Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift.
Getty Images (2)Travis Kelce is the biggest Swiftie in Kansas City – and he is not afraid to tell the world.
Speaking to reporters after the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Houston Texans the divisional playoffsKelce, 35, was asked if he felt 10 years younger after his remarkable performance on the pitch.
“Twenty-two, honey,” Kelce replied on Saturday, January 18, referring to his girlfriend Taylor Swiftis red song of the same name.
Kelce — who scored a touchdown in-game — gave further insight into his post-game mindset while chatting with Audacy 96.5 The fan.
David Eulitt/Getty Images Taylor Swift erupted into a standing ovation when her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, scored a touchdown during the Kansas City Chiefs’ divisional playoff game. Quarterback Patrick Mahomes threw the ball to Kelce, 35, midway through the Chiefs’ football game Saturday, Jan. 18, against the Houston Texans. Kelce, for his (…)
“It felt good that it finally happened,” he added. “Man, there’s nothing better than playoff football, especially here at Arrowhead (Stadium). The crowd is always electrified, but the feeling you get from playing with these guys who work all year (is) the best feeling when you come out on top.”
A win on Saturday catapults the Chiefs to the AFC Championship against the Baltimore Ravens or Buffalo Bills. The title winner will then represent the conference in the 2025 Super Bowl, facing the NFC champion. (The Washington Commanders will compete in NFC play against the Los Angeles Rams or Philadelphia Eagles.)
If the Chiefs pull through and win Super Bowlthey would become the first NFL team to win three consecutive Lombardi Trophies. Kelce, for his part, isn’t thinking too far into the future just yet.
Travis Kelce looks on after beating the Houston Texans in the AFC Divisional Playoff on January 18, 2025. in Kansas City, Missouri.
David Yulitt/Getty Images“I’m focused on the next (game),” Kelce, a three-time Super Bowl winner himself, told reporters. “You don’t get here and have all these championships (by focusing on that). You get there by having the right mentality and being present.”
Kelce’s family — including his girlfriend Swift, 35 — was in attendance during Saturday’s game. The pop star stunned in head-to-toe Chanel, seated in a private box with his parents, his younger brother, Kelce’s people and the WNBA star Caitlin Clark. Everyone else on the crew wore Chiefs-branded gear.
Swift and Kelsey have been together since 2023, shortly before she started attending Chiefs games.
The Kansas City Chiefs aren’t letting their No. 1 ranking in the AFC slip away — even with a possible back-to-back Super Bowl victory. “I haven’t heard anybody talk about a ‘three-peat’ (or) anything like that,” Travis Kelce, one of the team’s playoff captains, claimed in (…)
“Me and Taylor are happy and I couldn’t be happier to have that confidence and that comfort off the field and all the support I could ever ask for in the stadium,” Kelce said on the Wednesday, Jan. 15 episode of The Stephen A. Show. Smith. “She loves coming to Arrowhead and coming to the games and cheering me on, so I’ve got all the support in the world to keep chasing those dreams.”
Days earlier, the tight end also showed up on The Pat McAfee Showsaying he feels “fired up” about the playoffs.
“Feeling 22 again baby,” he joked at the time, again referencing Swift’s song of the same name. “Let’s go!”
