America’s sweetheart Taylor Swift can add at least two more fans to her loyal legion of Swifties. In the latest episode of his New Heights podcast, Travis Kelce explained that while Swift was stealing the spotlight at the Kansas City Chiefs vs. Chicago Bears game over the weekend, she also managed to steal his parents’ hearts. Of course, Swift’s appearance in a suite high above the action managed to snag headline after headline, but it was who she was with that may have caused even more of a frenzy: in what may have been a first date situation, she was sitting pretty alongside his parents. Speed dating? Meeting the parents so early on seemed more like jumping past milestones at warp speed.
“Shoutout to Taylor for pulling up, that was pretty ballsy,” he said on the pod. “I just thought it was awesome how everyone in the suite had nothing but great things to say about her. You know, the friends and family. She looked amazing, everybody was talking about her in a great light.”
His co-host and brother, Jason, went on to say that while Taylor was up in the suite, she and his pals may have broken a few rules: namely the capacity limit.
He noted that the suite “could not have been up to the fire code” as it was “packed to the rafters.”
“There were way too many people in there,” he said.
Travis finished the episode by saying that the game was one he’ll never forget (the 41-10 scoreline probably isn’t the most memorable thing about that specific Sunday).
“To see the slow-motion chest bumps, to see the high fives with mom, to see how, you know, Chiefs Kingdom was all excited she was there — that shit was absolutely hysterical and it was definitely a game I’ll remember, that’s for damn sure,” Travis said.
During a post-game interview, Patrick Mahomes, the Chiefs’ quarterback, mentioned that he felt “a little bit of pressure” to ensure that he and the rest of the boys made Travis look as good as possible.
“I think he wanted to get into the end zone just as much as all the Swifties wanted him to,” he said.
