Travis Kelce says he still remembers how his girlfriend Taylor Swift “got me.”
“The first game she came to, against the Bears, I was like, ‘I can probably set you up,’” Kelce recalled on Tuesday’s episode of the “Bussin’ With the Boys” podcast. “And she just walked in the front door. There’s no way to go down, talk to security.”
“She was like, ‘I just want to be around family and friends and experience this with everyone,’” he added. “She got a lot of points for that. I was like, ‘Damn, she’s crazy. She wants to be part of this. She wants to support me and do things like that.’ I was like — she really won me over with that.”
Their appearance in the game launched the celebrity couple into the pop culture zeitgeist. Since then, they’ve appeared together not only on “Saturday Night Live” but also on Swift’s Eras Tour stage on Sunday in London — where the singer serenaded 90,000 fans during her sold-out stop.
Swift shared on Tuesday that she’s “still swooning” over Kelce’s “Eras Tour debut,” and it certainly has good reason: The NFL tight end waltzed onto the Wembley Stadium stage in a top hat to touch up her makeup. and trying to revive Swift between songs, a role usually filled by a regular touring artist.
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The 34-year-old was likely just returning the favor, as Swift has attended several Chiefs games over the past 10 months. Kelce confirmed that seeing her be so kind and eager to meet his family has really made her a team player.
“She’s very self-aware,” he said on the podcast. “I think that’s why I started to fall in love with her, is how genuine she is around friends, family. It can get crazy for someone with that much attention, and she just keeps it so calm and cool. And that’s [something] I can admire.
When asked about his three favorite Swift songs, Kelce unwaveringly chose “Blank Space,” “Cruel Summer,” and “So High School.” In probably the show’s most endearing moment, Kelce said the last one has “sentimental meaning” — since it’s about him.
“You know how to play ball, I know Aristotle,” he recited the lyrics with a wry smile.
