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Travis Kelce.
David Eulitt/Getty ImagesTravis Kelce previously wondered if he needed his girlfriend to cheer him on from the stands at every NFL game.
“If you’re dating a professional athlete, I don’t believe, at least for me, that you have to go to all the games,” Kelce, 34, said in a new video clip from 2016.
Kelce pointed to the long NFL schedule as a reason to skip games. “I mean, there are eight home games, eight away games and play-offs,” he explained.
The Kansas City Chiefs tight end explained that he relayed the same reasoning to his friends and family. “I don’t even expect my parents and my friends to make every play,” he said.
The interview clip began circulating after Kelce’s girlfriend, Taylor Swifthas been noticeably absent from the past two Chiefs games. Both matchups were away and the Chiefs traveled to Atlanta before heading to Los Angeles.
During the 2023-2024 NFL season, Swift, 34, supported Kelce at several of his NFL games across the country, including to Las Vegas for Super Bowl LVIII, which the Chiefs won. The following season, Swift stepped out to attend the Chiefs’ season opener at Arrowhead Stadium. She also appeared at the stadium when the Chiefs played the Cincinnati Bengals.

“Taylor has grown to love football and is very excited that the season is back,” a source said exclusively We weekly earlier this month. “She loved being in the soccer community. It’s a reprieve from work for her, and Travis is happy that she’s fully settled into his world.”
Swift is currently on a short break from hair worldwide Eras tour. The final leg of her tour kicks off in October and stops in Miami, New Orleans, Indianapolis and Toronto before ending the show in Vancouver in December.
During her break from tour, Swift spent time with Kelce. The couple, who started dating in the summer of 2023, went on a romantic getaway to her Rhode Island home with their friends in August. Since then, they have gone on numerous date nights in New York City, including attending them Karen Elson And Lee Foster‘s wedding at Electric Lady Studios earlier this month.
As Swift and Kelce navigate their professional and personal lives, the insider shared Us that the couple is “very committed and serious about their future.” The source added earlier this month: “Taylor is ready for the next era of her life. She knows it will be special.”
The Chiefs will take on the New Orleans Saints on October 7.