Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce are continuing to fuel dating rumors after Swift was recently spotted attending his team’s game against the Chicago Bears on September 24, 2023.
Kelce and the “Blank Space” singer have been reportedly “hanging out” since the beginning of the month after sources told Entertainment Tonight that the two are in the “talking” stage of their relationship and keeping it casual due to their busy schedules. It seems things are now heating up between the two after Swift was spotted not only attending one of Kelce’s games but was pictured sitting beside his mother, Donna, in a VIP box at Arrowhead Stadium. After the game, Kelce and Swift were even spotted leaving the stadium together and driving away in Kelce’s car.
However, many of Swift’s fans are skeptical about her relationship with Kelce and have pointed out that it could be all for show and publicity.
Here are 6 clues that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s relationship might just be a PR stunt.
1. Their relationship seems too perfect and is being blasted across all media channels.
One of the main reasons why many Swift fans are unconvinced that she and Kelce might be in a “real” relationship is because their relationship seems to be way too publicized, especially since Swift enjoys keeping her romantic relationships out of the public eye, at least in the beginning.
In a TikTok video, a content creator named Leilah pointed out that every detail of their emerging romance has been documented and broadcast across social media and in many different news outlets. It started after Kelce admitted during an episode of his podcast, “New Heights,” that he had attended one of Swift’s shows in July 2023, where he didn’t get a chance to meet her despite wanting to.
2. Kelce and Swift may be trying to cultivate new images for themselves.
In Leilah’s TikTok video, she also acknowledged that this relationship between Swift and Kelce could be their strategic way of trying to shift the media’s perception of them.
“I just get the vibe from Travis that when he retires out of sports, he wants to break into mainstream media and be a household name,” Leilah inferred. “I think he’s well on his way. He’s very popular. So this Taylor Swift headline was just one step further to have an entirely new group of people discover him.”
3. Many fans are theorizing that Swift and Kelce’s relationship is ‘1989-coded.’
If there’s one thing Swift fans are good at, it’s spotting an easter egg left by Swift herself. The latest one has to do with her album “1989,” and she may be trying to imitate the themes from the 2014 project, at least with Kelce and their rumored relationship.
In a TikTok video, a content creator named Alexandra pointed out that Swift and Kelce’s relationship seems to have come straight from this lyric in her song “Style”: “You’ve got this James Dean daydream look in your eye / And I got that red lip classic thing that you like,” especially since Swift was donning her signature red lip at Kelce’s recent game against the Chicago Bears.
4. This isn’t the first time Swift has been associated with the NFL.
The NFL seems to be doing everything in their power to promote Swift’s relationship with Kelce, including changing their bio on TikTok to the date that Swift attended the Chiefs game against the Chicago Bears, and writing, “Taylor was here.”
During halftime at the game, commentator Curt Menefee also referenced one of Swift’s lyrics to describe the Bears’ performance. “The way the Bears are playing right now, they are never ever ever getting back in this game,” he said, referring to her song from the “Red” album, “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.”
This isn’t the first time that Swift has seemingly partnered with the NFL to promote her music. In October 2022, before the release of her album “Midnights,” Swift announced that during the game between the New Orleans Saints and the Arizona Cardinals, a sneak peek of a project would be played.
“If you tune into the Thursday Night Football game on Amazon Prime, I’m going to be showing a first look at the secret projects that I have been working on very hard for a very long time getting ready for the ‘Midnights’ album,” she said on an Instagram video. “And you would see it before the ‘Midnights’ album came out. So, meet me there?”
