NFL Corridor of Famer Tony Gonzalez praised Taylor Swift for shining a lightweight on America’s favourite pastime by her romance with Travis Kelce.
“I feel it’s nice that Taylor’s finished this for the NFL,” Gonzalez, 47, stated throughout a Thursday, November 30, look on The Kelly Clarkson Show. “She’s introduced an entire new viewers, it’s been nice.”
Gonzalez recalled not too long ago being within the airport when a 10-year-old woman approached him to say hey. “Normally males come as much as me, sometimes a lady, however I used to be like, ‘Oh, a 10-year-old woman? How cool I’m getting so common,’” he quipped in regards to the trade. “She goes, ‘Hello, Is your identify Tony? Are you aware Travis Kelce?’”
Gonzalez performed within the NFL for 17 seasons earlier than his retirement in 2013. The athlete spent his first 12 seasons as a decent finish for the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, the identical crew as Swift’s boyfriend Kelce, 34, earlier than later becoming a member of the Atlanta Falcons. He completed his profession with 14 Professional Bowl picks, six first-team All-Professionals and was inducted into the Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame in 2019.
Taylor Swift is sparking the curiosity of the NFL’s greatest stars — and we’re not simply speaking about Travis Kelce. New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers, for one, attended a number of dates of Swift’s Eras Tour when the present got here by East Rutherford, NJ in Could 2023. “I’m very pleased with my dancing expertise lastly being […]
Earlier this week, Kelce made headlines when he reached 11,000 receiving yards within the fewest variety of video games as a decent finish, breaking a file beforehand held by Gonzalez. On the time, Gonzalez took to social media to congratulate his former teammate, writing through X (previously Twitter), “Congrats and nicely earned my good friend! Preserve it going @tkelce.”
Gonzalez wasn’t the one one to rejoice Kelce’s huge second. Swift, 33, additionally showed her support by “liking” an Instagram submit shared by the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs in regards to the milestone. “Quickest tight finish to 11k receiving yards AND the one participant in franchise historical past to do it 🏹,” the submit learn.
Kelce and Swift had been first linked in September, when the Grammy winner accepted Kelce’s supply to see him “rock the sector” at Arrowhead Stadium in his recreation towards the Chicago Bears. She has since appeared at 4 Chiefs video games all through the 2023-2024 season. Kelce has additionally been noticed cheering Swift on as she travels the globe for the worldwide leg of her record-breaking Eras Tour.
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The pair’s relationship have since taken the world by storm, with everybody from fellow celebrities to the NFL itself gushing over their blossoming romance. Even Swift’s closest buddies are excited about in regards to the duo discovering one another.
“Pals near Taylor and Travis suppose they make an incredible energy couple, they usually couldn’t be happier for them,” an insider solely instructed Us Weekly in October. Later that month, a second insider added that Swift’s interior circle thinks she and Kelce are “in love.”
As for Swift and Kelce, the couple have “very detailed plans” on staying shut whereas “she’s on tour and he has video games,” a 3rd insider instructed Us earlier this month. “They don’t wish to begin their relationship off with huge gaps [in time spent apart]. They’re attempting to be as very similar to an everyday couple as potential.”
That doubtless contains getting their households together around the holidays. Whereas Taylor has met each of Kelce’s mother and father — and the NFL star has hung out with the singer’s father — the pair are nonetheless hoping to spend a while with one another’s family members.
“Taylor and Travis have hung out with one another’s households so it solely is sensible that they’d need their mother and father to satisfy each other,” a fourth insider instructed Us. “Each of them have a really shut relationship with their mother and father, and it’s actually vital that their households mix seamlessly.”
