Travis Kelce Reveals When His Romance With Taylor Swift First Began

Travis Kelce is sharing the origins of his love story with Taylor Swift.

The Kansas City Chiefs football player opened up about the early days of their relationship on a Jan. 31 episode of The Pat McAfee Show podcast, revealing that they were already dating before she attended her first Chiefs game in Sept. 2023.

Swift was photographed at the game, cheering on Kelce as his team played the Chicago Bears, which fueled romance rumors.

“We had known each other for close to a month up to that point,” Kelce said, adding, “I love it when Taylor comes and supports me and enjoys the game with the fam and friends. It's been nothing but a wonderful year, man.”

His story aligns with Swift’s, who told TIME in Dec. 2023 that she and the Chiefs tight end were already an item during her first game.

“By the time I went to that first game, we were a couple,” Swift told the magazine. “I think some people think that they saw our first date at that game? We would never be psychotic enough to hard launch a first date.”

“I’m Having Fun”

On the The Pat McAfee Show podcast, Kelce said the attention surrounding the couple is “brand new,” describing it as a “crazy, crazy ride.”

“I’m having fun with it,” he continued. “The majority of the world is having fun with it, outside all the cranky NFL fans that just don’t want to see the Chiefs win.”

The football player — who’ll compete against the San Francisco 49ers at Super Bowl LVIII on Feb. 11 — also confirmed that he won’t attend the 2024 Grammy Awards on Feb. 4, where Swift is nominated in six major categories.

“I wish I could go support Taylor at the Grammys and watch her win every single award that she's nominated for,” Kelce continued on the podcast. “But I think I got practice on Sunday.”

Travis & Taylor’s Romance

Rumors about the couple first began when Kelce stopped by the Eras Tour at Arrowhead Stadium and attempted to give Swift his phone number.

“If you’re up on Taylor Swift concerts, there are friendship bracelets, and I received a bunch of them being there, but I wanted to give Taylor Swift one with my number on it,” he revealed on his podcast, New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce, in 2023.

Swift later revealed to TIME that their relationship started soon after Kelce “very adorably put me on blast on his podcast.”

“We started hanging out right after that,” she said. “So we actually had a significant amount of time that no one knew, which I’m grateful for, because we got to get to know each other.”