Taylor Swift Reveals Who Played Matchmaker Between Her & Travis Kelce: 'I Became Obsessed With Him'

Taylor Swift has finally revealed how her love story with Travis Kelce began and it turns out, family played cupid. In episode four of Taylor Swift: The End of an Era, titled “Thank You for the Lovely Bouquet,” which dropped on Friday, December 19, the pop icon and her mother Andrea Swift opened up about the surprising chain of events that brought the Grammy winner and the Kansas City Chiefs star together.

Andrea recalled first hearing about Kelce after headlines surfaced about him attending Taylor’s concert and hoping to meet her with a friendship bracelet in hand. “I’m looking at the headlines and perusing around on the Internet and I see that this guy came to your show and he brought a friendship bracelet and wants to meet you,” Andrea shared.

Curious, Andrea reached out to her “resident expert on the Kansas City Chiefs,” her cousin Robin, to learn more. “So I call up my resident expert on the Kansas City Chiefs, my cousin Robin, and I go, ‘Tell me about this guy named Travis Kelce,’ ” she said.

‘Ding, Ding, Ding’: The Green Flag That Won Andrea Over

Robin’s response immediately stood out to Andrea. “She goes, ‘Oh my God, he is the nicest guy! And he really loves his mom.’ And I went, ‘Ding, ding, ding, ding,’ ” Andrea said with a laugh. “And then I said, ‘Now, how in the world am I going to get her to meet him?’ ”

Taylor admitted she was initially hesitant. “So you call me with this tone of, ‘Hey, I know you’re not gonna react well to this, but there’s a guy…’ ” she recalled. Andrea chimed in, “He’s really cute!” Taylor added, laughing, “You said something to the effect of, ‘You gotta start doing something different.’ ”

Andrea described Kelce’s bracelet gesture as “so earnest” and “the sweetest thing,” noting that he entered Taylor’s world with something meaningful from her own fan culture. “To me that really said a lot. So I thought that was really sweet and I liked it,” she said.

Taylor shared that Travis had to “explain football” on their first date, which she jokingly described as “violent chess.” She added, “Then I became obsessed with him and therefore became obsessed with learning about football — greatest surprise of my life.”

The relationship came during a time of emotional upheaval for Taylor. “I went through two breakups on the first half of this tour and that’s a lot of breakups, actually,” she said, referencing Joe Alwyn and Matty Healy. But Travis brought joy and lightness, including his viral moment onstage during her London show in June 2024. “Travis, he’s a real yes guy, in terms of life itself. He’s just up for anything,” she said.

Calling him “so magically entertaining,” Taylor added, “The moment’s never too big for Travis, the lights are never too bright for Travis.” Andrea echoed the sentiment, saying he’s “one of the happiest people” she’s ever met and “brings a lot of happiness to the room.”

Taylor wrapped up the episode with a laugh: “If you ever would have ever told me that the most meaningful relationship I would ever have would start with a man saying he was ‘butt hurt’ that I didn’t want to meet him, unbelievable.”

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce announced their engagement in August, sharing the news on Instagram with the caption, “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.”