2023 was the Year of Taylor Swift, for better or for worse. She dominated the charts, the awards, the touring schedule and the economy. She also dominated the gossip, first with the Joe Alwyn breakup, then the messy relationship with Matt Healy, but she finished the last half of the year on a high note with her relationship with Travis Kelce. Taylor and her parents spent Christmas Day at a Chiefs game – which the Chiefs lost – and then for New Year’s Eve, Taylor was back at Arrowhead Stadium, watching her man. The Chiefs pulled it out against the Bengals and secured the AFC West division title. At least that put a temporary pause on the sports-bro commentary about “Taylor Swift is a distraction for the Chiefs!” Although from what I saw, the Chiefs still have some issues (but none of them are about Swift). Meanwhile, Travis and Taylor left Arrowhead together and they went and partied the night away:
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are ready for 2024! The pop superstar and the athlete, both 34, were spotted leaving Kelce’s New Year’s Eve NFL game together after the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Cincinnati Bengals with a final score of 25-17, securing their AFC West division title.
According to a photograph shared on Instagram by The Kansas City Star journalist Nick Wagner, Kelce left the game wearing a black beanie and a black and white striped sweatshirt, as the “Maroon” singer stood closely beside him, rocking her signature red lip.
During the afternoon game, Kelce notched 16 yards, helping lead his team to the win, as Swift watched alongside the team’s family and friends.
That’s not it – someone got footage of Taylor and Trav kissing at midnight at a party. The Swifties are also talking a lot about how comfortable Taylor seems with the Chiefs WAGs and Travis’s family. Like, we never got anything like this when she was with Joe Alwyn – we assumed that Taylor spent time with Joe’s family and friends in London, but we never saw it like we see it with Travis’s people. As it turns out, Joe was always the problem. He treated Taylor like she was dirty little secret. Travis sees Taylor as a prize and he wants to show her off and be part of his group.
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I’m not a huge fan of Taylor Swift music, but my sister is. And we were discussing this gossip the other day and we both agree that Taylor is going to marry this guy. Heck, I want to marry this guy. He seems like he’s totally into her, proud to be with her, doesn’t need her money and looks at her with stars in his eyes. I’m hoping for a Christmas 2024 wedding.
Agree with you 💯%
I’m hoping for it too! He seems like he adores her, I love it!
when he is totally into you and likes to show everyone they are a couple, yeah, she would be crazy to let him go. I wish them the best.
Aha. Young love. Makes me wish I were young and in love again. I’m 81 and a romantic still. Any takers out there. I’m still in the Hunt. An avid Chiefs fan and willing to make sparks fly. Congrats to you two lovers and may a June wedding be at the top of your New Years list. Taylor , you caught yourself one hell of a beaut and I’m sure he is totally in love with you. But let’s get this straight, young man, the football field is NO PLACE to be thinking about that last kiss on those luscious red lips! We still have a ways to go to bring another ring in. Superbowl looks very promising. like the frosting on top of a delightful future with your one and only. Best of luck from a 81 year old woman who tried it 7 times and is still looking for my running mate.
LOL, no way. Not happening. There is no real passion there, they look like they are showing up together and look more like two people that barely know each other. You have seen a few pics of them together, and it translates to “marriage”. They haven’t even spent a whole 30 days straight together, but it looks like marriage? It doesn’t make sense at all.
I’m not going to translate anything to marriage. My DH is connected to an NFL sports journalist for 35 years. Primarily, the Packers for 20 years. He’s covered the Chiefs for a lot for the last 10 years and others. Longer than Taylor or Travis have been around? No one knows what’s going to happen in the future. My understanding, their shit is real.
I’m a football person. Loved seeing this stuff. There are a number of Swift songs that I really like. Don’t really know much about her past relationships. I will say Alwyn is a good actor (at least I hope it was acting). His character in the 2019 “Harriet” made me take a shower.
Totally agree. Taylor has dated a string of “artists” who either looked down on her or felt threatened by her.
I’m happy they seem to be happy together and having fun and living their lives. It was always weird with Joe that everything was locked down and under cover. This relationship feels more real. Yes the Chiefs have big problems that game was mostly field goals.
As a introvert myself I don’t think it’s weird at all. He seems like a very shy and private person. I get why he wanted to keep their relationship as private as possible. Kelce however seems more comfortable with things being public. And maybe thats what taylor needs
I am an introvert too and I can understand not wanting to be pap’d everytime I left the house. But if I was being interviewed and someone asked me what my favorite song was that my husband wrote and recorded, I would be able to that. I also would be able to show how proud I was of him and express how much I admire or appreciate him. That’s the part that was weird. He never wanted to speak about her, when that shouldn’t have been difficult. It came across not being able to give her credit out of envy.
While that doesn’t make him a bad guy, it did make him a poor match for Taylor. It was also basically a pandemic romance. Which probably suited them at the time, but when the world opened back up again, so did Taylor’s life. And she seems like a live out loud type of gal.
I disagree with the narrative that we have to dump on Joe just because that relationship didn’t work out. When they were together we praised how normal he was. Taylor can be happy in her new relationship without dragging Joe into this. Go Taylor. Go Travis. Go Joe. May everyone find happiness and peace in 2024z
I agree. He was right for her at the time but in the end not what she needed in the end.
Yeah, I agree. While they were together everyone was saying that their desire for privacy was a good thing and now all of a sudden, it means he was ashamed of her? C’mon.
It seems the narrative always has to change when Taylor’s affections change. Just watch. When/if she breaks up with Travis, this will be spun as him trying to PR his way into bigger fame.
It’s one thing to be private, it’s another to actively not pose with your partner of several years at her work thing. I’m not a Swiftie, and I’m an introvert who would hate paparazzi, but Joe was actively hiding from any public acknowledgment of being together. He’s an actor in movies and tv by choice, there’s no way he expected to get through his career without posing on a carpet somewhere and giving an interview that mentions some aspect of his private life, it just wasn’t happening in his terms.
@Jenna, I agree. Relationships are tricky. Growing up is tricky. Moving from your 20’s, 30’s. yl40’s, 50’s. 60’s etc. is tricky. If Taylor breaks up with Travis, I will feel bad. Everything I know about him is good. If he breaks up with her…my feelings are whatever. Honestly, I love this coupling. I want podcasts and videos of them playing sheepshead or euchre. And Jason & Kylie Kelcie’s littles kicking ass.
I don’t know, I’m kinda rooting for these two?
I can’t help it. I really like these two together.
I don’t think that’s a really fair assessment to say that he treated her like a dirty little secret. I still haven’t seen him out and about this year, maybe that’s just who he is as a person. That’s not to say that Taylor is wrong for wanting someone more publicly expressive, but it is wrong to act like he should have to change who he is for her anymore then she shouldn’t have to change who she is or what she wanted for him. She stuck around with him for 6 years so on some level she was okay with trying it that way. It didn’t work out and that’s life, but it’s disturbing to me how he’s becoming a villain now that she’s with someone different who behaves in a way that’s more public and let’s keep it 100 appealing for people who want to know what she’s doing all the time.
He has attended fashion shows, premieres of plays etc.
And unless you were looking for it you wouldn’t know that which proves my point. I haven’t looked for anything for Travis and Taylor and they’ve been covered here and a bunch of other places tons of times, has this website covered Joe, was him attending these events in People, headlining TMZ, a huge days long story in the DM? He’s living his life like he always had, in a way that suits him. Acting like he changed or is some villain who couldn’t handle Taylor’s success is just a way to make him the bad guy when he doesn’t seem interested in engaging at all. Seems like that’s pissing off some fans more than him being a media whore.
I totally agree with you. Based on the lyrics she wrote for him, and the interviews he did over the years, he was simply a very private person who doesn’t like PDA. And it looks his family are that way too, which shouldn’t be a surprise. A lot of English family with a certain class background prefer to be low key and remove from public view. And she was with him for 6 years and based on the lyrics she wrote, she was good on that kind of life style. To think otherwise now that they broke up is disingenuous.
I also don’t think it’s fair to say that Joe Alwyn treated her like a dirty secret. I’ve got some friends who went to school with him and said he was kind and cute but very introverted and didn’t like getting attention. Obviously not a great match if you’re dating one of the world’s biggest pop stars!
Incidentally the people who know him said it was Taylor who did him dirty, basically ghosting him via lawyers and saying there should be no further contact. Their impression was that she’d already gotten with someone else. (eww Matt Healy)
THIS! And yet no one will ever know to report on her behavior because Joe will never say a bad word about Taylor. No one talks about how she dumped him and immediately got with that slim ball Matty, then spoke about how she’s the happiest she’s ever been in her life, told all of her celeb friends to unfollow Joe at the same time like they are in high school. She did everything possible to humiliate him. I like a lot of Taylor’s music and she is very talented, but her thirst for revenge is gross.
Hella AMEN @Amando @take it on @Dee(2) @OhmeOhmy to all y’all have said re the Joe-bashing. If you’re intent on finding a villain, she’s the problem. It’s her. I’m not convinced Travis will take Taylor down the aisle (if that’s what she even wants) but more power to them if this relationship goes the distance. Just leave Joe alone. She reported numerous times wanting to be as private as Joe so now he’s to blame for being who he always was – a shy, introvert? C’mon!
At the very least, this girl’s got a pattern…
Taylor mentioned hiding & going underground in the Time POY profile. Read to me as she was happy w that & Joe at the time, but who she truly is is this person, now. Highly visible, etc & clearly Travis is a great fit for her for that. Plus I can see him doing some post retirement work but really being a touring SAHD. Very family oriented.
Agreed. I have no clue regarding Taylor’s position on having children of her own, but if that’s in the cards for her then she is choosing well.
Joe Alwyn has not made one comment about Taylor since they broke up, why tf is he being dragged? (Aside from the obvious; Taylor indirectly encouraging Swifties to parrot this narrative). Let the man live free of this nightmare situation!
Watch like clockwork when she and Travis break up the switch from “this is her natural comfort zone” to “he was just using her to boost his fame and post-football career”.
Thank you, Sas.
I’m glad that since it’s better for the both of them, that TS and JA are no longer together. I do miss their relationship, however, because I feel like TS and TK are being shoved into my face all over the place.
How has Taylor encouraged anything?! She hasn’t mentioned the man and said in Time that she chose to hid away
Alwyn is dull as dishwater and a poor actor but he doesn’t deserve hate. He wasn’t what she needed anymore, they moved on, the end
@A she is a public figure who has enomouse power. As the sayings go, with the great power comes with the great responsibility. She clearly knows what her fans were talking about or attacking Alwyn post break up. She very much could have wield her power to reign in her fans if she wanted to, but she didn’t. That by itself, was colluding.
And your last paragraph really wasn’t necessary. It’s rude and frankly, quite unhinged, like what some kray kray swifities would say.
I don’t agree that she has an obligation to comment at all about her prior relationship – which would just create additional attention which Joe Alwyn likely would not want. For all we know they agreed when they split not to comment on their relationship.
The idea that she is “indirectly encouraging” a certain segment of her fans that are going to create their own narrative regardless is really a stretch that likely comes from a previously existing dislike of Taylor Swift.
lol @Christy, Taylor asked her fans not to harass John Mayer, her worst ex, because she knows he won’t just take it anymore after a decade. She knows when to use her big words to stop her fans or not to encourage the most deranged swifties to go after her ex. You don’t see any swiftie harassing Calvin Harris, because just when she was starting an attack campaign on him, he threatened her publicly that he isn’t the type of a guy who will just take it. I don’t even like the guy, but he was her second longest relationship and you don’t hear a thing about him from swifties thanks to one public, very clear tweet.
Taylor arranged a public campaign to make her friends unfollow Joe, which caused swifties to assume the worst of him. They were creating multiple stories about how Joe cheated on her, was abusive to her. Of course, after Matty story blew up, Joe the bad guy PR campaign went under. I can’t believe people are still assuming that Taylor is this innocent young girl, who has no power over what her fans do.
Hear hear @sevenblue. Some swifties really do have short and very selective memories. They don’t like the shady stuff TS can pull and therefore they sidestep them and ignore them with the passing of time when they feel the need to argue with the general public on TS’s power and responsibility.
@take it on, I think, Taylor is a really interesting phenomenon in pop culture. I have been following celeb news for a long time. I don’t remember any other public person who can rewrite the history quite like her and her fans. Unfortunately, I have a very strong memory for unimportant things like celeb news. So, it is very weird reading these totally untrue things about Taylor, who has been reported extensively since she was a teenager. You can literally check the web to see when she or her fans are wrong, but that isn’t enough to correct any discourse about her. They restate the same things over and over again as if it will be true. They want her to be this innocent woman, perfect boss girl who got everything, but still an underdog. Her team certainly created it, but it is the fans perpetuating this impossible persona. I mean, if anyone is still buying this, it is on them, except teenagers or people in their early 20’s of course.
I think people that dislike Taylor Swift read a lot into every action she takes. I like some of her music. I’m not a Swiftie and I think she is human, like everyone else, but I shake my head at the hypercriticism and analysis of her every action or inaction.
At first I wasn’t sure about them, but as time goes on I think they are made for each other. Both old enough and wealthy enough to know what they want in someone. He understands her security needs and totally gets it. They really seem to care about each other. It seems like they are having fun and I hope this is truly it. They make a great couple!
Sing it SAS! This is exactly how it will play out if they break up…
Please all Joe did was get the benefit of being her bf and NEVER acknowledged her. His friends on social media would like things putting her down etc. She would pay for Joe and his friends trips all around the world but that snooty lil group thought little of the American who literally paid for their vacays.
I like that she can have a regular time and interact w/ friends and family that are respectful but don’t treat her like a secret. They have similar backgrounds and are both successful w/ MILLIONS in the bank and Travis is confident in his own career unlike sadly Jobless Joe.
She is enjoying herself..I love it for her
Wow, ok, about comment on Joe and dirty little secret, we need to remember that Joe got with Taylor when her public reputation was on the ground. Taylor even said she tried to dump him because of her mental health after the public backlash and Joe didn’t let that affect their relationship. It seems to me Joe is very traditional british celebrity, just doing projects and no one knows a lot about his private life. Especially after seeing how hateful people were about Taylor, Joe probably felt his lifestyle was the right approach. He was in his early 20’s and he saw how public affection can turn in a minute. In an interview, he didn’t answer to a question about Taylor and said something like he doesn’t want people to think they have a right to know about his personal life. After they broke up, he doesn’t do anything different now. We still don’t know if he is dating someone, if he was with someone on NYE.
I can also see that Taylor and Travis are perfect for each other in terms of how public they want to be. Good for them! However, we are seeing in real time, how anything can be used against you by swifties the minute you are not with Taylor anymore. Joe didn’t give them anything, people are still finding a way. Good luck to Travis if they don’t make it, because it won’t be nice.
@sevenblue I posted a comment of my own before seeing yours – agree with everything you said!! Spot on.
Joe was a stand up guy who was there for her when she was at her absolute lowest. He was also far less successful in his career than she is, and than Travis is, so I can see that playing into why he didn’t want to tout their relationship and be accused of using her for visibility to try to get a career boost. And he seems to be a very low key, private guy by nature. Travis had his own reality show for awhile, he has a podcast now, he’s in 1000 commercials, and he’s been at the top of his career for a long time now. He’s as different from Joe as you can get. Doesn’t make either of them a bad guy. I agree with previous comments about Taykor needing Joe at the time they were together but she’s not an introvert by nature and Travis seems to be a perfect fit for her genuine self.
I also think she and Joe were happy for maybe 4 of the 6 years they were together, maybe even less. Songs like Tolerate It make me think she felt like she was way more into the relationship than Joe was early on and every song on Midnights is her breakup album about him.
@Atticus, yes I saw, we made kinda similar comment! I would like to add that people on social media were already calling Joe “nepo boyfriend” even though he wasn’t doing any publicity with Taylor. But I don’t agree with song interpretation. Tolerate It is about looking up to an older partner and if we are analyzing Taylor’s songs for reason of break up, we have the “you’re losing me” already. She wanted marriage, he didn’t. I am sure, there were other problems since it was the longest relationship of both of them, however, the main reason seems to be, they wanted different things in the future.
@sevenblue – good read on Tolerate It being about an older partner. It may have been written that way but I wonder if part of her felt under appreciated/tolerated, and that her love wasn’t celebrated, and that informed the lyrics subconsciously even if it wasn’t the original meaning.
Seven blue & Atticus, I agree with both your takes. Joe seemed like a good partner and he was who she needed at the time. The hate he receives is gross and unnecessary.
However, did you all read the Scott Swift email from her former manager’s court case? I think Tolerate It is actually about her dad. It just doesn’t sound like it’s to a lover, but a parental figure. And her dad seems like a piece of work, if that email is anything to go by.
If a guy needs 6 years to decide if you’re “the one” then he isn’t “the one” for you. Glad TS moved on.
@mipmip I had not heard about that Scott Swift email!! That’s a very interesting take that it could be about a parent. I always wondered how her dad felt about the line “running like water, leaving like a father” in cardigan….
As I’ve said before, I mostly want Taylor and Travis to get married so that Jason Kelce gets to be the best man at their wedding. His speech would be the epic barn burner we all deserve.
(If you want a good glimpse into the brothers’ relationship, aside from their podcast, watch the “Kelce” documentary on Prime … It’s great. And bonus: Kylie, Jason’s wife, is hilarious.)
I think they both have their light on, and have integrated their families with their celebrity/public work in similar ways. I can’t wait for Jason’s best man speech, and I also really really want Kylie’s take on Taylor, which she will never share 😂.
This has made me a listener to New Heights, it’s literally the only thing I listen to with male hosts 😂.
I wish them a happy marriage and family life.
This is seriously news?
I totally agree. One wonders why her PR people needs to get it broadcast to the public, though.
Billions of people kiss at midnight on New Year’s, and also spend it together because they’re in a relationship? Yet somehow some people still think, “She’s not overexposed, just really, REALLY famous.” I’m sticking with overexposed.
Because in was New Years Eve and they were at a Chiefs NYE party the night they lifted the Divisional Champioship for the 8 th time in a row
So the photos came from the Chiefs not her
Fortuona, it’s not the photos that I am referring to. Although she has actually proved in the past that if she wanted to, she absolutely could avoid being photographed. Just like many other A listers.
No, I am talking about the anonymous sources in the People magazine. I mean, come on.
The People story didn’t come from her team, or his though? It’s not a PR piece, it’s just a filler piece that’s been written based off the pictures that have been widely circulating on social media. Those pictures came from guests at the party they were at – some were from Chiefs players and/or family and friends. None of it came directly from Travis or Taylor and neither of them provided exclusive information.
Joe really does nothing to get hated on? He hasn’t said a single thing about that relationship. All people know is through Taylor’s songs and it was that he didn’t want to marry? That’s it. Taylor clearly doesn’t mind the attention while Joe wanted his private life to be private, and none of them is wrong for wanting different things. Her stans really need to chill, if she breaks up with Travis they’ll create another narrative and suddenly hate how he talked about her so much. Just let the woman live, it’s her life not yours.
The fascination and buildup of this relationship is totally insane. But it’ snot insane or big enough to fail. All of these people living through Taylor, hoping she marries Travis, will riot when it doesn’t happen. When they go their separate ways, back to the ways and people they truly vibe with, Swifties and adjacents will combust. They already look like they are on the verge of being exhausted from all the pretending and keeping up of appearances.
And My God, leave Joe alone. He clearly wasn’t the problem if Taylor wanted him to some badly to be her man and stick with her. Maybe she’s the problem.
@Joantastic +1000000000000000 to your every word!
Dirty little secret? That is wildly unfair to Joe. He was private and protective of her. If he had acted any different, people would have been accusing him of using her for clout. Joe can’t win. He hasn’t said a single word about the break up (and probably never will) yet he gets crucified by fans and the meda.
“He treated Taylor like she was dirty little secret“
No one treated that yodeling publicity hound like “dirty little secret.” Like most normal people, he wanted to keep his private life private instead of pap waking out of celeb hot spots and gumming for the camera. Joe dodged a bullet with that one. I can’t wait for these two attention seeking clowns to break up to see what he brainwashed fans come up with as an excuse.
Wow. Totally unfair comment about Joe, where on earth did that read even come from?? Joe can’t win. He was either riding her coattails to fame and trying to break into the A-list, or treating her like a “dirty secret”. What’s wrong with keeping personal and professional separate? There was no reason for them to ever pose together unless they wanted to. I think ultimately someone like Joe wasn’t right for Taylor – I think she wants the “I heart TS” t-shirt wearing kind of adoration and won’t ever change, but Joe was clearly a good person and they were together for years. I think the longevity of the relationship and her masses of adoring songs about him shows that at least for a while it made her incredibly happy. I really hate when people pile on Joe, I think he did his best by her.