Travis Kelce revealed his girlfriend Taylor Swift has been encouraging him to proceed exhibiting up and exhibiting out on the sphere as he clarified her stance on his potential retirement from the NFL.
The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish, 35, was requested concerning the 14-time Grammy winner’s ideas on his profession as he nears the top of his twelfth season throughout Wednesday’s episode of “The Stephen A. Smith Present.”
“She’s totally encouraging me to take pleasure in enjoying this sport,” Kelce mentioned.
The three-time Tremendous Bowl champ added that the “Fortnight” hitmaker “loves coming” to his video games, and enjoys “cheering” for him at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas Metropolis, Mo.
“I bought all of the assist on the earth to maintain chasing these desires,” he mentioned.
Swift attended 13 Chiefs video games through the 2023 season after her relationship with the athlete turned public.
The “Merciless Summer season” singer was no stranger to Arrowhead Stadium in 2024, having attended a number of Chiefs residence video games with family and friends this season.
Kelce briefly touched on how he feels about retirement, saying his opinion on hanging up his cleats for good “modifications each single day.”
“I really like the whole lot that I’m doing … however on the finish of the day, I’m not having that excessive success on the sphere,” Kelce mentioned concerning the Chiefs’ present season.
“I’m excited for these subsequent couple of video games … to complete this season off. I’ll reevaluate it like I at all times do [and] I’ll most likely inform myself how a lot I really like this factor and I’ll come again subsequent 12 months.”
“It’s simply one thing that it’s important to preserve into perspective and I by no means wish to get to the purpose the place I’m not serving to this crew win or I’m hurting this crew greater than I’m serving to this crew,” he added.
The “New Heights” podcaster mentioned followers can anticipate to see him “in Chiefs uniform” so long as he’s enjoying “good soccer.”
Talking in September, Kelce mentioned he was “struggling by way of stats,” nonetheless admitted that his crew nonetheless managed to seek out “methods to win video games.”
“We’re not enjoying our greatest soccer,” Kelce mentioned on the time, including that he has “probably not [received] lots of alternatives” to make performs.
Kelce caught three touchdowns in 2024 — falling one shy of final 12 months’s mark and tallied 823 yards. He recorded 984 yards final season.
Nonetheless, the Chiefs have been chugging alongside and now boast a 15-2 file.
They clinched a bye throughout final week’s Wild Card spherical and are set to face the Houston Texans on Saturday.
Kelce’s crew, which is chasing its third straight Tremendous Bowl win, topped Houston in Week 16 of the common season, 27-19.
The Texans defeated the Chargers final week of their wild-card conflict, 32-12.
The winner of Saturday’s Chiefs-Texans matchup will face the winner of Ravens-Payments, which will get underway Sunday night time.
Swift, for her half, is having fun with some much-deserved downtime following the conclusion of her sold-out Eras Tour in December.