Taylor Swift First Cheered on Travis Kelce at a Chiefs Game 1 Year Ago Today — Look Back on Their Relationship

Mar. 15, 2025

Travis Kelce; Taylor Swift.Photo:Michael Owens/Getty; Cooper Neill/Getty

Michael Owens/Getty; Cooper Neill/Getty

One year ago today,Taylor Swiftattended the Kansas City Chiefs game against the Chicago Bears on Sept. 24, 2023, kicking off a whirlwind of speculation about her relationship with tight endTravis Kelce.

When the 34-year-old singer wasfirst spotted at Arrowhead Stadium, her romance with Kelce, also 34, was unconfirmed. At that point, the Chiefs star hadrevealed that he tried to give Swift his phone numberwhen he saw her in concert on July 8, but ended up “disappointed that she doesn’t talk before or after her shows.”

As Kelce played coy while rumors continued to swirl that he and Swift had spent time together, his brotherJason said he “cannot comment"on the speculation on Sept. 14, claiming, “I don’t really know what’s going on there,” about his brother’s love life.

Donna Kelce and Taylor Swift.Cooper Neill/Getty

Cooper Neill/Getty

After the game — in which the Chiefs squashed the Bears 41-10 — Swift and Kelcewere seen walking out togetherbefore they left the stadium inhis 1970 Chevelle 408 Stroker convertible.

The couple kept their relationship status vague as Swift continued to support Kelce at Chiefs games. “Shout out to Taylor for pulling up. That was pretty ballsy,“Kelce said on an episodeof his podcast on Sept. 27, 2023.

Swift returned to cheer on the Chiefs a week later on Oct. 1, bringing along celeb friends likeBlake Lively,Ryan Reynolds,Hugh Jackman,Sabrina Carptenter, Sophie Turner andAntoni PorowskitoMetLife Stadiumfor Kansas City’s road game against the New York Jets.

Taylor Swift, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds at Chiefs game.Jim McIsaac/Getty

Jim McIsaac/Getty

The NFL had begun participating in the fan frenzy around their relationship before the Jets matchup, using Swift’s song “Welcome to New York” in aSwift-themed adfor the matchup.

Swift’s commitment to supporting Kelce ramped up from there. The day after attending herEras Tour filmpremiere in Los Angeles, sheflew out to Kansas Cityto watchhim play for the third-straight week.

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Two days later, on Oct. 14, the couplemade surprise appearances onSaturday Night Liveduring a trip to New York City, before leaving no doubt about their relationship status. After the show, Swift and Kelce had dinner at the Waverly Inn restaurant andwere seen holding handsas they left the restaurant.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have dinner at Waverly Inn.Gotham/GC Images

Gotham/GC Images

During the show, Swift gave Kelce a shoutout asshe changed the lyrics of her final song “Karma"to, “Karma is the guy on the Chiefs coming straight home to me,” causing Kelce to flash a big grin.

The next month, Swiftpublicly discussed her relationship with Kelce for the first time during her interview asTime’s 2023 Person of the Year, revealing that it “all started whenTravis very adorably put me on blaston his podcast, which I thought was metal as hell.”

She also clarified that when she spotted at one of Kelce’s Kansas City Chiefs games for the first time, in September they were already a couple. “I think some people think that they saw our first date at that game? We would never be psychotic enough to hard launch a first date,” Swift added.

“Something that I’ll always remember is that when I would finish a take and I’d say ‘Cut,’ and we’d be done with that take, I would always just hear someone like, cheering, and like, ‘Woo!’ Like from across the studio where we were shooting it and that one person was my boyfriend Travis,” Swift said while accepting her awardfor video of the year.

“Everything this man touches turns to happiness and fun and magic so I want to thank him for adding that to our shoot, because I’ll always remember that,” she added of Kelce.

This season, Swift attended the Chiefs' first two home games at Arrowhead Stadium, but chose not to travel to Atlanta for their week three matchup in Atlanta. In total, the singer has now supported her boyfriend at 15 games since their relationship began, with more surely to come.

source: people.com