Travis Kelce says he nonetheless remembers how his girlfriend Taylor Swift “won me over.”
“The first game she came to, against the Bears, I was like, ‘I can probably set you up with everything,’” Kelce recalled on Tuesday’s episode of the “Bussin’ With the Boys” podcast. “And she just walked right through the front door. There’s no going down, talking to security.”
“She was like, ‘I just want to be around the family and friends and experience this with everybody,’” he added. “She got beaucoup points for that. I was like, ‘Damn, she’s in the madness. She wants to be a part of it. She wants to support me and do things like that.’ I was like — she really won me over with that.”
Her look on the sport rocketed the movie star couple into the popular culture zeitgeist. Since then, they appeared collectively not solely on “Saturday Night Live” but additionally on Swift’s Eras Tour stage Sunday in London — the place the singer serenaded 90,000 followers throughout her sold-out cease.
Swift shared Tuesday that she’s “still cracking up/swooning” over Kelce’s “Eras Tour debut,” and positively has good cause: The NFL tight finish waltzed onstage at Wembley Stadium in a high hat to the touch up her make-up and try to revive Swift between songs, a job often performed by an everyday tour performer.
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The 34-year-old was arguably simply returning the favor, nevertheless, as Swift has attended a number of Chiefs video games within the previous 10 months. Kelce confirmed that seeing her be so gracious and keen to satisfy his household really made her a staff participant.
“She’s very self-aware,” he stated on the podcast. “I think that’s why I started to really fall for her, is how genuine she is around friends, family. It can get crazy for somebody with that much attention, and she just keeps it so chill and so cool. And that’s [something] I can admire.”
When requested about his three favourite Swift songs, Kelce unflinchingly selected “Blank Space,” “Cruel Summer” and “So High School.” Within the arguably most adorable second of the present, Kelce stated the latter has “sentimental meaning” — as it’s about him.
“You know how to ball, I know Aristotle,” he recited the lyrics with a wry smile.
