by It’s one of the best american football players of recent times, but for a few months it has had another label: being ‘Taylor Swift’s boyfriend. Travis Kelce has not only stolen the heart of the singer, but of a large part of the ‘Swiftie’ universe. They have been together for just over half a year and they give off passion. The high point of their relationship was in the 58th edition of the superbowl, when both starred in a passionate kiss in front of all the cameras. However, the romance was forged more slowly. In fact, it was the tight end of the Kansas City Chiefs who noticed the artist and had to break a lot of stone to get her to agree to have dinner together.
It all started in July 2023, when the 34-year-old NFL player attended a concert on ‘The Eras Tour’ in Kansas City. Kelce had a goal beyond enjoying the ‘show’: she wanted to meet Taylor Swift and give him a friendship bracelet as a hook for something else. However, she left empty-handed.
In an interview for ‘WSJ. Magazine’ published last December, the tight end gave more details of his love story. Her presence at that concert did not go unnoticed by the artist’s entourage, who has built her aura by flying over the inevitable dependence on the ‘hit’. Upon learning of Kelce’s interest, Swift’s inner circle helped the two cross paths with her. “I had someone playing Cupid“Admitted the three-time Super Bowl winner.
A dinner in NY after talking on the cell phone
So many efforts bore fruit, and the singer, who this Wednesday and Thursday will fill the Bernabéu stadium in Madrid with 100,000 fans every day, took the step and wrote to him. After a few weeks of conversations, in July 2023 they met in New York for dinner. “We had been talking, so I knew we could have a good dinner and conversation. What would happen next, we would see.”accurate.
It happened that Swift had been with musician Matty Healy since May, just two months after ending a six-year relationship with him. actor Joe Alwy. The romance with the vocalist of ‘The 1975’ was not new, since both had another brief one in 2014. The second attempt did not last too long, perhaps because Kelce entered the scene. Be that as it may, her bond with Healy marked the artist to the point that her latest album, ‘The tortured poets department’, is full of references to her adventure.
In September everything changed
“She didn’t want to meet anyone, or at least he didn’t want to know meso I took it personally,” Kelce confessed in November on an episode of his podcast New Heights which he presents with his brother, Jason. That “something personal” consisted of continuing to talk about her and inviting her to Kansas City Chiefs games in the NFL. To her surprise, In September he accepted one of his proposals.
From there, everything changed and weeks later they were seen in a very affectionate attitude. “Being next to her, seeing how intelligent Taylor is, is something that makes your head explode. I learn every day,” the American football player revealed in the same podcast. In the interview with ‘WSJ. Magazine’ went further: he called Swift “funny” and “a genius.” Additionally, he revealed that he and the pop superstar share a similar perspective on family and work.
Kelce on the Chiefs and in the NFL
Kelce is one of the jhighest paid players in the NFL thanks to his great performance with the Chiefs, with whom he has won three Super Bowls. The tight end renewed for two more years at the end of April and will earn 30 million euros for them, separate bonuses. Furthermore, it is estimated that it has a fortune of 40 million euros. These are very high figures, but they can hardly compete with the 1 billion euros that Taylor Swift has. In this sense, the American, who was person of the year 2023 for ‘Time’ magazine, is the first artist, man or woman, who has crossed the threshold of ten figures solely thanks to the income from your music.
Drugs almost ruined his career
Kelce’s career has not been so placid: consumption of drugs It almost ended his career. The player, a native of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, excelled in all sports that he practiced at school. Already in high school, he played quarterback, but did not receive offers to play at large universities.
Kelce chose the University of Cincinnati to continue training motivated by his older brother, Jason Kelce, who had already become a star on the college team, the Bearcats. Relegated to the position of tight endclosed the first season blank and in the second he only played 11 games.
That’s when he made the mistake of his life: he was suspended after giving positive for marijuana in a drug test. This mistake almost ended his career, although his brother managed to get him a second opportunity. Besides, He personally took it upon himself to prevent this from happening again. For that, she changed rooms and went with Travis to keep an eye on him.
In 2013, the player was selected in the 63rd place (third round) of the draft. That summer, he signed a four-year contract for 3.12 million dollars and it didn’t take him long to begin to emerge as one of the emerging stars of the league. The turning point would come with Patrick Mahomes as a quarterback, allowing both to achieve glory in the NFL with three rings, and those to come.
