Taylor Swift delighted her fans on Wednesday by sharing the ‘wild’ and ‘romantic’ details of how her love story with Travis Kelce began.
The singer, aged 35, made her debut on her boyfriend’s New Heights podcast. She recounted how Travis caught her attention during her Eras Tour concert in July 2023.
Kelce had planned to give her a friendship bracelet with his phone number, but couldn’t meet her after the show. He later mentioned it on his podcast, which Taylor listened to, ultimately leading to their meeting.
‘This guy didn’t get a meet and greet, and he’s making it everyone’s issue,’ Swift remarked — she also unveiled the cover of her new album on Wednesday.
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The Karma singer likened their budding romance to an ’80s John Hughes film, adding, ‘He was like standing outside my window with a boom box, as if saying, “I want to date you!”‘
‘I thought, if this guy isn’t crazy — which is a big if — this is precisely what I’ve been dreaming about and writing songs about since I was a teen.’
The sweet appearance also included Travis kissing Taylor’s hand and gushing that he was ‘the luckiest man in the world.’
Taylor Swift, 35, delighted her fans on Wednesday by sharing the ‘wild’ and ‘romantic’ details of how her love story with Travis Kelce, 35, began
Swift humorously credited the New Heights podcast for aiding her love life, quipping that ‘Travis used [the podcast] as his personal dating app.’
Travis’ brother and co-host, Jason Kelce, then inquired, ‘Were his friendship bracelets that good? Did you get the friendship bracelet?’
‘I’ve never seen the original,’ Taylor quipped.
Travis then explained that the bracelets ‘didn’t leave the stadium because he was ‘butthurt’ that he didn’t get to meet Swift.
‘He threw a tantrum. He threw a man tantrum,’ Taylor joked.
‘It was such a wild, romantic gesture, to just be like, “I wanna date you!”‘ the singer gushed.
‘Sweetie, that’s what it does when you’re on stage, you performed in Arrowhead, that’s what it did to me,’ Kelce said. ‘You come to Arrowhead, I get to meet you. That’s the perk of playing for the Chiefs,’ the NFL star added.
Taylor then humorously recalled how Travis ‘didn’t even reach out’ to her management.
‘He thought that ’cause he knows the elevator lady, that he could talk to her about just getting down.’
‘And I got denied,’ Travis chimed in.
‘He really was just like, “I know a guy, I can figure this out.”‘
The singer appeared on her boyfriend’s New Heights podcast for the very first time, and recalled how Travis first got her attention, when he attended one of her Eras Tour concerts in July 2023
The Karma hitmaker compared their love story to being in ‘an 80’s John Hughes movie’ adding, ‘and he was just like standing outside my window with a boom box just being like “I wanna date you!”‘
‘I was like, if this guy isn’t crazy — which is a big if — this is sort of what I’ve been writing songs about wanting to happen to me since I was a teenager,’ Taylor said
The sweet appearance also included Travis kissing Taylor’s hand and gushing that he was ‘the luckiest man in the world’
She then compared Travis to a John Hughes movie character, joking he was outside her window with a boombox yelling ‘I wanna date you! Do you wanna go on a date with me? I made you a friendship bracelet. Do you wanna date me?’
Travis then added with a pleading voice, ‘Just come outside and meet me. Just meet me once. Just give me a chance.’
Travis also jokingly said he was listening to all of Taylor’s songs and knew she wanted him to come to her concert.
Taylor then imitated Travis’ voice, stating, ‘I’m upset that you didn’t meet me, even though you didn’t know I wanted to meet you because I didn’t do any proper logistical planning.’
‘Who plans nowadays?’ Travis quipped.
‘It was wild, but it worked,’ Taylor said.
Travis then kissed Taylor’s hand, and said he was ‘the luckiest man in the world.’
Jason then asked Taylor, ‘How did you know he wasn’t crazy?’ to which the singer humorously replied, ‘He is crazy, Jason’ before adding, ‘He’s the good kind of crazy.’
She then recalled how Travis went about getting to know her better in a was that was ‘very natural, very pure, very normal.’
The Grammy winner praised Travis for ‘the way he could make me laugh so immediately about normal things. He’s just a vibe booster in everyone’s life that he’s in. He’s a human exclamation point.’
She also gushed about the athlete being ‘so non-judgmental about people’ adding that he didn’t mind that she lacked knowledge about football when they met.
‘Jason, on our first date, I legitimately asked him what it was like when the Chiefs played the Eagles in the Super Bowl (in February 2023) and he looked across the field, across the line of scrimmage, and saw his brother standing 5ft in front of him on the field,’ she shared.
‘It didn’t happen’ Jason chimed in, as both Travis and Taylor laughed.
‘And he didn’t even look at me… I now know what an insane question that was. He was like: “Actually I’m on the offense and my brother is the offense and I’m only on the field at the same time as the defense.” I thought everyone was out there at the same time,’ Taylor shared.
‘Well that’s how you played on the playground growing up, so I understand…’ Travis said.
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‘I thought it was like Jared Goff is here and Josh Allen is here and they’re going to blow a whistle and they go at each other… and who’s going to win?’
‘I didn’t know what a first down was, I didn’t know what the chains were, I didn’t know what a tight end was,’ Taylor said.
Travis then thanked her, stating, ‘I’m forever thankful for you diving into the football world wholeheartedly.’
‘I fell in love with it, I became obsessed with it, I became like a person who was running through the halls of my house screaming “WE DRAFTED XAVIER WORTHY!” and my friends are like “Who body snatched you? What do you mean?”‘
Travis then revealed she was the first person who told him the news.
‘I couldn’t believe it either. I was like “Is she right?” I have to look this up. Did she get the wrong information here?’
