Travis and the Kansas City Chiefs may have lost Super Bowl LIX to the Philadelphia Eagles, but the tight end star looked great out there on the field . . . maybe a little too great.
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00:00Travis Kelce had a rough game day, but an amazing hair day. Take a look at those locks!
00:07Travis and the Kansas City Chiefs may have lost Super Bowl LII to the Philadelphia Eagles,
00:13but the star tight end looked great out there on the field. Maybe a little too great.
00:18As Travis got trounced in New Orleans, many fans couldn't stop talking turkey, joking
00:24on social media about how Killa Trav got his killer do-on-the-chief in West Asia, as
00:30Turkey has a reputation for affordable hair transplants. One reality TV star even got
00:35in on the fun. Selling Sunset's Christine Quinn posted,
00:38"'Travis Kelce' flew Turkish Airlines roundtrip and came back with a Count Dracula widow's
00:43peak. Bro's hairline got more plugs than a Taylor Swift concert."
00:47This is what I believe."
00:49And one fan asked,
00:50"'Has Taylor Swift's plane been to Turkey recently?' Maybe not, but the look could still
00:55be due to Taylor's influence."
00:57Teammate Patrick Mahomes revealed back in August that Trav's long hair era is, in fact,
01:03her doing. He said in an interview,
01:05"'I've been trying to get him to grow his hair out, and all of a sudden, Taylor gets
01:10him to do it.'"
01:11Travis began growing out his hair and mustache in the summer, at Chiefs training camp as
01:15per tradition.
01:16"'These whiskers are thriving right now.'"
01:19So the timeline works out for his luscious locks to be this length at the Super Bowl.
01:24And look at dad Ed Kelce. Clearly, Taylor's guy from the Chiefs has good hair genes.
01:30Fans first started speculating about Trav's tresses when he arrived at the stadium in
01:34this funky fit. His stylist posted on Instagram that the 70s-inspired look from Amiri was
01:40New Orleans jazz swag, fresh off the runway from Paris. But the heap of hair on his head
01:46is what's making headlines.
01:47Long Evita, a hair transplant provider with offices in the UK and Turkey, took advantage
01:52of all the chatter to promote its services, and debunk the idea that Travis had work done.
01:58On a blog on their website, one hair loss specialist wrote,
02:01"'It seems highly unlikely that Travis had any kind of a hair transplant. That's because
02:06he really doesn't seem to need one.' At least, not at the moment."
02:11In past seasons, Travis grew out his beard as a good luck charm. But this time around,
02:16he grew out the hair on his head to match. But a win just wasn't in the cards.
02:21Travis Kelce got the hair transplant for nothing, joked one ex-user after the Chiefs lost 40-22
02:28at Caesars Superdome. What a difference a year makes. In January 2024, before the Chiefs
02:34beat the 49ers at Super Bowl 58, his buzz cut was all the rage.
02:39His haircut is the top request at barbershops across the country.
02:43"'Kelce's twin.'"
02:44Travis hasn't responded to all the hair transplant talk, as of the making of this video, or rumors
02:49that he's retiring after his big loss at the big game. He's under contract for one more
02:54season, and is keeping busy off the field, hosting Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?
02:59for Prime Video and even appearing in the upcoming sequel to Happy Gilmore.
03:02"'It was off the chain, man.'"
03:04No word yet if Travis plans on keeping the long hair, considering how superstitious he
03:09is. But if Taylor likes it, that might be all it takes for him to commit to the do,
03:14despite the crushing defeat.