Travis Kelce Talks Attending US Open with Taylor Swift and Having to Be 'Very Quiet': 'I Wanted to Heckle'

Mar. 15, 2025

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce during the 2024 US Open Tennis Championships on September 08, 2024 in New York City.Photo:Gotham/GC Images

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Travis Kelceis breaking down the details surrounding his US Open outing withTaylor Swift!

Speaking on theNew Heights with Jason and Travis Kelcepodcast, in an episode released Wednesday, Sept. 11,  Travis revealed that the Sept. 8 outing was hisfirst time at a US Open tennis tournament.

“It was my first time. My second time going to a tennis match, at least a professional tennis match as big as this one,” the Kansas City Chiefs tight end said before explaining that he once watched Jack Sock play in Indio, Calif.

“This was a completely different world,” the athlete said of the US Open. “I looked to my left and my right and every single time I did it, I saw a familiar face. There were so many f—— people there to see the action, especially the final game, knowing that an American was in the US Open, Taylor Fritz.”

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Taylor Swift (left) and Travis Kelce at the US Open on Sept. 8, 2024.ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty

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“Unfortunately, he couldn’t come away with a win but it was still fun to see two of the top dogs in the game go at it for a couple hours,” Travis continued of the match, which saw Italy’s Jannik Sinner win his first US Open title.

Responding to Jason’s question about what a large live tennis match is like, the younger brother replied, “It’s very quiet and you know us, when it’s very quiet, we want to say something.”

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Taylor Swift (left) and Travis Kelce at the US Open on Sept. 8, 2024.Jamie Squire/Getty

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“I’m not a quiet person, never been a quiet person,” Travis said as Jason laughed. “I’ve always been the kid at the back of the class when it gets quiet, like say something smart or say something funny or at least try and get a rise out of people.”

He added, “So the entire time I wanted to heckle the Italian Sinner, the number one player in the world.”

Travis explained that he wanted to get into Sinner’s head “to help my guy Fritzy out.”

“But I played it cool, I played it respectful,” he said, adding that he’s sure if he heckled the star “like the guy did inHappy Gilmore,” he would have probably been asked to leave.

Travis went on to say that he “dressed the part, acted the part” and was “very quiet except for during intermissions when they were playing music.”

“That was about the only time I was really showing my personality,” he said.

Taylor Swift (left) and Travis Kelce at the US Open on Sept. 8, 2024.Jean Catuffe/GC Images

Jean Catuffe/GC Images

At one point, Swift - who was dressed in a ZimmermannHalliday Scallop Midi Dress- could be seen trying to help her mantackle his hat hairafter taking his Gucci accessory off.

Meanwhile, speaking on his podcast, Travis addressed the fact that fans spotted him watching football during the US Open.

“The first Sunday of the NFL season, you think I was gonna miss the 1 o’clock start?” Travis added.

source: people.com