Everything Kansas City Chiefs Stars Have Said About Meeting Taylor Swift Since Travis Kelce Romance

Taylor Swift is a proud member of Chiefs Kingdom in support of boyfriend Travis Kelce.

“Football is awesome, it turns out,” Swift, who started dating the Kansas City Chiefs tight end in summer 2023, told TIME the following December. “I’ve been missing out my whole life.”

Swift went to her first Chiefs game in September 2023, fast becoming a staple in their cheering section.

“Everybody stayed away [and] just let [Travis] do what he was doing,” quarterback Patrick Mahomes recalled during a December 2023 interview on CBS Mornings. “Then he started bringing Taylor around. He realized how cool of a person she was — and she is — and so for us, there were a couple of jokes here and there at the beginning.”

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Mahomes added, “She’s part of the team.”

After Swift went to her first game — which Kelce kept quiet until the pop star walked through Arrowhead Stadium in time for kickoff — she had a chance to bond with the NFL team.

Keep scrolling for all of the athletes’ candid quotes about meeting Swift:

Travis Kelce

Kelce first expressed interest in Swift in July 2023, noting on his “New Heights” podcast that he felt “butthurt” that the pop star allegedly didn’t want to meet during her Kansas City Eras Tour show. Upon the podcast episode’s release, Swift privately got in touch with Kelce and they started dating.

“Being around her, seeing how smart Taylor is, has been f—ing mind-blowing. I’m learning every day,” Kelce later told WSJ. Magazine in November 2023. “Obviously, I’ve never dated anyone with that kind of aura about them … I’ve never dealt with it. But at the same time, I’m not running away from any of it.”
Patrick Mahomes

Two days before Swift arrived at Arrowhead for her debut game day appearance, Kelce “calmly” informed Mahomes of the plan.

“He told me at, like, the last minute. There are some things with Trav where he, kind of, just says it and you don’t know if it’s true or not,” Mahomes joked in a postgame press conference. “Friday, he was just like, ‘Ah, yeah, I think she’s coming to the game … this weekend’ and moved about his business. … That’s just Travis.”

When Swift watched the game from a private suite with Kelce’s loved ones, he was seen giggling and waving in her general direction on the field with Mahomes. After the game, Mahomes had a chance to meet Swift.

“Taylor’s probably the most down-to-earth person that’s been on that stage for that long,” he told TIME in April 2024. “Even when she’s talking about football, when she’s learning it, you can see her business mind putting it together. It’s almost like she’s trying to become a coach. ‘Why can’t you try this, this, and this?’ She’s asking the right questions.”