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A former Kansas City Chiefs cheerleader offers details on where Taylor Swift meets with Travis Kelce after his games.
Stephanie Hillswho cheered on the Chiefs until 2023, shared in the recent TikTok — which is now circulating online, several months after she posted the clip — that after the game, Swift would “always meet Travis by (his) locker room” at Arrowhead Stadium.
“All those pictures of her game-day gear walking through the red tunnels at Arrowhead are right next to the players’ locker room, which is right next to the Chiefs locker room, and there were so many close encounters,” Hills said, recalling how she and her fellow cheerleaders waited “a really long time” outside the dressing rooms to take pictures with Swift.
When Hills first learned that Swift and Kelsey, both 35, were an item, she couldn’t believe it.
Taylor Swift loved being the girl in the stands amid her blossoming romance with Travis Kelce. Swift made his first appearance at a Kansas City Chiefs game in September 2023, watching them defeat the Chicago Bears from the Kelsey family’s private suite. After cheering along with the tight end’s mother, Donna Kelce, she and Travis (…)
“My initial thoughts were, ‘There’s no way Taylor Swift is dating Travis Kelce. Like it’s got to be a publicity stunt,” she recalled in her September 2024 video. “We’re talking about the same Travis Kelce who less than 10 years ago had his own dating show where he dated a woman from every state in the United States. … You can see why I was a little confused.”
When Swift attended his first Chiefs game in September 2023 Hills said she “barely pooped” amid the excitement, adding, “And I’m not even a fucking Swiftie.”
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At the time, “we did my choreography in the end zone and I looked up and no joke, she was on the screen clapping,” Hills recalled. “And I was like, ‘She just watched our team dance and now she’s clapping and she liked my choreography.’ If she didn’t like it, she wouldn’t be clapping.”
Hills’ only complaints: that the pop star’s presence drove up game-day ticket prices, and that the live cameras constantly focused on Swift rather than the cheerleaders and fans.
Taylor Swift is a proud member of Chiefs Kingdom in support of her boyfriend Travis Kelce. “Football is great, it turns out,” Swift, who began dating as a tight end with the Kansas City Chiefs in the summer of 2023, told TIME the following December. “I’ve been missing something my whole life.” Swift went to his first Chiefs game in September (…)
“Which she can’t control and I’m sure she’d rather not be shown 24/7,” Hills said. “Me personally, if I’m at a Chiefs game and I’m drinking, like, Don’t point a camera at me. That would really annoy me.”
She added: “Because Chiefs games get outrageous.”
Swift has been cheering on her friend – from his team’s VIP section – for nearly a year and a half. On Saturday, January 18, she hit Arrowhead wearing head-to-toe Chanel, arriving past his parents, Scott and Andreaand a younger brother, Austin. The rest of the Swift family wore Chiefs-branded gear as they sat with Kelce’s family and the basketball phenom Caitlin Clark in the box.
That’s where Swift broke in boisterous cheers when Kelce scored a touchdown during the Chiefs’ divisional playoff game. After beating the Houston Texans, Kelce was asked by a reporter if his remarkable performance on the field made him feel 10 years younger.
“twenty two baby” Kelce repliedreferring to Swift’s red song of the same name.
