Travis Kelce didn't want to hear about Taylor Swift's history with Andy Reid
There has always been an invisible thread between them Taylor Swift and the Kansas City Chiefs in the form of head coach Andy Reid – But Travis Kelce wasn't exactly excited to learn about it.
“I knew [Taylor] rather, from Philadelphia,” Reid, 65, explained during the Monday, Jan. 29 episode of SiriusXM Let's go! Starring Tom Brady, Larry Fitzgerald and Jim Gray. “Her father played [football] bee [the University of] Delaware and was a big football fan and a good guy. So I met him and her there.
Before moving to Nashville in the early 2000s, Swift, 34, grew up on a Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania. The pop star has been open about her family's love for the Philadelphia Eagles over the years, even including the team in some of her songs. Reid, for his part, served as head coach for the Eagles from 1999 to 2012 before moving to the Chiefs, the team of Swift's current boyfriend. Travis Kelce.
Reid joked Monday that his longtime bond with the Swift's was the “last thing” Kelce, 34, wanted to hear when he started dating the Grammy winner in the summer of 2023.[Taylor] told [Travis], 'I know your coach.' And he said, 'Oh God, come on!'” Reid recalled with a laugh.
Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid is as enchanted by Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift's romance as anyone else. Swift and Kelce first sparked romance speculation in September 2023 when the pop star showed up at Arrowhead Stadium to cheer on the Chiefs as they faced the Chicago Bears. Swift's presence […]
Swift and Kelce have been committed to supporting each other since sparking a romance, with Swift attending more than ten of Kelce's games since September 2023. She was in the crowd when the Chiefs defeated the Baltimore Ravens for the AFC championship on Sunday. , Jan. 28, and was seen hugging and kissing Kelce on the field after the game. Swift and Reid also shared their own special moment, pointing and smiling at each other from across the crowd.
The happiness Swift has brought Kelce is something Reid is grateful for. “She's a good girl. And I'm happy for Trav,” he said Let's go! host Tom Brady, noting that their romance hasn't caused any sort of “distraction” for the tight end. “Trav handled it well, she handled it well and we'll just move on. So it hasn't been a problem at all.”
Andy Reid finds Taylor Swift in the crowd and shows her the way. Nice moment between the two. pic.twitter.com/5TtK5Gso55
— Jeff Darlington (@JeffDarlington) January 28, 2024
Reid has been supportive of the relationship from the very beginning. In November 2023, he said he's just grateful the couple has each other. “I'm glad he found someone he likes and she found someone she likes,” he said during an interview with KHSB, Kansas City's NBC affiliate. “That's a good thing.”
Two months earlier, he teased that he was the one playing Cupid. “I set them up,” he told reporters at a press conference in September 2023 before quickly leaving the stage.
Kelce and Swift's love story began in July 2023 when the athlete revealed that he attended one of Swift's concerts to give her a friendship bracelet with his phone number on it. Although it didn't work out, Swift later caught wind of the gesture and the duo started dating soon after. Kelce later explained that there was someone she wanted to set up even before he attended her concert.
“There were definitely people she knew who knew who I was, in her corner [who said]: 'Yo! Did you know he was coming?'' he said WJ. Magazine in November 2023. “I had someone who played Cupid. She [later] told me exactly what was going on and how I was lucky to have her contact her.
While Reid was certainly a connection for Swift and Kelce when they met, the couple's real matchmaker is a dirt track racer Danny Frye IIIannounced itself earlier this month.
“The funny thing is that a lot of people have been trying to figure out who I am lately. It's been an interesting month or so [and] I’ve been to a few Chiefs games,” Frye, Swift’s second cousin, shared FloRacing TV at the time. “You know, [I] made a love connection between her and Travis Kelce, so it's been 34 years [Taylor and I have] had together.”
Although it wasn't Reid who hit Swift and Kelce with Cupid's arrow, the coach made it clear during a press conference in October 2023 that the singer is always welcome in Kansas City: “She can stay around as much as she wants,” he said .