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It’s the holiday season, and the Kelce brothers gave fans a look into their Thanksgiving plans on a new episode of their New Heights podcast published on Wednesday (Nov. 22). Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Jason and Travis Kelce revealed that they won’t be spending Turkey […]
Commissioner Roger Goodell sat down with CBS Mornings this week to share his thoughts on some of the most pressing current affairs in the NFL — so, yes, that means he had to talk about Taylor Swift. In his Wednesday (Nov. 22) interview with host the show’s co-host Nate Burleson, Goodell said that he was […]
Travis Kelce is getting a taste of what Taylor Swift feels like when she tops the charts, and it’s all thanks to the Swifties.
On the latest episode of the Chiefs tight end’s podcast with older brother Jason Kelce, who plays center on the Philadelphia Eagles, the two football stars expressed their gratitude for the fanbase that helped propel their newly released charity single “Fairytale of Philadelphia” to No. 1 on iTunes.
“We owe a big thanks to one group in particular, besides the 92 percenters,” said Jason, referencing New Heights listeners. “And that’s the Swifties, because the Swifties came out.”
“One thousand percent,” agreed Travis.
The Kelces released their holiday single Nov. 15, putting their own spin on The Pogues’ 1987 track “Fairytale of New York.” The brotherly duet comes ahead of the upcoming Philly Specials — comprised of Jason and Eagles teammates Lane Johnson and Jordan Mailata — Christmas album, the proceeds of which will be donated to the Children’s Crisis Treatment Center, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and more Philadelphia charities.
When “Fairytale of Philadelphia” hit No. 8 on iTunes, Jason posted a screenshot on Twitter and thanked fans for supporting their joint effort. But Swift’s fans weren’t going to stop there.
“I got like 85 tweets from Swifties across the world saying, ‘Oh, you think eight’s good? We’re taking this to No. 1,” said Jason, laughing. “It’s a powerful group of people.”
“Thanks, Taylor, appreciate you,” added Travis. “And thank you to the Swifties. Thank you.”
Swifties have grown fond of the Kelce brothers ever since Travis started dating the “Anti-Hero” singer earlier this year. After a series of dinner dates, hand holdings and Kansas City game days with Swift in the audience at Arrowhead Stadium, the pop star effectively made their romance official to the public by changing her “Karma” lyrics at an Argentina Eras Tour show, giving Travis a special shoutout: “Karma is the guy on the Chiefs.”
“Fairytale of Philadelphia” isn’t just doing well on iTunes, though. It also earned Jason and Travis their very first spots on the Billboard charts, with the duet debuting at No. 2 on Rock Digital Song Sales and No. 5 on the all-genre Digital Song Sales chart.
Listen to the latest episode of New Heights above.
The Kansas City Chiefs may soon have bad blood with the Philadelphia Eagles, who playfully bragged about their recent victory over Travis Kelce‘s team with a Taylor Swift-themed jab on Twitter. Shortly after beating the Chiefs 21-17 at Arrowhead Stadium Monday night (Nov. 20), the Eagles’ official team Twitter account shared a photo of a […]
Travis Kelce is a 1989 Swiftie! In a new Wall Street Journal profile on Kelce, the Kansas City tight end revealed his favorite Taylor Swift lyric from the 2014 album that recently got the re-recorded treatment. “‘Blank Space’ was one I wanted to hear live for sure. I could make a bad guy good for the weekend. That’s a […]
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are arguably the world’s most high-profile couple right now, consistently making headlines on the daily for simply holding hands or enjoying dinner together. But the exact circumstances of how their paths first crossed, other than the Chiefs star shooting his shot via a friendship bracelet, have largely remained a mystery — until now.
In a new Wall Street Journal profile on Kelce, the Kansas City tight end finally revealed what really happened after he was famously blocked from meeting the pop star at her July Eras Tour show in Kansas City. His attempts to slip her a friendship bracelet with his phone number on it were also unsuccessful that night, something he later went viral for talking about on his New Heights podcast. Then, just two months later, the “Anti-Hero” singer attended her first Chiefs games at Arrowhead Stadium, and the rest was history.
But what happened in between? According to Kelce, someone in Swift’s camp brought his public crush on her to her attention. “There were definitely people she knew that knew who I was, in her corner [who said]: Yo! Did you know he was coming?” the football player told the publication. “I had somebody playing Cupid.”
Soon after, Kelce apparently received a text from Swift. “She told me exactly what was going on and how I got lucky enough to get her to reach out,” he said.
The Ohio native didn’t say who exactly put him on Swift’s radar, although he did hint that a few of the 12-time Grammy winner’s family members may have helped his case.
“She’ll probably hate me for saying this, but … when she came to Arrowhead [for her concert], they gave her the big locker room as a dressing room,” he said. “And her little cousins were taking pictures … in front of my locker.”
The pair then started talking before eventually meeting for the first time in New York. “We had already kind of been talking, so I knew we could have a nice dinner and, like, a conversation, and what goes from there will go from there,” said Kelce. “Everybody around me [was] telling me: Don’t f–k this up! And me sitting here saying, Yeah — got it.”
And while Kelce has opened up about certain elements of his relationship with Swift on New Heights or in post-game press conferences, he’s done his best to keep things as private as possible so that the “Karma” musician never starts to feel uncomfortable. “That was the biggest thing to me,” he told the publication. “Make sure I don’t say anything that would push Taylor away.”
Fans have been having a field day with Travis Kelce‘s X page, digging up dozens of decade-old tweets amid his romance with Taylor Swift — and brands such as Chipotle, Taco Bell and Olive Garden are throwing their own jokes into the ring.
Kelce’s hilarious and often misspelled tweets date back to the late 2000s, when the Kansas City Chiefs tight end was still an early twenties college student at the University of Cincinnati. In one from 2011, for example, he wrote, “Went from class to therapy, now I need some #chipolte and then I’m off to check out my new apt!!”
Chipotle’s official account retweeted Kelce’s resurfaced post with a reference to his superstar girlfriend’s “Anti-Hero” lyrics. “it’s me, hi,” the company wrote Wednesday (Nov. 15).
Other restaurants that were shouted out by Kelce over a decade ago also followed suit, with Olive Garden retweeting his post about “#shmackin” fettuccini chicken alfredo with a custom take on Swift prose: “It’s a love story, baby just say ‘when’ ❤️🧀.”
Taco Bell, retweeting a 2009 update from Kelce that he was “Bout to get some Taco Bell!!!,” added that “karma is a crunchwrap coming straight home to me.”
Swifties have also been cracking their own jokes about Kelce’s tweets, expressing particular fondness for one in which he recalled giving “a squirle a peice of bread and it straight smashed all of it!!!!”
“taylor swift in 2011: from when your brooklyn broke my skin and bones i’m a soldier who’s returning half her weight, and did the twin flame bruise paint you blue? just between us, did the love affair maim you too?… travis kelce in 2011: i just gave a squirle a peice of bread,” quipped one fan, receiving nearly 100,000 likes at press time.
It’s not entirely clear exactly when or why fans and chain restaurants started combing through the Ohio native’s long forgotten posts, making them go viral this week. The ongoing phenomenon does, however, come shortly after Swift changed her “Karma” lyrics at her Saturday (Nov. 11) Eras Tour show to give her new boyfriend a shoutout — “Karma is the guy on the Chiefs coming straight home to me” — before running into his arms for a kiss backstage.
Swift had much to celebrate last week, having picked up six Grammy nominations — including nods for album, song and record of the year — on Friday (Nov. 10). She’s also the lead finalist for the 2023 Billboard Music Awards, with nods in 20 categories. (Stream the BBMAs Sunday, Nov. 19, at BBMAs.watch, or via Billboard and the BBMAs’ social channels.)
See how Chipotle, Olive Garden, Taco Bell and more are reacting to Kelce’s old tweets below:
https://twitter.com/ChipotleTweets/status/1724867902120313111
taylor swift in 2011: from when your brooklyn broke my skin and bones i’m a soldier who’s returning half her weight, and did the twin flame bruise paint you blue? just between us, did the love affair maim you too?travis kelce in 2011: i just gave a squirle a peice of bread pic.twitter.com/VSqRoG2TcY— veronica 19/11 (@folklorexcvi) November 15, 2023
Every old Travis Kelce tweet I read is better than the last. I hope we never stop discovering new ones.— Alex Goldschmidt (@alexandergold) November 16, 2023
Taylor Swift absolutely blew up the internet after her Saturday (Nov. 11) Buenos Aires, Argentina, Eras Tour show by changing her “Karma” lyrics to shout out her football star boyfriend, Travis Kelce, and now, Mr. Karma himself is opening up about the viral moment.
“Yeah no I had no clue [she would do that] … well, I might have had a little bit of a clue, but definitely when I heard it come out of her mouth, it still shocked me,” Kelce admitted on the latest episode of his New Heights podcast, which he co-hosts with brother Jason Kelce. “I was like, ‘Oh s–t, she really just said that.’”
Swift had altered the lyrics slightly to sing, “Karma is the guy on the Chiefs coming straight home to me.” (The original line goes, “Karma is the guy on the screen coming straight home to me.)
The tight end was so surprised by the pop star’s gesture, in fact, that he completely missed that Swift’s father, Scott, who sported a Chiefs lanyard that night, was trying to give him a high-five. “Mr. Swift, I apologize, big guy. Oh man, I missed that,” he said, adding that he “persuaded” the patriarch, a longtime Eagles fan, to join Chiefs Nation after meeting him at dinner the night prior.
“I was enjoying myself down there in Buenos Aires,” Travis continued. “The show was even more electric knowing that I had a little bit more to enjoy it for and yeah. Taylor absolutely ripped it. She killed it. And it looked like she was having some fun up there.”
The Ohio native went on to give insider details about Swift’s decision to postpone her Friday (Nov. 10) show, which he had originally planned to attend, due to severe weather risks. “The entire stage is an LED screen, so, lightning and electronics don’t mesh very well,” he explained to his older brother, how is the Eagles’ center.
“She wasn’t too happy,” he continued. “She kind of prides herself on performing through weather or rain. But when it’s unsafe to her and her crew and everybody in the stadium, you gotta do what you gotta do.”
Kelce ended up attending Swift’s Saturday show, while her Friday show was rescheduled to Sunday. “I think it ended up being perfect,” the athlete said. “I was blown away. It was an electric crowd, too. And for everybody that went to those shows, Taylor was on record saying it was one of her favorite places to play. So hats off to you guys for showing the love.”
The day she announced her postponement, Swift picked up six Grammy nominations, including nods for album, song and record of the year. She’s also the lead finalist for the 2023 Billboard Music Awards, with nods in 20 categories. (Stream the BBMAs Sunday, Nov. 19, at BBMAs.watch, or via Billboard and the BBMAs’ social channels.)
Watch Travis Kelce talk about his time in Argentina on New Heights above.
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Hilarie Burton is calling it: Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift will be “Mr. and Mrs.” by spring 2024. Following Swift’s adorable lyric change at her Argentina Eras concert this weekend, in which she gave Kelce a special shoutout by altering the bridge of “Karma” — “Karma is the guy on the Chiefs coming straight home […]
