Travis Kelce Reveals How Relationship With Taylor Swift Really Began
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00:00 Travis Kelsey reveals how his relationship with Taylor Swift really began.
00:04 "Everybody's so invested in my off-the-field love life."
00:07 The Kansas City Chiefs' tight end opens up in a new cover story for WSJ Magazine's December/January
00:13 issue, where he talks all things Swellsee, admitting that he may have had some help when
00:19 it came to pursuing the pop star, and spilling on who actually reached out first.
00:24 "I would always like to keep people on their toes in that regard."
00:28 Travis previously said that he unsuccessfully attempted to give Taylor his phone number
00:32 on a friendship bracelet when he attended her Aeros tour stop at Arrowhead Stadium in
00:37 Kansas City earlier this year.
00:39 "There are friendship bracelets and I received a bunch of them being there but I wanted to
00:44 give Taylor Swift one with my number on it."
00:47 "Ooooh."
00:48 "Well, I was disappointed that she doesn't talk before or after her shows because she
00:53 has to save her voice for the 44 songs that she sings.
00:57 So I was a little butt hurt."
00:58 He later issued a public invitation for the singer to join him at one of his NFL games,
01:03 and in September, she took him up on it.
01:06 "I mean, I think the secret's out.
01:08 Who's she here to see?"
01:09 Now Travis tells the mag, "There were definitely people she knew that knew who I was, in her
01:15 corner, who said, 'Yo, did you know he was coming?'
01:18 I had somebody playing Cupid."
01:20 Travis admits that he only learned about that after he received a notification from Taylor
01:25 on his phone.
01:26 "She told me exactly what was going on and how I got lucky enough to get her to reach
01:30 out."
01:31 The matchmakers?
01:32 Taylor's young cousins, who were fans of the two-time Super Bowl champion.
01:36 "She'll probably hate me for saying this, but when she came to Arrowhead, they gave
01:41 her the big locker room as a dressing room.
01:43 And her little cousins were taking pictures.
01:46 In front of my locker."
01:47 "Yeah, not gonna seem ambivalent about that at all."
01:51 Travis has previously been uncharacteristically tight-lipped about his relationship with Taylor,
01:56 and now he explains why.
01:58 "That was the biggest thing to me, make sure I don't say anything that would push Taylor
02:03 away."
02:04 Travis adds that he's never dated someone with that kind of aura about them, but he
02:08 says he's not running away from any of it.
02:11 "Are you ready for it?"
02:12 Travis' family members were also interviewed for the article, including his brother, Philadelphia
02:17 Eagles center Jason Kelsey, and his mom, Donna Kelsey, who gushes that her son is happier
02:23 than she's seen him in a long time.
02:26 "He likes attention, so he'll be fine.
02:28 As long as he can handle it, I don't have any problems with it.
02:32 She's a very, very nice person."
02:34 Donna opened up about the attention surrounding Travis' new relationship on Good Morning America
02:39 Monday.
02:40 "I think the attention is just part of the whole thing.
02:44 Obviously, it's a megastar, and I think Travis is embracing it as much as he can, so I think
02:51 it's okay."
02:52 Taylor was previously seen hanging out with Donna in a suite at Travis' game, and according
02:57 to the football pro, their deep-rooted family values are key to their connection.
03:02 "Everybody knows I'm a family guy.
03:04 Her team is her family, so I think she has a lot of those values as well, which is right
03:09 up my alley."
03:10 "I set myself up on a tee for that one."
03:12 And all that echoes what a source told ET back in September.
03:16 The two have a lot in common and have similar values.
03:20 Now Travis gushes over his leading lady, calling her both "hilarious" and "a genius."
03:25 "I've never been a man of words.
03:27 Being around her, seeing how smart Taylor is, has been f---ing mind-blowing.
03:32 I'm learning every day."
03:34 "I'm learning every day."
03:35 "I'm learning every day."
03:36 you
03:36 (upbeat music)
03:38 [MUSIC]