Inside Travis Kelce's New Romantic Offseason With Taylor Swift - E! Online (2024)

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Afterthe Kansas City Chiefs won the Super Bowl lastyear, Travis Kelcefulfilled his dream of hosting Saturday Night Liveandturned all his wishful thinking about meeting Taylor Swiftinto a reality.

Sothat's a pretty high bar he set for himself when it comes to making the most of 2024's offseason, thehandful of monthsbetween the end of the NFL season (or postseason, if you're the dynastic Chiefs)and the beginning of training camp in June.

But in case you missed the 13 games Taylor attended—including Super Bowl LVIII, resulting in the Chiefs' second straight championship and third in five years—this past season, rest assured that all the pieces are in place for Travis to achieve new heights during thisspring break as well.

For instance, he's already reached at least 36,000 feet, jetting to Australia in time for a day date to the Sydney Zoo before the first of Taylor's four concerts in Sydney—wherehe was dutifully recordedbopping along as she again tweaked her lyric to"Karma is the guy on the Chiefs."She kicks off March with six shows in Singapore and then has a two-monthblank spacebeforethe Eras Tour resumesin Paris.

Which, incidentally, is the spot where all the l'amour happens.

And they've since proved they can handle seemingly more obvious couple moments—her 34th birthday party, the Grammys, Valentine's Day, Chiefs vs. Vikings—without each other, after which they simply reunite for something better á deux.

Whether they're at his palatial 17,000-square-foot mansion in Kansas Cityor one of her eight homes—or anywhere else in the world—their vibesseem to mesh pretty seamlessly: Taylor has acquired another closet's worth of Chiefs gear and assorted sporty accessories (the "87" jewelry alone needs its own cupboard), while Travisis now in thecircle of trust that listens to her music ahead of time.

"I've heard some," he revealed to reporters after Taylor announced at the Grammys that her 11th studio album,The Tortured PoetsDepartment,will be out April 19. "Yes, and it is unbelievable. I can't wait for her to shake up the world when it finally drops." (He even talks the talk.)

On the football side of things, Travis maybe perfectly fit for travel, but the now-34-year-oldtight end has to tend to his 6-foot-5 temple in the offseason.

"I feel like I just got in a train wreck, man," he told brother Jason Kelceon aNew Heights episode recorded a few days after the Chiefs' 25-22 Super Bowl victory. "That was a physical game, man...five quarters of just hard-nosed football."

He quickly added, as he and his older siblingchuckled at the understatement, "It was worth every single discomfort and pain that I woke up to today, just couldn't be happier for the guys, man."

While maybe not as known to the non-sporting world for his fitness regimen—unlike, say,Mr. TB12 Tom Brady—Travis is all business in the gym, especially when he's on his own.

"You're not going to be around somebody every single time you work out or every single time you train, so you've got to take it into a professional mindset and think, this is what I need to do to be ready," the athlete, a.k.a. "Trainer Trav," explained to Tonal in March 2022 about his intense offseason workouts. "That's just where I'm at in my career."

And that jaunty nickname?

"People don't know that I'm a fiend for the anatomy of the body," he said. "'Trainer Trav' has been a joke for me my entire career because I was the knucklehead that made myself Trainer Trav, it wasn't just given to me. I've always laughed about it, but it's real."

The on-and-off-field compatriots have alsobeen regulars at the annual American Century Championship in Lake Tahoe, where Travis wona longest drive contest (362 yards) lastJuly—and yes, tournament organizersstarted pondering months ago the possibility of having a certain famous bystander in the crowd this summer.

"We could handle it, but she is on a different level,"Phil Weidinger, whose company does PR for the event, told the Reno Gazette Journalin November. (Though technically Taylor has a couple of days off, flying in from Zurich to observe in silence and politely clap between swings before heading back across the Atlantic to Milan sounds unnecessarily taxing.)

When logistics abide, however, adouble-date night with Patrick and Brittany Mahomesseems feasible, Taylor having bonded with the 28-year-old mother of two while cheering on the Chiefs this past season. (And their friendship is Instagram-official.)

Patrick, who's played with Taylor's boyfriend since 2017, toldreporters in January that "Travis has always been Travis" and still was, never mind the change in his romantic status from single to in-a-relationship-with-TIME's-Person-of-the-Year.

"He still will walk through the stadium and treat every single person like they're his best friend," Patrick noted. "And he's going to be like that in the locker room every single day."

During Media Week before the Super Bowl, thetwo-time league MVP said it's been "awesome" to see Travis and Taylor's relationship grow, adding, "Taylor is a great person."

Jason, meanwhile, has also signed off onTravis' current level of euphoria.

"My brother and his love life is definitely the topic of the NFL right now," Jason, who's said to be mulling retirement after 13 seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles, said on the NFL Network Feb. 4. "And the whole thing with that is, as long as Travis is happy and enjoying life, I'm happy and enjoying life."

Thoughcontrary to some internet, er, observers who think Travis has changed his fashion game since coupling with Taylor, he was also always intogetting dressed up for big moments. Last year he sported Louis Vuitton before the Super Bowl, but wanting to highlight an American designer this year he collaborated with Mike Amirion that sequined black suit he wore to Allegiant Stadium in Vegas.

"Fit like a glove, baby," Travis crowed onNew Heights. "It was comfortable, too."

Hey, the man loves a matching set. He strolled into Sydney's Accor Stadium this week in a patterned turquoise shirt and shorts,beaming profusely as he made his way to the special section reserved for the boy on the football team.

But if you want more evidence that Travis belongs with Taylor,these photostracing their romance are pretty convincing: