Wow, who knew the best way to get Travis Kelce to open up about his Taylor Swift relationship was to… get him on a soccer podcast with a bunch of dudes??
On his personal present New Heights, his co-host Jason Kelce doesn’t push it, as he’s fairly protecting — massive brothers are like that. But the Kansas City Chiefs tight finish guested on The Pat McAfee Show on Wednesday, and the blokes there have been too curious to not ask!
Pat himself questioned if the bounce in stardom — from a soccer star to a global celeb — brought on him to pause and replicate. Travis admitted he was stunned how massive his profile obtained so shortly. And the factor that apprehensive him was the thought his staff may assume he cared extra about being a star than being a soccer participant!
“I one hundred percent had to reel it back. Everybody in this building knows my intentions. Football is my main focus, right now. There’s a lot of people counting on me in this city, in this build and in this organization. So, this is my number one focus at the time and on top of that, it’s in my heart to be able pour everything I’ve got onto the field.”
It was for the KC Kingdom that he made it clear he was prioritizing soccer:
“There’s been some perceptions — and people can perceive what they want — but I wanted to make sure that the men and women in this building knew that I was one hundred percent focused on this team and get this team to where we going this week. And one hundred percent I had to take a step back and look at how I was portraying myself to the world and make sure everyone knew I was focused, all while still enjoying my life off the field.”
Trav confirmed he and Taylor had been seeing each other a couple of month earlier than he invited her to very publicly root for him at a recreation — one thing she understood can be a giant deal within the media, sports activities or in any other case.
But what was it like for him? How completely different has it been from being one of many greatest sports activities stars in America? Quite rather a lot really!
“It’s exciting for me, but it was all brand new. From having the paparazzi following me every single day into work, to everybody having my name on their talk show, every single day, whether it’s sports, whether it’s not sports, It’s just been a crazy, crazy ride I could have never anticipated.”
However, he has a deal with on it — and finds that for essentially the most half individuals are supportive:
“I’m having fun with it. The majority of the world is having fun with it, outside of all the cranky NFL fans that just don’t want to see the Chiefs win.”
McAfee theorized lots of the indignant NFL followers simply thought it was a PR stunt — and as soon as he personally realized it was the actual deal, he was really actually glad for ol’ #87. Trav responded:
“It’s a beautiful thing isn’t it? We’re just two people in a relationship supporting each other and having fun with it. It’s nothing more than that. No matter how much the world wants to paint the picture and make us the enemy, we just have fun with it. We enjoy every single bit of it.”
On Taylor’s presence at video games, he gushed:
“I love it when Taylor comes and supports me and enjoys the game with the fam and friends. It’s been nothing but a wonderful year.”
Unfortunately, as beforehand reported, he did verify he can’t make it to her massive night time on the Grammys as a result of he’s busy prepping for the Super Bowl.
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Finally, the crew requested about essentially the most controversial side of their relationship. What concerning the haters? The actual jerks who blast them with idiotic theories and disgusting claims? Travis brushed it off, saying:
“She’s dealt with it forever. We hear, but we hardly ever talk about it. It’s nothing to even talk about, nothing to really bring home.”
However, he does notice there are many of us on the market with their arms crossed over the couple’s presence — and it’s in good religion. And these individuals he’s assured they will herald as followers sooner or later:
“We’re just trying to reel in the good ones, win them over one at a time, baby.”
Love that optimism! Ch-ch-check out the interview, with the primary of a number of dives into the Taylor stuff at concerning the 8:00 mark (under)!
[Image via The Pat McAfee Show/YouTube/NFL on CBS/Twitter/MEGA/WENN.]
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