A complete timeline of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s relationship

Speaking on his podcast, “New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce,” the athlete said he was “butt hurt” he couldn’t give Swift a friendship bracelet (a tradition among Swifts’ concertgoers) that included his phone number.

“I was disappointed that she doesn’t talk before or after her shows because she has to save her voice for the 44 songs that she sings,” Kelce told his brother and cohost, Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce.

Jason then asked which number he put on the bracelet — the number on his Kansas City Chiefs jersey (87) or his phone number. 

“You know which one,” Travis responded. He also quipped that while Swift “doesn’t meet anybody” before her shows, he “took it personal.”

Two months after his podcast episode, Kelce told ESPN’s Pat McAfee that after trying to woo the Grammy winner with a friendship bracelet, he extended an invite to one of his upcoming games.

“I told her, ‘I’ve seen you rock the stage at Arrowhead, you might have to come see me rock the stage at Arrowhead and see which one’s a little more lit,'” Kelce said in the interview.

 “So we’ll see what happens in the near future,” he added.

During an episode of “New Heights,” Kelce joked that his personal life is “not so personal” anymore.

“Shout out to Taylor for pulling up,” he said. “That was pretty ballsy.”

Kelce went on to praise Swift for her behavior with his family at her first Chiefs game.

“I just thought it was awesome how everyone in the suite had nothing but great things to say about her. The friends and family,” he said. “She looked amazing, everybody was talking about her in great light. And on top of that the day went perfect for Chiefs fans, of course.”

“To see the slow motion chest bumps, to see the high fives with mom,” he continued. “To see how Chiefs kingdom was all excited that she was there, that shit was absolutely hysterical and it was definitely a game I’ll remember that’s for damn sure. And then we just slid off in the getaway car at the end.”

Kelce said the NFL had gone overboard in their coverage of Swift during an episode of his podcast, released on October 4. 

“I think it’s fun when they show who all is at the game. I think it brings a little more to the atmosphere, brings a little bit more to what you’re watching,” Kelce said.

“But at the same time, I think they’re overdoing it a little bit,” he continued.

NBC Sports, which aired the game, made frequent cuts to shots of Swift cheering on the Chiefs. The NFL also briefly changed bios on Instagram and X to reference Swift after the Chiefs beat the Jets.

In response, the NFL defended its coverage of the pair in a statement obtained by ESPN. 

The “Cruel Summer” singer returned to the Arrowhead Stadium to cheer on Kelce as his team took on the Denver Broncos.

In a video shared by People, Swift was seen wearing a Chiefs-branded jacket for the game, where she caught up with Kelce’s parents in the family suite. She was also seen speaking with Brittany Mahomes, the wife of Kelce’s teammate and close friend, Patrick Mahomes.

Photos published by Mail Online showed what appeared to be Swift’s security team outside Kelce’s home until Friday afternoon, suggesting that the pop star had stayed the night.

Kelce’s mother later discussed the “whirlwind” caused by Swift’s game-day appearances.

“I thought it would be over at that point, but it seems to just continue, and every week just seems to trump the week before,” Donna said during an episode of the “Got It From My Momma” podcast. “So it’s really kind of wild, a wild ride.” 

Swift and Kelce were photographed by paparazzi after spending Sunday night at Waverly Inn. 

Swift has dined at the West Village hot spot before, most notably in 2016 with Cara Delevingne, Lorde, and Jack Antonoff.

After the Chiefs beat the Chargers, Jason opened up to NBC Sports about his brother’s new relationship and the frenzy it has caused.

“It’s certainly been weird, the level that it is now,” he told NBC Sports on Sunday night. “On one hand, I’m happy for my brother that he seems to be in a relationship that he’s excited about, that he is genuine about. But there’s another end of it where it’s like, ‘Man, this is a lot.'”

“This is another level of stardom that typically football players don’t deal with,” he added.

At a press conference in Frankfurt, Germany, where the Kansas City Chiefs would soon play the Miami Dolphins, Kelce fielded a direct question about his feelings for Swift.

According to ESPN’s NFL reporter Jeff Darlington, the reporter asked, “What is the latest status and are you in love?”

“I got to see her last week. That’s the latest status right there,” Kelce said of their current status, though he added, “I’m going to keep my personal relationship personal.”

A video of the exchange shows that Kelce was grinning as he replied.

During a recent episode of his podcast, Kelce also said it was “cool” to see people dress up as him and Swift for Halloween, though his brother thought it was “pretty creepy.”

Swift made a small but significant change to “Karma” during her second show in Buenos Aires as Kelce watched from the VIP tent, alongside the pop star’s father, Scott Swift.

“Karma is the guy on the Chiefs, coming straight home to me,” Swift sang with a giggle, per multiple videos captured by fans at the Estadio River Plate concert.

TikTok user @flormosso caught Kelce’s reaction to the moment, when the crowd erupted into cheers. The two-time Super Bowl champ covered a huge grin with his hands while Scott patted him on the shoulder.

Kelce later said he “had a little bit of a clue” that Swift was preparing something special for the show, but once he heard the lyric change, it “still shocked me.”

“I was like, ‘Oh, she really just said that,'” he said on his podcast.

In a cover story for WSJ. Magazine, the NFL player said he was a Swiftie before he began dating the pop star.

He praised her songwriting, especially her song “Blank Space,” and even described Swift as “a genius.”

“I’ve never been a man of words,” Kelce said. “Being around her, seeing how smart Taylor is, has been fucking mind-blowing. I’m learning every day.”

He also said he’s been hesitant to discuss their relationship in public because he doesn’t want to spook her.

“That was the biggest thing to me: make sure I don’t say anything that would push Taylor away,” he said.

“Obviously I’ve never dated anyone with that kind of aura about them… I’ve never dealt with it,” Kelce added. “But at the same time, I’m not running away from any of it.”

Swift opened up about Kelce in a cover story for Time magazine, which named her Person of the Year for 2023.

She said she enjoys attending NFL games “to support Travis” and praised him for openly courting her on his podcast.

Although Swift has a complicated history with dating in the public eye — and has kept previous relationships extremely private — she said there’s nothing to hide when it comes to Kelce.

“When you say a relationship is public, that means I’m going to see him do what he loves, we’re showing up for each other, other people are there and we don’t care,” Swift told Time. “The opposite of that is you have to go to an extreme amount of effort to make sure no one knows that you’re seeing someone. And we’re just proud of each other.”

For her 12th NFL appearance, Swift watched the Chiefs beat the Baltimore Ravens to secure their spot in Super Bowl LVIII.

After the game, she joined Kelce and his family on the field to celebrate. The couple shared several hugs and kisses in front of the crowd.

Swift and Kelce were spotted in the crowd at Coachella watching pals Ice Spice and Bleachers perform. 

Several videos showing the couple dancing and kissing at the music festival circulated on social media. Swift also wore a “New Heights” hat to support Kelce’s podcast.

Kelce later said that he prefers to watch concerts “from the fans’ perspective.”

“I’m a fan of the music. I’m a fan of live shows,” Kelce said on his podcast. “I want to see it from the front of the stage. Yeah, we probably could’ve finessed it that way [watching backstage], but I think it’s just that much more of an experience if you’re in the pit, man. If you’re in the madness with all the fans. It was awesome though.”

Kelce brought Swift as his date to the 15 and the Mahomies Foundation Golf Classic gala in Las Vegas.

In a highlights reel shared by Kelce’s teammate, the couple can be seen walking into the event holding hands.

Other clips shared by fans at the event show Kelce and Swift cuddling and kissing at their table. At one point, Kelce made a speech and referred to Swift as his “significant other.” For a surprise auction item, they sold four tickets to The Eras Tour for $80,000.

During Swift’s third and final performance in London, Kelce made a surprise appearance during her onstage costume change for “The Tortured Poets Department.”

This scene depicts Swift getting shot and killed at the end of “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived.” Then, she’s picked up and revived by a set of dancers dressed as ringmasters. These characters force Swift to strip down, put on heels, and keep performing through the pain — a segue into her meta bop “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart.”

Kelce joined the skit as another ringmaster. He picked up Swift’s body from the stage, carried her to the fainting couch, and mimed applying powder to her face with a makeup brush. 

Kelce is now cemented in Swiftian history as the first boyfriend to join Swift onstage during one of her concerts.

Swift won video of the year for “Fortnight” at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards. During her acceptance speech, she described her joyful experience filming (and directing) the video.

“Something that I’ll always remember is when I finished a take and I’d say ‘cut,’ and we’d be done with that take, I would always hear someone cheering from across the studio where we were shooting it,” she said. “That one person was my boyfriend Travis.”

After an eruption of applause, Swift continued to thank Kelce for his positive attitude.

“Everything this man touches turns to happiness and fun and magic,” she said. “So I want to thank him for adding that to our shoot because I’ll always remember that.”