not going to pretend like she didn’t spend 6 years in a relationship and not learn anything, just because she had a messy rebound with someone she had history with.
We can agree to disagree though.
It’s tired and it’s silly but we literally do this ALL THE TIME with celebrities. For instance, you see people discussing Aniston or Affleck’s love lives with the same level of authority, based on a combo of the PR narrative their team has put out there for years and personal observations of their seemingly messy relationships. Wild, unfounded speculation is just the nature of celeb gossip.
Engaged yes maybe after Valentines? Married…hmmm summer 2025?
I think married March 2025 😉
I’ve already made the bet with my Chiefs-loving husband: if the Chiefs win the Super Bowl this year, and if Taylor’s in attendance, he’s proposing on the field after the game. It has to happen. Like, there is no other option.
Husband’s rebuttal: “They’ll only have been together for, like, 6 months.”
1. That is approximately 9 years in celebrity relationship time; 2. All the evidence from Travis suggests that he is ready to settle down (I can 100% cite my sources on this so don’t even try me); 3. Taylor is clearly into him and even if she’s
not thinking marriage, excuse me but WHO would say no to a SUPER BOWL VICTORY PROPOSAL (from Travis Kelce!) ; 4. He proposed to me after 8 months (and we talked about getting married, like, immediately after we started dating) so, truly, his argument is ridiculous.
It. Is. Happening. Oh, it’s gonna be amazing.
(Alternate prediction: since the Super Bowl is in Vegas, maybe they just secretly get married after the win? But…I think the grand gesture is more appropriate for their dynamic. Although this option would be funny in that it would seriously piss off the NFL for robbing them of the headlines.)
OMFG if my man proposed to me in front of thousands on the field at a Super Bowl I would be so livid I could barely contain myself.
My mom and dad dated for 3 months then got married. They were happily married for 50 years until my dad died. Sometimes you know it’s the right person and the timing is right.
Am I the only cynical person on here? I can’t believe what I’m reading: marriage, babies. A few months in a long-distance relationship. The hype of a popstar at her peak in the world at this moment and a top NFL player who are really leaning into the media aspect. That’s not unknown for Taylor. Travis? Well, he’s looking at life after the NFL, just like his brother was worried about. This takes someone famous in the NFL world and catapults him even higher, which is fantastic for his branding. He is 34 after all. Is their infatuation and maybe that new kind of love going on? Yep. Is Travis playing it up and running with it? Yes. Some of this on Taylor’s side is back to her performative love. The whole shtick with Taylor and her new bestie, Brittany, is a bit much.
I give them at most a year.
Headline with Forbes Magazine:
Why Travis Kelce’s Love Story With Taylor Swift Will Make Him An Even Bigger Marketing Star
Thinking the same. She always love the attention and it looks like he does too. Watching the Beckham documentary and hearing Ann Wintour say ‘when she saw them holding hands – they make a power couple’ – then a couple of days later Taylor came out, holding hands with Travis, my first thought that is probably what she want.
I also noticed after the interview where the his mum kinda rolled her eyes, she has been seen sitting next to her. Not saying it means anything but if we want to gossip….
I am over this media circus with Swift.. every time she dates someone it’s too PR. Honestly it feels staged and forced that the relationship appears generic and inauthentic.
Initially I thought this was PR but now I have a good feeling about both of them. I think Taylor is ready to settle down.
In the meantime, I have to say, some of the new very talented artists are going to start to catch up to her.
Certain Taylor Swift fans really don’t like people disliking her PR ways.