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Travis Kelce was feeling the love for Taylor Swift at Gillette Stadium on Sunday (Dec. 17). On the latest episode of his New Heights podcast, the 34-year-old tight end opened up about the pop star’s triumphant return to the Massachusetts venue, this time as a fan instead of a headlining musician.
“They showed Taylor at the game — you don’t see an entire home team fanbase go insane for somebody wearing the opposite team’s colors,” Travis told his brother and podcast co-host, Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce, on the Wednesday (Dec. 20) episode. “Just shows you how amazing that girl is. They went absolutely insane when they showed Taylor on that screen.”
Swift, of course, was there to cheer on Travis and the Kansas City Chiefs as they faced off against the New England Patriots, ultimately winning 27-17. This time, she brought along her dad, Scott Swift, and friends Alana Haim and Ashley Avignone.
As Travis mentioned, the “Anti-Hero” singer — sporting a Chiefs sweatshirt and beanie — appeared on the jumbotrons before the game started. And while almost everyone erupted with excitement over the superstar’s attendance, videos from the afternoon prove that a few people in the crowd responded with boos.
“There might’ve been a few Brads and Chads that were booing, but for the most part, everybody was f–king screaming their tail off for her,” Travis said on New Heights, using the phrase used by Swift in her TIME Person of the Year interview earlier this month. (“I’m just there to support Travis,” she said in the cover story. “I have no awareness of if I’m being shown too much and pissing off a few dads, Brads and Chads.”)
“I was trying to keep it cool,” Travis added. “I was like, ‘Don’t show your cards, don’t show your cards …’ Taylor, she’s on record saying that stadium’s one of the funnest that she’s played at. For them to show her is just showing her some love. Shout out to the Patriots for doing that.”
Watch the latest New Heights episode above.
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Taylor Swift made sure the staff at Gillette Stadium felt appreciated during her recent visit. A recent photo finds the pop star seemingly tipping the Massachusetts venue’s service workers with handfuls of cash at Sunday’s (Dec. 17) Kansas City Chiefs vs. New England Patriots game, which she attended to cheer on boyfriend Travis Kelce from […]
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Drake’s October’s Very Own imprint is teaming back up with the NFL for a second capsule collection out Friday (Dec. 15). Snoop Dogg, Action Bronson and Birdman star in the campaign for the new collection.
Expanding on the previous collection released earlier this year, the latest drop includes eight additional NFL teams, adding to the existing eight teams already available in the capsule.
Besides varsity jackets, the second drop offers hoodies, T-shirts, hats, and mini helmets co-branded with the OVO owl along with each NFL team’s logos and colors. The teams featured in the new collection include the Atlanta Falcons, Kansas City Chiefs, New England Patriots, New Orleans Saints, New York Jets, Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers and Seattle Seahawks.
The collection is priced from as low as $58 for hats and up to $898 for the varsity jacket. The hoodies retail for $228; $78 for T-shirts, $88 fitted caps, $58 beanies and $78 for the riddle mini helmet.
Ahead of the official drop, the NFL and OVO launched a campaign featuring Snoop representing the Pittsburgh Steelers, Birdman representing his hometown New Orleans Saints, and New York native Action Bronson representing his hometown New York Jets.
OVO and the NFL revealed its first capsule collection in February with Lil Wayne and Benny the Butcher starring in the ad campaign.
The new collection is available on NFLShop.com, NFLShop.ca, OVO retail locations and online at octobersveryown.com. Like with the previous drop, the latest collection is selling out fast.
Most of the pieces are already out of stock at the NFL shop but there are still a few hoodies, beanies, hats, sweats available NFLShop.ca and a larger variety on the OVO website. Fans might also be able to find pieces on retail sites such as StockX.
Travis Kelce isn’t the only one whose jersey sales have soared amid his romance with Taylor Swift — his brother Jason, who plays center for the Philadelphia Eagles, has recently seen a bump too … in the United Kingdom, where soccer is largely popular.
Jason shed light on both his and Travis’ jerseys being the top two selling jerseys in the U.K. on the Wednesday (Dec. 13) installment of their joint New Heights podcast.
“We are the No. 1 and No. 2 top jersey in the United Kingdom,” Jason told his younger brother. “Trav, you got the No. 1 jersey — good to know we’re still No. 1 at something these days — followed by me at No. 2. This is crazy — it’s Travis, then me, then Pat Mahomes and Jalen Hurts.”
Travis agreed, saying that their latest jersey boost “doesn’t make any sense. Either way, I’ll take it.” When Jason inquired if there were a lot of Swifties residing in the U.K., the Kansas City Chiefs tight end replied, “Gotta be, only reasonable solution because of all of this.”
While Travis’ jersey boost comes amid his romance with Swift, Jason joked that his heightened jersey sales likely comes from people mixing him and his brother up. “They’re all Kylie Kelce fans, so they’re supporting [Jason’s wife] Kylie [Kelce],” he joked, before giving her and Swift credit. “Shoutout to Kylie, shoutout to Taylor. Thank you, guys.”
This isn’t the first time Travis has experienced a large boost in his jersey sales. When Swift attended Kansas City Chiefs’ Sept. 24 game, it was reported that his jersey saw a 400% increase in sales.
“Yesterday, Travis Kelce was one of the top five selling NFL players and saw a nearly 400% spike in sales throughout the Fanatics network of sites, including NFLShop.com,” a spokesperson for the NFL’s official e-commerce partner, Fanatics, said in a statement obtained by CNN.
Watch the Kelce brothers’ latest episode of New Heights in the video above.
Music and sports are some of the world’s biggest industries. The two have long had a symbiotic relationship, especially in the United States, where everything is bigger and, well, louder – and doubly so where American football is concerned. What would Sunday Night Football be, for instance, without its famous theme song? What would players […]
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are getting in the holiday spirit.
The “Anti-Hero” singer and her football star boyfriend were recently spotted at Miracle Pop Up, a holiday-themed bar in Kansas City. According to People, the pair were there as guests at a festive party hosted by the Chiefs Friday evening (Dec. 1).
In a fan picture from the night, which was also shared on Miracle’s Instagram Story, the 12-time Grammy winner appeared to twin with Kelce in matching Christmas sweaters, with Swift pairing hers with a plaid skirt and her classic red lip. Standing next to her in the photo is Brittany Mahomes — who is married to Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes — wearing a reindeer onesie.
And based on a snap shared by Brittany on Instagram, Tayvis wasn’t the only couple in matching outfits. “Falalalalalalalalala,” Ms. Mahomes captioned a photo showing off Patrick’s identical reindeer ensemble.
Brittany and the “Karma” musician seem to have become fast friends ever since Swift started dating Kelce earlier this year. The pair are often seen watching Chiefs games side-by-side; in fact, two days after the holiday party, the women were spotted entering Lambeau Field in Wisconsin together to watch Kansas City face off with the Green Bay Packers (sadly for Chiefs Kingdom, they lost 19-27).
The game capped a characteristically busy week for Swift, who was in London just a few days ago for Beyoncé’s star-studded Renaissance concert film premiere. While there, she posed for pictures with both the woman of the hour and close pal Blake Lively — the latter of which resulted in a hilarious post from Ryan Reynolds, who shared a photoshopped image of his and Kelce’s faces respectively pasted onto Lively and Swift’s.
“I feel like I should remember this,” joked the actor, who is married to and shares three kids with Lively, on his Instagram Story.
And while Swift is the bonafide musician in the relationship, Kelce is actually the one who’s most recently released a new song — and a Christmas song, at that. His “Fairytale of Philadelphia” holiday duet with brother Jason Kelce, who plays center on the Philadelphia Eagles, topped both the Rock Digital Song Sales and Holiday Digital Song Sales charts last week.
Taylor Swift has become a full-blown Chiefs fan amid her romance with Travis Kelce, and now, former Kansas City star Tony Gonzalez is returning the love. On the Thursday (Nov. 30) episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show, the retired tight end praised the pop star for generating more buzz for the NFL. “I think it’s […]
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have got this whole supportive couple thing on lock. Soon after the 33-year-old pop star showed some love to the 34-year-old football player’s exciting new NFL record on social media, Kelce gave his superstar girlfriend a special shoutout on his New Heights podcast Wednesday (Nov. 29). The sweet moment came […]