Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift.
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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce dating rumors are coming out of the house. In the Sunday, September 17th football game, the Kansas City Chiefs scored a touchdown in the team’s win against the Jacksonville Jaguars. And CBS anchor Ian Eagle used the auspicious moment to reference Swift’s song in a nod to Kelce and Taylor Swift’s alleged relationship. “Kelce found an empty spot for the score,” Eagle said during his press call as Kelce basked in his glory. Fox News. Next day football star and SNL the host acknowledged the puns made at his expense and seemed pleased by a compilation of Swift references made by NFL Network’s Rich Eisen during the pregame coverage. “Good game Rich… Well played 👏🏻😂,” Kelce commented on a video shared on Instagram by Eisen and the NFL Network.
Neither Swift nor Kelce directly addressed the dating rumors, though sources said Messenger that “Taylor and Travis have been quietly dating.” In July, Travis Kelce said he tried to hang out with Swift after her Kansas City high on her Eras Tour, but failed to make a connection. “She’s not going to meet anyone — or at least she didn’t want to meet me,” he told his older brother Jason Kelce in an episode of their New heights podcast. “So I took it personally. He also wanted to give her his version of the signature to commemorate the tour. “I’m a little bummed I didn’t give her one of the bracelets I made for her. Dating or not, the Venn diagram of Swifities and football fans may become a circle if they keep referring to the singer that way.
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