Travis Kelce’s Neighbor Wes Bergmann Says No One Believed Him When Tight End & Taylor Swift First Started Dating
Written by djfrosty on March 4, 2025

Before they were one of the world’s most high-profile couples, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce kept things on the down low. And according to Wes Bergmann — who just so happens to live right next door to the tight end in Kansas City — the two stars were dating much longer than anyone realized before they ever made their public debut.
In fact, the Traitors season three contestant tried to tell his friend about the pair’s romance, but she didn’t believe him. While serving as a guest on a recent episode of The Social Game hosted by Michele Fitzgerald and Kellie Nalbandian, Bergmann opened up about being neighbors with Kelce, whom he called “an enigma,” and added, “On one end, he’s like this big tough football player, on the other end, he’s probably going to have like 12 Taylor Swift songs written about him.”
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“On that note, I was, like, the first person to know about any of this stuff,” Bergmann continued, referring to the 14-time Grammy winner and football player’s romance. “I tried to tell [Fitzgerald] a long time ago. ‘They’re together, just so you know.’ She didn’t believe it.”
Swift and Kelce first went public with their romance in September 2023, when the “Karma” singer attended her first of many Kansas City Chiefs games. It was the first time most of the world had any idea the two stars were together, but it wasn’t Bergmann’s. “I beat the validating of her showing up to games and stuff by, like, six months,” the reality competition star boasted on the podcast.
The Eras Tour headliner previously shed light on the timeline of her relationship with Kelce in her December 2023 TIME Person of the Year interview. According to her, they “started hanging out right after” the Grotesquerie star confessed he had a crush on her on his New Heights podcast the prior July.
“By the time I went to that first game, we were a couple,” she added at the time. “I think some people think that they saw our first date at that game? We would never be psychotic enough to hard launch a first date.”
A year and several months later, Tayvis is still going strong. Swift recently attended her second Super Bowl in a row to cheer on Kelce and the rest of the Chiefs. However, the 2024 champions lost this year to the Philadelphia Eagles.
Watch Bergmann open up about watching Swift and Kelce’s romance unfold next door below.