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Proud girlfriend Taylor Swift was all smiles while Travis Kelce gave a short and sweet victory speech after the Kansas City Chiefs secured a spot in the 2024 Super Bowl.
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âYou gotta fight for your right to party!â Kelce shouted Sunday night (Jan. 28). The Chiefs had just defeated the Baltimore Ravens 17-10.
âBelieve it, baby, we going to Las Vegas, Nevada!â Kelce announced. âGonna get us another one!â
Swift looked on, laughing at Kelceâs Beastie Boys reference and grinning. She appeared emotional on the M&T Stadium field.
Swift and Kelce kissed on the field in celebration of the Chiefsâ triumph.
The singer stood by Travisâ side after the game, but stepped away to give him a moment alone with his brother, Jason.
âGoddamn, that was fun to watch,â Jason said as he hugged Travis, to which Travis jokingly replied, âYou keep your shirt on this time, or what?â Last weekend, the Philadelphia Eagles center went viral for taking off his shirt, guzzling beer, passionately cheering on his brother and jumping out of a suite into the stands.
Travis Kelce asked Taylor Swift where Jason was. Then, he and Jason had an emotional reunionâFinish that motherf***er,â Jason told him as Taylor stepped aside to give them their moment. pic.twitter.com/NBk485uFaFâ Jori Epstein (@JoriEpstein) January 28, 2024
Swift had friends Cara Delevingne and Keleigh Teller nearby during the game Sunday night. She was shown on camera cheering when Kelce scored a touchdown.
The pop star kicks off an international leg of her Eras Tour on Feb. 7, beginning with four concerts in Japan. Will Swift attend the Super Bowl on Feb. 11?
Though she has a concert the night before in Tokyo, itâs possible, thanks to the difference in time zones â but her presence at the big game hasnât been confirmed.
See Swift watching Kelceâs speech below.
Itâs raining in Baltimore, but everything else is the same for Taylor Swift, who spent another Sunday happily supporting boyfriend Travis Kelce as the Kansas City Chiefs played the Baltimore Ravens at M&T Stadium on Jan. 28. The Chiefs won, securing their spot in the 2024 Super Bowl.
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Swift and Kelce kissed on the field in celebration of the Chiefsâ triumph.
No stranger to making it through a rain show, Swift smartly wore her hair in its natural state. She arrived in casual, probably air-dried, debut-era curls, and had friends Cara Delevingne and Keleigh Teller by her side.
Cameras also showed Swift celebrating when Kelce scored a touchdown, giving a 10 for Chiefs running back Isiah Pacheco, and basically having a great time as she watched the game from a suite.
At one point, the pop icon didnât seem to know why the camera was on her â and then realized a promo for the Grammy Awards was playing. âOh, the Grammys,â she seemed to say to Teller.
Last weekend, Swift cheered on Travis alongside his family, including Jason and Kylie Kelce, at the Chiefs-Bills game.
âTay said she absolutely loved you,â Travis revealed to his older brother, Jason, during the latest episode of their podcast, New Heights.
The Philadelphia Eagles center had his own moment in the spotlight at that game when he went viral for taking off his shirt, guzzling beer, passionately cheering on his brother and jumping out of the suite into the stands.
â[Your] best first impression is the worst impression ever,â Travis joked.
âIâm not going to lie, I gave Kylie a heads-up,â Jason recalled. âThe moment we get into the suite, I said, âIâm taking my shirt off and jumping out of that suite.â And she said, âJason, donât you dare.ââÂ
âShe was already telling me to be on my best behavior âcause we were meeting Taylor, so sheâs like, âDo not. Be on your best behavior. I was like, âKylie, the first day I met you I was blackout drunk and fell asleep at the bar. This is part of the charm. This is part of the Jason Kelce charm. I wanna make my best first impression.ââÂ
Check out clips of Swift at the Chiefs-Ravens game below.
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Hereâs a math problem for you: If the Super Bowl, which drew 113 million viewers last year, combines with Taylor Swift, who sold roughly 3.3 million tickets to her Eras Tour last year and over 6 million albums and whose recordings streamed on-demand 16.5 billion times in the U.S., according to Luminate, how many fans will tune in to the big game?
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Not even statisticians know, but the scenario could play out Feb. 11 if Swiftâs boyfriend, Travis Kelce, and the Kansas City Chiefs win their playoff game this weekend.
Just about everything Swift goes near experiences a consumption boost, from donuts in Kansas City to hotels in Philadelphia. Her televised omnipresence at Chiefs games led to a 400% sales hike in Fanaticsâ Kelce jerseys on a single day and an additional 2 million female viewers for Sunday Night Football in early October, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
So far, the NFL has proceeded cautiously with this new demographic, attempting to welcome Swifties without alienating football diehards with over-coverage. Rick Porter, who covers TV and ratings for THR, expects that strategy to continue for the big game. âTheyâll probably try to keep walking that line,â he says, âand not make it the Taylor Swift Bowl.â
Should Kelce and the Chiefs (and Swift) make it to the Super Bowl, Porter predicts the hype-filled run-up week to spotlight their romance, as opposed to more conventional football drama about tight-end positioning, defensive formations or, say, Eminem. âEverything about Super Bowl week is over the top, so Iâm sure on media day that everybody will get bombarded with questions about it,â he says. âItâs the line they have to walk between welcoming more people into the tent but not turning off any of the people who were there to watch and talk about the game.â
Could Super Bowl viewership increase? A Taylor Swift Effect, Porter says, could potentially bump the numbers from 115 million to 130 million â âor something ridiculous like that.â He adds, âThat would be a pretty big shock, if something jumped that much from something that was already this big.â Still, unprecedented numbers are Swiftâs specialty: Eras grossed more than $900 million last year, according to Billboard estimates, and is on its way to earn more than any tour ever.
Travis Kelce is enjoying his time with Taylor Swift, despite what anyone has to say. During a Kansas City Chiefs press conference on Friday (Jan. 26), the tight end shared that he and his girlfriend Swift have talked about navigating public attention amid their relationship. âAs long as weâre happy, we canât listen to anything thatâs […]
Taylor Swiftâs relationship with Travis Kelce has been a touchdown for the NFL, which has benefited in multiple ways since the two publicly became an item in the fall. On Sept. 24, the rumored romance between the pop superstar and Kansas City Chiefs tight end was seemingly confirmed when Swift was seen cheering on Kelce […]
Travis Kelceâs dad is recently converted Swiftie â to the extent that he actually didnât recognize Taylor Swift when he first met her. âWhen Travis has a lot of friends coming into town to the game, everyone meets at his house, although heâs not there,â Ed Kelce told Audacyâs 92.3 The Fan this week. âTaylor […]
The best thing about beinâ Jason Kelce is the prerogative to have a little fun at football games. And indeed, the Philadelphia Eagles center took the spotlight at the Chiefs-Bills game Sunday (Jan. 21), particularly when cameras captured him hilariously cheering on his little brother Travis â a moment that even Shania Twain is loving.
The elder Kelce brother inspired a myriad of memes after a clip of him â shirtless, armed with a Bud Light, and red in the face from yelling â celebrating one of Travisâ playoff game touchdowns in a box also shared by Taylor Swift went mega viral over the weekend. And one of the most popular posts featured a shoutout to Twainâs iconic song âMan! I Feel Like a Woman,â which peaked at No. 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1999 and has since become a karaoke staple (ranked No. 1 on Billboardâs list of the best bar-stage sing-alongs).
The meme in question found one fan using a picture of Jason as a reaction image to the following scenario: âShania Twain comes on at the bar: âLetâs go girls.’â
In response, Twain herself retweeted the meme Wednesday (Jan. 24) and added three cry-laughing emojis.
Also on Wednesday, Jason opened up about his much talked-about visit to Highmark Stadium in New York. In addition to ditching his shirt, the Philly Specials band member also jumped out of his box suite into the stands to party with Buffalo Bills fans, at one point even lifting up a young Swiftie in the crowd so she could wave at the âAnti-Heroâ singer sitting just above.
âIâm not going to lie, I gave Kylie a heads-up,â Jason told Travis on the brothersâ most recent episode of their New Heights podcast. âThe moment we get into the suite, I said, âIâm taking my shirt off and jumping out of that suite.â And she said, âJason, donât you dare.ââÂ
âShe was already telling me to be on my best behavior âcause we were meeting Taylor, so sheâs like, âDo not. Be on your best behavior,ââ he added as Travis laughed. âI was like, âKylie, the first day I met you I was blackout drunk and fell asleep at the bar. This is part of the charm. This is part of the Jason Kelce charm. I wanna make my best first impression.ââÂ
See Twainâs post below.
When it comes to Travis Kelceâs relationship with Taylor Swift, the tight endâs teammates are just along for the ride. In a recent interview, Drue Tranquill of the Kansas City Chiefs shared whether the high-profile romance ever comes up among the other players, revealing that the team loves âpoking funâ at No. 87. âItâs interesting,â […]
Stephen A. Smith is leading the charge of âTayvisâ shippers. In a new interview with Howard Stern, the sports TV personality passionately raved about his admiration for both Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, pushing back against the radio personalityâs insinuation that the Kansas City Chiefs offensive lineman is depending on the pop star for a career boost.Â
In a clip posted to YouTube Wednesday (Jan. 24), Stern quipped to his guest that Kelce âhas to marry Taylor Swiftâ in order to secure a âmovie careerâ and become âbigger than The Rock.â Suffice to say, Smith emphatically disagreed.Â
âHe is a two-time Super Bowl champion, heâs on the verge of potentially being a three-time Super Bowl champion,â the broadcaster pointed out. âUniversally recognized as one of the greatest tight ends in the history of . Good looking dude, got style, got flair, got skills. Heâs got a future in this business.âÂ
âHeâs the total package,â he added. âHeâs a really, really good dude.âÂ
Indeed, Kelce and the Chiefs are very much in the running to keep their Super Bowl winning streak going. After triumphing 27-24 over the Buffalo Bills Sunday (Jan. 21) â a game attended by Swift as well as the tight endâs family â Kansas City is set to move forward to the AFC Championship Game this weekend. Should they win against the top-seeded Baltimore Ravens, the Chiefs will then continue on to defend their Lombardi Trophy at the Super Bowl on Feb. 11.Â
Thatâs not to say that Smith underestimates the status of Kelceâs superstar girlfriend, however. âDonât get me wrong, Taylor Swift is a good-looking woman,â he continued on The Howard Stern Show. âSheâs an incredible artist â I went to her concert [at SoFi Stadium] with my daughter. Man, Howard, it was off the chain. I loved it. I couldnât believe how much I loved it.âÂ
âShe was phenomenal,â Smith gushed. âI saw Taylor Swift receive a nine-minute standing ovation in between songs ⌠Iâm telling you right now, no one was sitting down. Howard, the concert was three and a half hours nonstop, there was no intermission. Are you ready for this? Iâm 56 years old. I stood up for the three and a half hours. I never sat down.âÂ
The sports analystâs conversation with Stern isnât the first time heâs come to Kelce and Swiftâs defense this year. Amid complaints earlier this month from some NFL fans that the âAnti-Heroâ singerâs presence at Chiefs games is too distracting, Smith posited on ESPNâs First Take that sheâs actually having a âpositive impactâ on Kelceâs performance.Â
âSheâs going to support her dude,â he said at the time. âTo show up at a football game and the cameras are on her â that ainât her fault! And excuse me, by the way, she went to the games after the concerts. Itâs not like she used the games to bump up the concerts. Oh no! Those kids were going to her concerts whether the NFL was promoting her or not!â  Â
Watch Smith on Howard Stern above.
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Did we lose another recipe? X users believe the Swag Surf has been gentrified after Taylor Swift and coâs flavorless attempt at the dance.
The worldâs most famous Chiefs fan, Taylor Swift (insert sarcasm), has become a fixture of NFL Sunday conversations. Usually, most of the conversation is about cameras constantly cutting to Swift and her friends to see the ridiculously popular singerâs reactions to whatever her beau, Travis Kelce, does something on the field.
That continued to be the case during the Chiefs NFL Wild Card matchup with the Miami Dolphins this past weekend. Swift once again went viral for her custom Nike puffer jacket to battle the extreme cold and her flavorless attempt at doing the Swag surf.
A clip shared on the Sunday Night Football official account on X, formerly Twitter, showed the âBad Bloodâ singer butchering the dance made famous by Fast Life Yungstaz for their song âSwag Surfin.â
The jokes were immediate, and so were the fears that melanin-deficient publications and websites would somehow credit Taylor Swift for the songâs popularity, and as expected, that happened.
Black Twitter, yes, we are still calling it that was up in arms after Sporting News dropped an article with the headline:
âWhat is Swag Surfin? Everything to know about Chiefsâ viral dance celebration as Taylor Swift, Donna Kelce participate.â
The article literally broke down the dance and eventually had to be updated with the dance originating in Atlanta.
Even Plies chimed in on the matter.
âI Luv Seeing Taylor Swift & The Kansas City Chiefs Rock Out To âSwag Surfingâ On Sundays. But Media Letâs Stop Acting Like They Created It! Letâs Give Props To F.L.Y, Atlanta & The HBCU Community For Birthing The Phenomenon!!â the rapper said in a post on X.
Not one lie detected in Plies post.
We are sure Taylor Swift meant no harm, but boy, did they try it.
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2. He definitely tried it