Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift.Photo:Perry Knotts/Getty; Ashok Kumar/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management
Perry Knotts/Getty; Ashok Kumar/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management
Travis Kelce knows all too well how dedicatedTaylor Swift’s fans are.
Now that he’s fully living in her world, he’s earned his own new crop of fans — and they’re showing their allegiance to the Kansas City Chiefs tight end. And while they may have shown their loyalty at Chiefs games before the season ended, they’ve also taken to showing their loyalty at Swift’s Eras Tour concerts.
While Swift has taken her show on the road to Australia and now Singapore, her fans have turned up wearing #87 jerseys. Travis and his brother, Jason Kelce, have taken notice.
A fan wearing a Travis Kelce jersey in Sydney, Australia.Lisa Maree Williams/Getty
Lisa Maree Williams/Getty
“There was a good amount,” Travis said to his brother on this week’s episode of theirNew Heights with Jason and Travis Kelcepodcast. “There’s a good American football crowd out there [in Australia]. And, I think, just Taylor fans, so they wanted to show their support.”
Jason asked his brother how it felt to see his jersey at all these shows, to which Travis replied, “It’s pretty f—ing cool to just have your jersey being worn, even it’s just on a day or at a football game.”
Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift at the Super Bowl.Tim Nwachukwu/Getty
Tim Nwachukwu/Getty
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Kelce, 34,also praised Swift, 34, after his trip to Australia towatch her during her Eras Tour.
“A lot of false media being tossed out there. But I’ll tell you what wasn’t false, and it was when I landed in Australia and seen all the cameras,” Travis said.
Describing thezoo he visited in Sydneywith Swift, the NFL star added, “There were full-on helicopters just flying around. They helicoptered us! Well, not us, Taylor.”
“This is all because Taylor is the biggest and the best thing possible,” Travis added.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce at the Super Bowl.PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty
PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty
The Chiefs' defensive coach Dave Merritt would agree that Swift is pretty great and hasmade a “positive” impact on Travis.
Merritt, 52, appeared on an episode ofThe Sports Shop Podcast With Reese & K-Macat the end of February,where he discussed the “Karma” singer’s influence.
“I felt like she actually added to what it was that we were trying to do,” Merritt began.
“So, therefore, you’re our little sister…. You’re part of our family," Merritt said.
The Kansas City defensive coach said that Swift “actually affected the team in a positive way” during their season. “It wasn’t a negative way. Everybody was excited and Travis was happy. So when my player, a brother, is happy beside me, that helps me and that encourages me, and so Travis came in there a different man. So, she helped us.”
source: people.com
