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Andy Reid Already Has a Wedding Speech for Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift

Andy Reid Already Has a Wedding Speech for Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift

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Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid is already prepared for his big moment at Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding.
'Well, there are a few I can't tell,' Reid, 67, joked about which story he would share during a wedding speech. 'I mean he's done so many good things—all the things he does off the field people don't know about, just helping people out. He's got a big heart that way. I appreciate that the most.'
Reid, who has coached the tight end throughout his NFL career, has actually known Taylor, 35, and the Swifts longer than he's known Travis, also 35.
'I knew her before he knew her,' Reid said during his Thursday, August 7, appearance on Kansas City's The Fan with Fescoe and Dusty. 'My family has been a big fan of hers, and we know her father and mother and that whole deal from the Philadelphia area. And her dad's a huge football fan, so we hit it off with him.'
'Then she became this famous person ... Arguably the most famous woman in the world since probably the Queen passed away," he added. "But she sure handles it the right way, and that's the part I appreciate the most.'
Despite fan theories, it's unclear when the happy couple will tie the knot. But, that doesn't mean the "Shake It Off" singer isn't a part of the Kansas City Chiefs' family.
'She's part of the team,' Reid said in February. 'Like the other girlfriends and wives, they're part of it. That's all part of the process.'
Taylor and Travis first got together after the Super Bowl champ's failed attempt to give the singer a friendship bracelet with his phone number on it during her Eras Tour stop in Kansas City in July 2023. They went public with their relationship when she attended a game at Arrowhead Stadium that September.
Andy Reid Already Has a Wedding Speech for Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift first appeared on Men's Journal on Aug 7, 2025
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