Taylor Swift Is ‘Hanging Out’ With An Athlete Who Tried To Give Her His Number

Are Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce dating?

It doesn’t sound like Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are dating—at least, according to insider sources—but that’s not to say he wouldn’t like to. A source told ET that, “Travis has been into Taylor for a while and definitely has a crush on her. He is a simple guy that is very funny, charismatic, chill, and loves playing football.” This comes after The Messenger reported that “Taylor and Travis have been quietly hanging out,” a source said. “She saw him when she was in NYC a few weeks ago,” without adding any other context.

Some of the NFL community weighed in on the rumors: “The lady that sells out every stadium in the world ten times. The lady who plays for three and a half hours and [New England Patriots coach] Bill Belichick says, ‘She’s pretty tough, man.’ Said you know what? The man of my dreams, that I’m gonna marry—this isn’t just date, like others in the past—is an NFL guy,” podcast host and former NFL punter Pat McAfee said on his show.

“I’m so pumped for Trav. Very happy for the new couple, if it’s real. Trav and Taylor are going to take over the world. I do fear all of her songs, just from listening to them, but her songs are like a diary. Trav, what we’re saying to you is treat her right.” Another football fan tweeted: “I will only believe updates about Travis Kelce’s knee if they are reported by Taylor Swift, preferably through song.”

In April 2023, Kelce was also rumored to be linked with Grammy-winning rapper Megan Thee Stallion after snapshots of the two at the Country Music Awards surfaced. It’s alleged that Kelce even went as far as to fly the Houston-based rapper to Austin, the location of the award show, aboard his private jet. Once again, the rumors were never confirmed, and it seems as though the two are likely just good pals, as evidenced by their mutual following of each other on IG.  

A few months before the CMT news, in January 2023, Kelce confirmed his single status to the hosts of The Pivot Podcast. “I’m in the free market right now,” he said. “I’m out there just enjoying life. Focused on my profession.”      

Travis Kelce’s last girlfriend

Kelce’s longest public relationship to date was with fashion influencer and journalist Kayla Nicole from 2017 to 2022.

The on-air reporter’s passion for sports goes way back, long before crossing paths with her then-beau. Nicole obtained her Bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism from Pepperdine University in 2013 and has since appeared covering NBA courtside action, to the NFL sidelines and even dishing out some entertainment news. 

In addition to Nicole’s media career, her roles as an influencer and ambassador for brands like Savage x Fenty, Revolve, and Crocs have helped her garner over half a million social media followers. 

One of those followers being Kelce himself. He set his sights on Nicole via Instagram, and it didn’t take long for Nicole to notice her admirer was throwing “all double taps and no DM.” In a since-deleted Instagram story captured by TMZ, Nicole spilled she was the one to make the first move by sliding into Kelce’s DMs “after a little liquid courage.” 

Their initial flirtatious exchanges in 2017 ignited an on-again, off-again relationship over five years. Reports blamed their first breakup in August 2020 on Kelce’s infidelity, which he denied in a Tweet responding to accusations. “This is fake news … a lie … and not why Kayla and I broke up … take all your hatred somewhere else, please.” 

In November 2020, the couple was back on and kept going strong until officially turning in the towel in May 2022. This time, rumors for the second (and final) breakup were said to be because of financial reasons. Allegedly, Kelce was keen on Nicole splitting all expenses 50/50, but both parties vehemently called BS. 

During an interview with the hosts of The Pivot Podcast, Kelce jumped to his ex-girlfriend’s defense saying that Nicole lives a “financially stable life” because of her successful career. He went on to say people were crazy to think he wasn’t willing to put down his wallet. “We were in a relationship for five years,” Kelce stated. “A hundred dollars here and hundred dollars there wasn’t even thought about.” 

The two deleted each other’s presence from their social media profiles, which is always a tell-tale sign that it’s over.

Travis Kelce’s knee injury

A few weeks ago, Kelce would’ve been in the depths of the NFL preseason so it’s difficult to imagine he’d have time to “hang out” with anyone. This was before a potentially devastating injury that happened in practice prior to the Chiefs game against the Detroit Lions season opener.

“People actually don’t know how big of a bullet they missed on Travis Kelce,” NFL correspondent Jay Glazer said of how devastating Kelce’s injury could’ve been on FOX NFL. “When it first happened, they actually thought there was a tibial plateau fracture, which is a fracture of the leg which would’ve put him out for the year. Instead, he just had a really deep bone bruise. They had to pull out 45 cc of blood.”

The champion tight end is optimistic he’ll be back for week 2 against the Jacksonville Jaguars, as he explained on New Heights. “Not fun dealing with an injury, especially that late in the week because then you for 72 hours straight are just worried about one single thing,” Kelce said. “Everybody’s asking you about it. Everybody’s in your ear about it. Everybody’s just trying to figure out … the best scenario,” he said.

“It’s not like the organization was banking on me being back, but everybody in the organization is asking me how I’m doing so that we can go out there with the right game plan, the right mentality. And, yeah, it’s just not fun, just not a lot of sleep. And a lot of focus on a knee that wasn’t getting better fast enough.” He concluded that, “Things are looking up. I feel good. I feel a lot better than I did last week. I did run yesterday and it feels like I might be able to play this week. We’ll see how practice goes.”