Inside Travis Kelce's Swift Rise to Pop Culture King of 2023
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00:00 To the goal line, caught in traffic. Touchdown, Travis Kelce.
00:04 From football star...
00:06 Going to the championship and everything like that, it's awesome, man.
00:09 Reality star...
00:10 I'm the biggest G-San and you are my dad's favorite player.
00:14 Dad's already a fan, huh?
00:16 To Sparks flying with Taylor Swift.
00:18 Folks in Kansas City, it is a love story on and off the field for Travis Kelce.
00:24 It's life, baby. It's life. I threw it out there.
00:26 Travis Kelce's no stranger to the spotlight,
00:29 and this year he's pretty much a pop culture king.
00:32 Travis, you're the kind of guy he would talk about.
00:34 I love it though.
00:36 Travis' claim to fame began when he got drafted to the Kansas City Chiefs in 2013.
00:42 This is Kelce, who was so terrific last week to the pylon.
00:46 That is a Kansas City touchdown.
00:48 The Ohio native quickly became a household name,
00:52 and it wasn't long before he started booking big gigs outside the field.
00:56 Sorry, am I sweating?
00:58 Don't apologize for it. Everybody does.
00:59 Just be careful around your eyes.
01:01 Oh, God. Thank you for that.
01:02 Yeah, in 2016, things got pretty spicy on Hot Ones for Trav.
01:07 All right.
01:08 Travis Kelce, 10 wings, no sips of milk, no sips of water.
01:13 Let the people know what you got going on in your life.
01:15 Uh...
01:16 Right now I'm in pain, guys. It's Travis Kelce here.
01:21 That same year, the football star wasn't only making moves in his career,
01:25 but in his love life too.
01:28 It's game day, baby!
01:29 'Cause I'm looking for love.
01:32 On the dating reality series, Catching Kelce,
01:35 where he dated 50 women, one from each state.
01:37 [cheering]
01:39 You're my love, sweetie!
01:44 Thank you for that. Thank you for that. I appreciate that.
01:49 Maya Benberry of Kentucky ultimately won Travis' heart.
01:53 Are you gonna prove to me that I made the right decision?
01:55 I swear. I swear.
01:59 I got you.
02:00 But the two broke up by the end of the year.
02:03 I don't know how everybody's so invested in my off the field love life, man.
02:06 They are invested, man.
02:07 That's what happens when you do a show looking for love.
02:11 You're right, I set myself up on a tee for that one.
02:13 Meanwhile, Travis kept thriving in football.
02:16 In 2020, he snagged his first Super Bowl win
02:18 as the Chiefs beat out the San Francisco 49ers.
02:21 [cheering]
02:23 You gotta fight for your right to Lombardy!
02:29 Jump to 2023, the athlete found himself at the Bowl again.
02:33 This time against his brother Jason, who plays for the Philadelphia Eagles.
02:37 Every parent says this is the hardest question in the world.
02:41 Which one is your favorite?
02:43 You know, each one has been my favorite at certain times in their lives.
02:50 Okay, I can't, you know, as a mother,
02:53 you just can't pick one against the other.
02:55 It's 50/50 and it always will be.
02:57 But ultimately, Travis' team came out on top.
03:00 We had an unbelievable run and man, it feels good.
03:02 Not one of y'all said the Chiefs were gonna win it and look at us now.
03:07 Honestly, it makes you wanna go and be the team of the year next year, man.
03:10 We have so much fun in Kansas City.
03:12 If you haven't noticed us, just enjoying each other's company right here.
03:16 It's such a blessing though.
03:18 Following his big win, the rest was history.
03:21 Travis' name was everywhere.
03:22 His first big gig, host of Saturday Night Live.
03:26 You know, people keep asking me what it was like
03:30 to beat my brother in the Super Bowl and it was pretty awkward.
03:34 Especially 'cause after the game, we had to ride home together.
03:39 Our mom drove us there in a minivan.
03:41 Oh yeah, Travis brought the funny to all his sketches.
03:46 I still see you're waiting on some folks.
03:49 Nope, gang's all here.
03:51 OK.
03:53 So you're not waiting for your daughter or a niece?
03:57 Nope, just me and the girls.
03:59 This is Claire, that's Isabel.
04:01 'Cause nobody can, you know, laugh at me more than me.
04:04 And I promise you that.
04:06 Fast forward to July, that's when the Swellsea train began its ride.
04:10 Are you ready for it?
04:12 Travis revealed on his New Heights podcast
04:15 he tried to shoot a shot with Taylor during her heiress tour stop
04:18 in Kansas City.
04:20 Taylor Swift concerts, there are friendship bracelets
04:22 and I received a bunch of them being there,
04:25 but I wanted to give Taylor Swift one with my number on it.
04:28 - Now right now... - Ooh!
04:29 Your number's in '87 or your phone number?
04:32 You know which one.
04:34 But things didn't go as planned.
04:38 Well, I was disappointed that she doesn't talk
04:41 before or after her shows
04:43 because she has to save her voice for the 44 songs that she sings.
04:47 So I was a little butt hurt.
04:48 Still, Travis's efforts scored him a touchdown in his dating life.
04:52 As reports started swirling, the two were hanging out.
04:55 And it wasn't long till the singer was spotted at his games.
04:58 11th play of the drive, Mahomes...
05:00 Lofting, end zone, there it is!
05:03 A touchdown to Kelsey!
05:04 I threw the ball in her court and, you know, I told her,
05:12 "Maybe I've seen you rock the stage in Arrowhead,
05:14 you might have to come see me rock the stage in Arrowhead
05:17 and see which one's a little more lit."
05:19 Well, the Grammy winner might have one-upped him
05:22 during her South American heiress tour stop.
05:24 I would always like to keep people on their toes.
05:28 As she surprised him and the crowd in Argentina
05:31 by changing the lyrics to her song "Karma" from this...
05:34 ♪ Karma is the guy on the screen ♪
05:36 ♪ Coming straight home to me ♪
05:38 To this.
05:39 ♪ Karma is the guy on the streets ♪
05:41 ♪ Coming straight home to me ♪
05:43 I might have had a little bit of a clue,
05:49 but definitely when I heard it come out of her mouth,
05:52 it still shocked me.
05:53 There are incredible perks that come with this life.
06:02 There are also really heavy pressures that come with this life,
06:05 and you just have to try to balance them.
06:06 Not long after news broke the two were possibly an item,
06:10 his brother Jason's documentary, Kelsey,
06:12 which Travis appears in, broke records.
06:14 Jason's two years older than me, so he always kind of had the upper hand.
06:17 That was everything for me as a kid,
06:21 was to be able to be Jason something.
06:23 The doc became the most watched documentary on Prime Video.
06:27 But the fame hasn't seemed to get to Travis's head,
06:29 as he still makes time to give back.
06:32 I live life, dog.
06:33 I live life to the fullest. I try and, you know, spread the love.
06:35 Spreading the love with Operation Breakthrough,
06:38 a Kansas City non-profit organization focused on helping children.
06:42 Yup, that's the football pro busting a move to Aretha Franklin's Respect,
06:54 all for a good cause.
06:55 He enjoys going to Operation Breakthrough and playing games with the kids.
07:06 When you see the things that they do off the field in the community,
07:09 these are organizations that...
07:11 that impact people's lives in a very real manner.
07:16 Then in November, Travis proved he can also hold a tune like his lady love,
07:21 in a new Christmas song, Fairytale of Philadelphia with his brother.
07:24 ♪ They've got cars big as bars They got rivers of gold ♪
07:28 ♪ But the wind goes right through you It's no place for the old ♪
07:31 ♪ When you first took my hand On a cold Christmas Eve ♪
07:34 ♪ You promised me Broad Street Was waiting for me ♪
07:37 The track was for the Philadelphia Eagles' holiday album,
07:40 A Philly Special Christmas Special, which raised money for local charities.
07:44 ♪ The sound of the silver age Is choir all singing Galway Bay ♪
07:50 ♪ And the bells were ringing out For Christmas Day ♪
07:55 Safe to say Travis is ending 2023 with a bang.
07:59 The world's ready for it, I got you.
08:01 A Super Bowl ring, new romance and loving family.
08:05 I need to support them, whatever I can do to make their lives easier.
08:10 What more can Travis ask for?
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