By Lisa Richwine
July 1 (Reuters) - Pop star Taylor Swift’s impending wedding to NFL star Travis Kelce will cap a three-year, highly public courtship that has often played out in public, captivating their fans. Here is a look at some of the greatest hits of the celebrity couple’s relationship from his shoutout to Swift on a podcast to their impending wedding.
‘CALLING ON THE MEGAPHONE’
In July 2023, Kelce attends one of Swift’s Eras Tour concerts at Arrowhead Stadium, the home of his team, the Kansas
City Chiefs. The 250-pound tight end attempts to give Swift a friendship bracelet bearing his phone number, but fails to get past security.
Afterward, he tells his brother and then-fellow NFL star Jason Kelce on their “New Heights” podcast, that he felt “a little butthurt” that he did not get to meet Swift. The “Love Story” singer is charmed by his comments and calls him. They start dating shortly thereafter.
‘ON THE BLEACHERS’
In September 2023, Swift appears at her first Chiefs game, sitting next to Kelce’s mom, Donna Kelce. The couple are seen leaving Arrowhead Stadium together.
A newcomer to the sports world, Swift shows up and cheers Kelce on through several more games. At a Christmas Day contest, she wears a Santa hat adorned with Kelce’s jersey number, 87. “Football is awesome, it turns out. I’ve been missing out my whole life,” she later says.
‘KARMA’
The pair’s courtship takes on a globe-trotting flavor in November 2023, when Kelce attends a Swift Eras Tour concert in Buenos Aires. “Karma is the guy on the Chiefs, coming straight home to me,” Swift sings on stage.
‘RUNNING OVER TO ME’
In February 2024 Swift flies more than 5,000 miles (8,000 kilometers) from her Eras Tour concerts in Tokyo to Las Vegas to see Kelce’s Chiefs play in the Super Bowl. She kisses Kelce during the post-game celebration after the Chiefs’ overtime win.
‘SO HIGH SCHOOL’
Swift releases her 11th studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” in April 2024. Fans hear references to Kelce in lyrics such as “You know how to ball, I know Aristotle.”
‘CROWDS IN THE STANDS WENT WILD’
Kelce attends a dozen Eras Tour shows in Sydney, Singapore, Paris and other cities in February through July 2024. In London, he makes a surprise appearance on stage wearing a black tuxedo and top hat during “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart.”
‘SAW THE SCOREBOARD’
In February 2025, two months after wrapping up the Eras Tour, Swift attends her second Super Bowl. This time the Chiefs lose.
‘LOVE STORY’
In August 2025 Kelce and Swift sit side by side on the “New Heights” podcast as she announces her forthcoming pop album, “The Life of a Showgirl.” While the pair are recording the episode, workers create a lush flower garden in the backyard of Kelce’s Kansas City mansion, where he proposes to her amid pink and white roses. Thirteen days later, they announce their engagement on social media with a photo captioned: “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.”
(Reporting by Lisa Richwine; Editing by Scott Malone and Howard Goller)
