Romance rumors about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce started in July, and as of September, sources said they were dating. Here’s a full timeline.
Welcome to Sunday Night Football (Taylor’s Version).
It looks like Taylor Swift might be “dating the boy on the football team,” after all. ICYMI, on Sept. 12, the Messenger first reported that Taylor and Travis Kelce were “hanging out,” two months after the Chiefs player made his crush on the “Karma” singer public. (Travis discussed Taylor on his podcast with brother Jason Kelce in July, explaining how he wanted to meet her at the Eras Tour in Kansas City.)
On Sept. 13, a source told Entertainment Tonight that the duo are not officially dating, but it does sound like Travis, at least, is open to seeing things through. And since then, Taylor has showed up at two of his games to cheer her rumored beau on.
After the singer’s surprise appearance at Arrowhead Stadium on Sept. 24, Travis finally spilled some tea about how things are going between them. And it sounds like he watched a pretty detailed recap of her time at the game.
“To see the slow motion chest bumps, to see the high fives with mom, to see how Chiefs kingdom was all excited that she was there… it was definitely a game I’ll remember, that’s for damn sure,” he said on Sept. 26, per Us Weekly, before clarifying he’d like to keep their situation private from now on. A few days later on Oct. 1, Swift showed up at Kelce’s game again against the New York Jets.
Whatever is going on, it’s officially the Super Bowl for Swifties. Here’s a full timeline of all the Traylor dating rumors.
In a July 26 episode of his podcast, Travis recalled to Jason how he lost his chance with Taylor during her tour. “I was disappointed that she doesn’t talk before or after her shows because she has to save her voice for the 44 songs that she sings,” he explained. “So I was a little butthurt I didn’t get to hand her one of the bracelets I made for her.”
That bracelet had his phone number on it, BTW. He added, “She doesn’t meet anybody, or at least she didn’t want to meet me, so I took it personal.”
On a Sept. 1 episode of New Heights, Travis mentioned Taylor again — though this time, he played it coy. “We’re not gonna bring up Taylor Swift in this episode,” Travis said, after Jason jokingly asked what the singer thought of the Chiefs player’s new mustache. Then, on Sept. 6, Travis wore a John Mayer T-shirt to record the podcast, which some fans thought was a subtle way to shade Taylor’s ex.
“Taylor and Travis have been quietly hanging out,” a source told The Messenger on Sept. 12. “She saw him when she was in NYC a few weeks ago.”
That same day, an insider told ET, “Travis has been into Taylor for a while and definitely has a crush on her. He is a simple guy that is very funny, charismatic, chill, and loves playing football.
