From my very unofficial survey of Swifties, it seems like there is not a consensus about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s portmanteau. Are they Traylor? Tayvis? TayTray? Swelce? You guys need to figure it out – y’all insisted on Hiddleswift when, honestly, CB came up with “Tiddles” and we held the Tiddles line here on this blog. I’m personally leaning more towards Traylor, but I’m sure the Snake Fam is clever enough to come up with something better than “Taylor and that football guy.” Anyway, TMZ has been running all kinds of Traylor exclusives this week, including a photo taken inside of the Kansas City restaurant they went to following last Sunday’s game:
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce at the Chiefs game after-party in new photo obtained by TMZ. pic.twitter.com/M86WjeXsjg
— Pop Base (@PopBase) September 27, 2023
The body language was not what I expected. Taylor slinging her arm around her beefy football player boyfriend? Sure. It’s a vibe. Meanwhile, TMZ also got a tip that Taylor will attend the Chiefs’ next game in New Jersey on Sunday:
Taylor Swift is really digging Travis Kelce … because she’s expected back at his next NFL game. Sources confirm to TMZ … as of now, Taylor is expected to attend Sunday’s game between Travis’ Kansas City Chiefs and the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
We’re told Taylor’s team is still working out security logistics with MetLife Stadium, where she played a huge concert earlier this summer on her “Eras” tour.
Taylor would be going back for seconds … she went to the Chiefs game last Sunday, watching Travis score a touchdown from a private suite with his family. It was the first time she went to one of his games since they started hanging out, and the first time she met his parents.
The NFL schedule is lining up perfectly for Taylor and Travis … his team is playing on the road against the Jets, across the river from New York City … where Taylor owns a place.
Oh God before this is over, the Swifties are gonna get into fantasy football, aren’t they? Literally, my first impulse was to look at the NFL schedule to see where the Chiefs would play next. Football was already America’s favorite sport, but Traylor is going to bring millions of new fans to the sport. I hope the football bros are ready to share stadiums with 20-something women with dip-dyed hair, face glitter and friendship bracelets. The NFL better embrace it too.
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- Kansas City, KS – Pop star Taylor Swift is spotted on TV cheering for her rumored new boyfriend Travis Kelce at the Kansas City Chiefs vs Chicago Bears game in Kansas City. Pictured: Taylor Swift BACKGRID USA 25 SEPTEMBER 2023 BYLINE MUST READ: MACE / BACKGRID USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
I listened to Travis Kelce’s podcast and he is adorable. Taylor, you go climb that beefy tree!
I too find myself hoping this lasts more than a minute. 🍿🍿🍿
I agree! It must be refreshing for her to be having somewhat of a normal courtship. This is the most normal thing. He asks her to come watch him play, she does and he gets a touchdown. The only thing that makes it abnormal is their fame. It’s fun for them and it must also be refreshing for her to have someone tell everyone he knows how much he wants to date her. He is actually trying and has not one iota of embarrassment or qualms about it. I love this for her. For anyone. May we all be wanted and wooed. 🙂
ETA: Her song Anti Hero says sometimes she “feels like everybody is a sexy baby and I’m the monster on the hill, too big to hang out.. slowly lurching towards your favourite city, pierced through the heart but never killed”.. I love that there is no sense of that from Travis. Her fame / talent does not intimidate him at all.
Same same, on all counts. And he is HOT. She must be kicking herself for letting that slimy douchbag Matty near her. I also think that she enjoys how open he is about wanting to be with her AND loves how people are so invested in this. I like it and hope it lasts.
I can agree that she did find someone confident about himself where he knows she’s bigger than he is, but he’s totally OK with it. And who also Loves the limelight like she does.
Although I feel like they’re both doing all this for PR that benefits them individually. As they’re everywhere.
As I commented before, he supports Pfizer vaccines and she supports the drive for young voter registration. As long as they can help 2024 with being Blue, I’m all for it.
Have you guys seen the shorts/ tiktoks etc of women telling their partners that Taylor put this guy (I’m sorry, I forgot his name) on the map. NATIONALLY. and watching the slow confusion, gear grinding, wtffffff happening on the men’s side. I was dying.
To be fair my partner doesn’t follow sports. Neither do I. Most of the time I learn it’s the Super Bowl when I go to the grocery store and it’s deserted. I do have a moment of – zombie apocalypse? Recent mass shooting I just walked into without realizing? No – cashiers are there, not cowering. Omg I see football team merchandise. Super Bowl? Thank god. Go sports!
CAN THE SNAKE FAM PLEASE COME TOGETHER AND HELP THEM GET RID OF THAT AWFUL PROBLEMATIC AND RACISTS NAME?
I thought Travis was great on SNL. Funny and self deprecating. He really rolled with it. (I was rooting for the eagles though. ) And Taylor looked really happy in the box. Real, pr, a fling, I don’t know but that’s the most relaxed I’ve seen her in awhile.
Yeah that’s the only thing I know him from and was surprised how loose this football guy was on live tv. Really charismatic and up for anything.
Traylor works!
Tayvis. Taylor first then the tight end.
Approved!
A boon in ticket sales is happening. I’ve seen clips of Swifties talking about flying and driving to games. A play on a word and their names for those becoming fans of the couple could be Travlors.
If these 2 stick it out through the season – there will be a pre Thanksgiving feast when the Eagles play the Chiefs @ Arrowhead.
NFL Bro’s are used to painted and glittered up fans and they want younger fans too. (ps. this photo isn’t unique to GB)
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/857935797740571047/
She went to to his game and he scored a TD. It was cute but what happens when she attends and he and the rest of the team play like shit and lose? The sports fans will turn it into the Taylor curse😂. But if they win, she’s the good luck charm. I mean I’m not sure the chiefs need a good luck charm after winning the SB but sports superstitions are a thing. It’ll be interesting to watch it play out either way.
The Chiefs are not going to play like shit and lose. They may lose, but they are one of the best teams in football.
I mean, the Chiefs have one of the greatest offensive coaches in football, the best QB in the league over the last three years(though Tua is maybe playing better at this exact moment), the best TE in football(Kelce) and a defence that is better than it has been over last couple years where they’ve been winning titles. The only big gap in their team is in one position group. They’ve been winning on average like 12-13 games a season putting them near the top of the conference for years. So I don’t really see your scenario playing out. I think if the team gets a wave of injuries to its stars, maybe fans get salty.
But yeah, this is fun to watch.
Is Travis the quarter back? The quarter back scored a touch down?? That’s pretty dang cool. I wanna see that! I’ve seen a couple where like it looks like the QB is gonna get slammed and then there is an opening somehow and they just run like hell. It’s super cool to see. Well it’s cool to see anyone being chased (with consent!!!) outrun their pursuers. It’s just a very human moment of – YES! OUR GUY DID IT! HE DIDNT GET TRAMPLED BY THE MAMMOTHS! HE DID IT!!!! It’s a classic human thing.
I mean they are playing the Jets who have lost Aaron Rodgers, I am pretty sure they are not going to play like shit.
Aaron Rodgers. Aaron… ok nope sorry I get him mixed up with the younger manning brother.
Man I miss the manning brothers. They are so funny – especially together. I even really like their commercials. I’m a dork.
Aaron is the anti vax chode, right? He dated that hippie chick.
It’s all clicking.
Whoa.
His team won a Super Bowl? That’s a pretty big deal. Good job guys!
Clear your calendars for Sunday, everyone. It’s happening. Btw, TMZ needs better editors or just editors. The way that’s written, it sounds like Kelce scored his touchdown “from a private suite with his family”. 🤔
I think Taylor-Travis is a real romance. She seems relaxed and happy. He beams when he talks about her. They must have strong feelings bc to start the media storm of appearing in public. This is the romance she never got to have in high school I’m here for it.
I TOTALLY agree that this is her big high school romance with the popular football player. It’s her full-circle moment: going from the (self-described) outcast to head cheerleader dating the football star.
The thing is people forget her outcast days were middle school when you are taller than everybody and have a weird desire to be a country music singer in the outskirts of Philadelphia.
When she moved to Nashville at the start of high school things were different with a fresh start. Being tall became an asset and trying to be a country singer was a relatively normal aspiration. She was dating a senior on the football team as a freshman. She didn’t immediately become the cheerleader, but she wasn’t the band geek either.
Oh wow. Yeah. I mean … middle school SUCKS. But being a super tall girl in middle school would be really hard. She should do a real life version of those high school movies where the girl takes off her glasses and is hot. But like moving to a new city in a new state and embracing being tall and when the senior asks her to prom which is on the night of her first big show – she turns him down. She picks herself.
How tall is she btw?
Travis is a very fun guy and no dummy. Not a MAGAt either for those in the back, neither are. Some find each of their behaviors somewhat problematic in the past but I think they’ve both evolved. I’m thoroughly enjoying this spectacle. More please.
I love this for both of them! And you know what else I love? The right wing/MAGA meltdowns over it. Those crusty old conservative white men can’t stand a successful woman with a very loyal and vocal following of young voters. Someone (sorry, can’t remember where I read/saw it) even went so far as to call her a gold digger-😂😂😂-he’s rich, sure, but Taylor is worth more than he’ll ever dream of!
They are both talented stars AND they both love attention and the spotlight so this works for them.
Too much evidence Taylor Swift is bisexual and people are now accusing Travis of being gay or a beard for Taylor. He was after Megan the Stallion but she wanted nothing to do with him or maybe Travis K just wants a sugar momma bc he can’t play football forever.
Do you know what bisexual means?
(HINT: beards not needed)
@kitten lol
Oh sweet jaysus. That’s seriously bonkers.
Have u not seen all her rainbow outfits and sets. Her scissors necklace which is a LGBTQ symbol, her soft coming out references and all her female close friends and she is a favorite gay icon. She often replaces her lyrics in love songs with female pronouns in concert. Her “Gaylor” fans have convinced me. She’s repping that community really strong and isnt just a supporter.
Sugar momma, really? His career earnings through this season are close to $80 million, and he’s due for another $30 mil in the next two years. I think he’ll be able to scrape along once his football career ends.
Lol plus he has a ton of endorsement deals. I think he’ll manage.
And, in two years he’ll be only 35, plenty of time for another career, in broadcasting, (entertainment?), whatever. He’s already got experience and a track record with his brother doing their popular YouTube podcast.
He’s got a big personality and is comfortable on camera, this guy is going to make millions long after football.
Also who cares if Taylor is bi-sexual, that would imply she is attracted to men and women, so…it’s a totally normal relationship?
Who cares whether she is or not? She’s not obliged to share details of her sexuality with anyone at all if she doesn’t want to. And even if she were, she would still date dudes.
I have a feeling this one’s going to work – Mr and Mrs Americana with the white picket fence, two kids and a family dog. They’ll probably make it a decade before the messy divorce the gossip gods reward us with, which’ll make Alice Evans look like a bastion of reason.
Gtfoh with that crap.
Why would someone need a beard if they are bisexual? It means they like both genders, so a guy or a girl works without it being fake. Also, why would her being bi mean he’s gay? Please make it make sense. I mean, I don’t particularly care one way or the other about this couple but let’s not be homophobic about it.
I don’t think that word means what you think it means.
Bi – meaning two. Think of BI-cycle. Two wheels. Being BIsexual means you can find people of both genders – or non gender depending – attractive. Sometimes just sexually. Sometimes just emotionally. Sometimes both. It’s NOT finding everyone attractive. It’s NOT being a lust driven no impulse control sexual deviant. Those tend to be straight white older Republican men.
It also doesn’t mean that bi people can’t be monogamous or fulfilled in a relationship with someone who is either only male or only female.
This whole gay-lor thing or bi-lor thing is so weird. Gay. Straight. Bi. Pan. Who gives a fuck.
Be a good person. Only engage sexually with people with full consent. Don’t emotionally or physically cheat on your partner. Have sex with whoever you want with whatever you want. (Again camp ground rules apply. Just cuz someone wants to get pegged by a chainsaw doesn’t mean you should be a part of that)
They are both so extra, so this might just work!
I was amused by the quick primers on football being circulated on social media, explaining the rules of football to Swifties unfamiliar with the game. It was kind of endearing. And I highly recommend the Kelce brothers’ podcast, New Heights. #TeamJasonKelce here, but it’s great.
Well if she likes watching KC win I think she’s going to have a fun time on Sunday night. The Jests are … not likely to make it very competitive.
Lmaoooo the Jets are finna get laid OUT.
As an Eagles fan (Taylor’s “alleged” team) I have been feeling so annoyed lolol, but moreso in a jest way. It’s all good fun for a lot of her fans so imma let people enjoy things.
But all I’m saying is, the only Swift-Kelce combo I care about is D’Andre Swift and Jason Kelce #GoBirds lmaooooo
I just hope when they break up the Swifties don’t tear Travis/Kansas City right on up (but I do hope she distracts him enough so my Eagles can win that Super Bowl this year)
I am crying honestly. This is the football-celebrity gossip that I did not know I needed to laugh at.
Hurts has to play better for them to make it to the Super Bowl. The cowboys and Niners defense isn’t going to let him get away with those interceptions like Tampa bay did.
Hurts’ “bad” game against the Vikings was a win and he had the flu. It is week four, I think we’ll be fine. GO BIRDS! 😀
Eagles fan here too! I loved the “here is our Swift/Kelce pairing” stuff, it’s cute. Swift kicked butt in the last game too, that hurdle!
I’m not going this week, but will likely get to go to the rest of the home games this year. It’s so much fun, and there’s always a LOT of women there, of all ages.
I hope you have a ball! I don’t think I’m going to be able to make a game this season- I already told my Packers fan husband we’re making next season Eagles tickets a mandatory priority!
I can’t deal with any of the portmanteaus but I did like someone’s abbreviation to TnT.
I’m liking this fun and silly gossip. They’re both gorgeous if extremely extra (do we know his star sign?). It’s like the millennial version of JLo and ARod lol.
Apparently he’s born 5. Oktober 1989 – a libra
Taylor makes this big deal of going to Chiefs games while walking arm and arm with Sophie Turner and letting Sophie and her kids stay in her NYC apartment midst her marriage imploding for who knows why. Her new NFL beau looks like a huge PR distraction to me. Wasn’t Joe Jonas her ex too? Not sure.
Why do the Sophie thing and the Travis thing have to be connected?
Sophie is a friend who is going through a divorce and is basically stranded in the States right now with her two young children because of an international custody battle. Taylor is a generous sort, so she is allowing her friend to crash at her apartment and is hanging out with her too.
At the same time, she happens to be dating an NFL star who pursued her. She can be there for her friend and be dating a guy at the same time.
I KNOW!
Taylor is emotionally supporting her friend through an incredibly difficult time AND supporting the career of the person she is seeing???
I am all about embracing your villain era but I NEVER expected her to go this dark. /s 🙄
He was on a dating game show. Is there a level of thirst beyond that?
I don’t care if this is over in a few weeks or lasts a while, it’s been so entertaining so far.
The body language in the picture is so weird. Like he’s getting all emotional or something? They definitely do look like they are physically comfortable with each other. More so than like say Kendull and Bad Bunny but that’s not saying much.
Someone posted this side by side with that photo from barbie of Ken hugging barbie’s chest and it has entertained me to no end. I think he is on his phone and she’s sitting on his lap, and it’s weird timing on the photo, like she’s in the middle of saying something. The people behind them–there’s so much to look at in that photo. LOL
Yeah he’s probably on his phone…they still look comfy though 😏
What? To me he looks like he’s smiling because he’s smitten so he looked down maybe a bit boyish shy too and she is very at ease and “I am happy and comfortable, don’t worry, I like you, too, for real”
😀
I don’t think she’s sitting on his lap. It looks like he’s sitting on a bar stool and she’s standing next to him.
This appears to be what could be a lot of fun.
I am really loving how Travis Kielce is openly pursuing her. It’s a sweet thing for a girl who hasn’t been well treated in relationships. He’s clearly into her, hope she doesn’t get scared off from the intensity of a man who isn’t playing cold games and is totally okay with owning his feelings
She’s been treated badly in relationships omg 🤮🤮🤣🤣🤣
She’s a Sag sun cancer moon and Scorpio Asc which would explain her charisma and deep lyrics
He’s a Libra sun Sag moon (good for their comparability and unknown time of birth but I’d suspect Leo or Sag Asc ? Very strange none of the astrology sites know the birth time for a guy born in OH or anywhere in US for that matter
Tayvis. If you have not been frequenting the TS subreddit and various gossip ones, you’re missing out. It’s been non stop giggling and kicking feet and gushing. The NFL is 100% leaning into this, they posted in r/Taylorswift on Monday. They changed their TikTok bio to commemorate it. I love it, I think this is the best pairing. I saw a TikTok yesterday that said Travis sidled up to the most unhinged fandom right now, friendship bracelet in hand, and said “isn’t she amazing?” And we love him for it! Worst case, they break up and we get an absolute fire album. Best case, they’re endgame and we get a ton of banger albums! The swifties were already starting to take over fantasy football, the trend this year was to make Taylor Swift related team names (ball too well, death by a thousand punts, etc).
Ball too well is GENIUS!!! Hahahahaha, amazing 🙂
This is all so extra and entertaining for me. I doubt they’ll last (though I would be happy for them if they did), but the frenzy is just awesome.
While in the box at the game Taylor was seen eating a chicken finger, and someone tweeted that she had dipped it in “ketchup and seemingly ranch.” So now Heinz is releasing a limited edition of a condiment based on that incident and tweet. They already have a similar thing called “Kranch” but this one is going to have its own name and they’ll have it at the stadium I think. How bonkers is that?
I watched about seven of those TikToks of women trolling their husbands, BFs and even sons about Taylor putting Travis on the map. It is hilarious how ALL of them have pretty much the same reaction. “He has two Super Bowl rings! He’s the best tight end in the league….maybe the best one EVER to play the game!” Indignation, gobsmacked expression, annoyance, sometimes cursing. One guy stormed out of the room. I laughed so hard at each one.
I like “Swelce” for some reason as a portmanteau. It’s easy to say and sounds less generic. Besides, “Tayvis” is already in the urban dictionary with an unflattering description, I think.
wait, Kranch is a thing lol, I had no idea. Now I have to try it.
I laughed till I CRIED! The trolling was so well done. The men were so so confused and distraught and hahahahahahaah omg.
Also I didn’t know a thing about him before watching those they are a nice little primer on his football career. Although for some reason I thought he was a quarter back? 🤷🏻♀️
Their romance feels like an elevated version of Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo.
I don’t know a thing about sports ball but I hope Taylor is having fun with him.
Why wouldn’t the NFL embrace it? it means WAY more $$$ which is fundamentally what they care about. his jersey sales have already skyrocketed etc. I didn’t know how I felt about Kelce but just saw him in an ad promoting getting the Flu and Covid vaccine boosters, with a play on his 2 superbowl rings (just learned that about him) and that really boosts my opinion of him.
There’s a documentary about his brother on Prime and the whole family comes across really great.
He’s promoting vaccines?!?
Omg that’s like a mr Darcy walking out of the lake in a white wet shirt moment. I’m not kidding. Promoting vaccines is so HOT.
I’m American and tbh never heard of Travis Kelce, but I also don’t really follow American football like my husband does once in awhile. Taylor is global and even though there’s some interest on the NFL in other countries, it’s not like soccer(or what the world calls football) or Formula 1 where they have global(massive) fans.
Sometimes the US is in a bubble that some forget there’s even bigger interests outside the country that has an even bigger following than what we’re used to. But Taylor is massive, and people around the world only knows Kelce because of Taylor. She prob put Kansas City on the map.
Just like more people around the world knew more of Gisele than Tom.
I think I get what you’re trying to say. I am a follower of the NFL-I’ve been involved with fantasy football for almost 3 decades. Travis Kelce has been the hot get for 5 years at least We had him on the roster in his earlier years when he recovered a fumble for a TD. But, it didn’t count as an offensive TD. fyi, it’s really not called American football by Americans. just saying.
As a mom from way back when(I’m still a mom, daughter is in her mid thirties), I had no idea (as an American), who David Beckham was. I recognized Posh Spice. It’s all relative to our own experiences. Yep, the World Cup viewership is greater than the Super Bowl numbers. 56 million outside of the US isn’t bad.
Kansas City, MO or Kansas City, KS? Two separate cities. Yet, both are considered in the same Greater Metropolitan Area. fyi, Sicilians are very well acquainted with KC.lol KC has been on the map for a very long time. KC is 2nd to Rome? in the number of active water fountains. with 200. I completely recommend KC’s Country Club Plaza as an area of destination. So fun. Country Club Plaza is our 2nd best trip ever. Key West #1.
To avoid any confusion, Arrowhead Stadium is in Kansas City, MO (not Kansas) though the Chiefs are loved there too.
Wait. Why do Sicilians know about Kansas City?
I’m not trying to be rude. Maybe auto correct did something but I’m not following.
But you do make Kansas City – the one in Kansas? – sound really nice!
Not a typo. La Cosa Nostra. KC, MO had a big mafia base there.
The Country Club Plaza area is something. Fountains, shopping (a lot of high end shops), amazing restaurants and fun sports bars. People were very nice, customer service was excellent. This was in 2008. I was recently told it’s still the same. ???
I love this for Taylor! She and Trav have similar energy and are clearly having fun. Good for them!! I’m sure someone has already mentioned it, but there’s a photo or video of them driving around KC in his convertible with the top down. It’s so adorable!