Relationship experts have endlessly parsed the body language and non-verbal cues between Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce during the singer’s album release appearance on the Kansas City Chief’s tight end’s New Heights podcast two weeks ago.
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Kelce’s broad smile and longing looks at his girlfriend of two years said it all. But if you really want to know how the three-time Super Bowl champ feels about Swift, just ask his dad. At Sunday night’s (Aug. 24) premiere of the new six-part ESPN series The Kingdom about the Chiefs’ pursuit of a Super Bowl three-peat, People magazine caught up with Travis’ dad, Ed Kelce, to ask him about how his youngest son’s joy steams from his relationship with the pop superstar.
“Taylor,” Ed Kelce said when asked to pinpoint the source of Travis’ happiness. “There’s no question about it.” Ed could see it when he tuned in to the two-hour New Heights pod, dubbing the appearance “so good… I think it was awesome. It was great to see them go back-and-forth. They’re two people obviously very much in love.”
People also caught up with family matriarch Donna Kelce at Sunday’s premiere, where she had high praise for the New Heights appearance as well. Donna said she also tuned in and she dubbed the record-breaking Aug. 13 appearance “really, really eventuful… It was authentic. It was just something I think everybody was thrilled to see, and it was a very loving podcast.”
Swift and Kelce went official with their romance in Oct. 2023 and have since made a habit of showing up for each other at important events, with Travis flying out for a number of Eras Tour shows and Taylor posting up in the family box at more than a dozen Chiefs games. Swift broke the internet when she went on New Heights to reveal the details of her upcoming 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl.