Every time Travis Kelce has talked about Taylor Swift on 'New Heights' ahead of her rumored appearance

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Ahead of what may be Taylor Swift 's first legendary appearance on her boyfriend's podcast, here is every time Travis Kelce has talked about the 14-time Grammy winner on 'New Heights'.
The podcast, which is co-hosted by Travis' older brother and former NFL star Jason Kelce, has played a pivotal role over the last two years giving rare insight into the relationship between the Kansas City Chiefs star and the 'Anti-Hero' singer.
Kelce has attempted to strike a balance between keeping information about their A-list romance under wraps, while also acknowledging a major part of his life.
As time has gone on, Kelce has felt more comfortable sharing details of his love life and all-things Swift, with the happy couple roaring past two years of the first time their names were connected.
How it all started
During a July 2023 episode, a single Kelce talked about Swift's 'Eras Tour' concert at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, which he attended.
Kelce did not interact with Swift at the concert and mentioned on 'New Heights' how he wanted to give her a friendship bracelet with his phone number on it.
It's safe to say Swift got it not too soon after the shoutout from Kelce, with their romance beginning a short time after.
That led to Swift's first appearance in a luxury suite for one of Kelce's games in September 2023, sat next to Donna Kelce, Jason and Travis' mother.
The hard launch
The final episode in September 2023 did not veer from re-capping each brother's gridiron game from the previous weekend.
The Chiefs victory over the Bears drew massive interest due to Swift's appearance, with Kelce speaking about his new relationship for the first time.
'Shoutout to Taylor for pulling up,' Kelce said. 'That was pretty ballsy.'
'I just thought it was awesome that everybody in the suite had nothing but great things to say about her. The friends and family. She looked amazing and on top of that, the day went perfect for Chiefs fans. We script it all, ladies and gentlemen. It was absolutely electric.'
Kelce then admitted, in his second time talking about Swift on 'New Heights', and his first since beginning a relationship with the pop star, how he brought the world of attention on himself.
Giving kudos
On a pair of November 2023 episodes, Kelce talked about Swift with the first being a quicker mention.
It was the first instance of Jason bringing up his brother's girlfriend, with Jason known to be just as bombastic as Travis.
The elder Kelce mentioned how Swift liked a social-media post about Travis becoming the fastest tight end in NFL history to reach 11,000 yards.
'Thanks Tay,' Travis replied. 'I appreciate you on the Chiefs page supporting the Yeti.'
Globe-trotting tight end
Travis went to his second 'Eras Tour' concert in November 2023, where he was just off the stage with Scott Swift, Taylor's dad, enjoying the music.
It was the same concert where Swift changed the lyrics of one of her most-famous songs, 'Karma', to show love to her man.
'Karma is the guy on the Chiefs, coming straight home to me,' Swift sang in front of a sold-out crowd.
Then it was Kelce's turn, in front of his audience with a microphone.
'For those of you who haven't seen all the videos of me on your TikTok and Instagram feed, I was enjoying myself down there in Buenos Aires,' Travis said. 'The show was even more electric knowing that I had a little bit more to enjoy it for.'
Beloved outside of Kansas City
Kelce gave his girlfriend another shoutout during a December 2023 episode of 'New Heights' after she attended a road game for the Chiefs against the New England Patriots.
Despite clearly cheering for Kansas City, the partial Boston-area crowd cheered for Swift.
'I'll say this, they showed Taylor at the game and you don't see an entire home team fanbase go insane for somebody wearing the opposite team's colors. Just shows you how amazing that girl is,' Kelce said.
'They went absolutely insane when they showed Taylor on the screen. … Might have been a few Brads and Chads that were booing, but for the most part, everybody was f***king screaming at Taylor. I was trying to keep it cool, I was like, "Don't show your cards."'
Offseason travels and concerts
It was after the Chiefs won the 2024 Super Bowl the next time Swift was mentioned on-air.
During an episode from March of that year, after Swift attended all of Travis' playoff games in different cities, and he repaid the favor by going to her shows in Singapore and Australia, Kelce wanted to talk about his travels, and his boo.
Kelce first mentioned the 'fun times' he had in both countries, with the concerts clearly being implied, with other tourist activities.
'I want to see more of Australia, I feel like I got to see a little bit more of Singapore, so I'm gonna say Singapore was a little bit more interesting, for sure. … More unique, kind of a cooler experience,' Kelce said.
A stunning confession
In April 2024, Travis brought up his romance with Taylor, right after the six-month mark since they hard-launched.
'I don't know how I did it because she wasn't into sports,' Travis said of the start of his relationship with Swift. 'So I don't know how the f*** I did it.'
'I'm having a blast in life, baby. Just flying high, enjoying it all. Bringing new lives to the football world, opening the football world up to new things.'
It was around this time when Kelce's mainstream interest skyrocketed too, being cast in 'Happy Gilmore 2' and getting a hosting gig of Prime Video game show 'Are You Smarter Than A Celebrity'.
London Calling
During the episode that Jason and Travis recorded from England, Swift was mentioned a bunch, as they were in the United Kingdom for her concerts.
First was when the brothers were served drinks at a Philadelphia-themed bar with the manager wearing a uniform with the number 13 on her back.
'Jessi, are you wearing 13 as your lucky number?' Kelce said, adding he knows someone with the same lucky number.
Jason interjected that 13 used to be his favorite number and he wore it as a hockey player.
'13 plus 87, I'm just sayin', it works,' Travis concluded.
The brothers also recapped the concert with Travis getting on stage to perform with Swift as a backup dancer during 'I Can Do It With a Broken Heart'.
'It's cool to come over to London and support her and have a few beers while she absolutely killed it on stage,' Travis added.
Here comes Sandler
In August 2024, Travis' 'Happy Gilmore 2' co-star Adam Sandler was a guest on the podcast, with the world-famous actor bringing up Swift.
'By the way, what a girl,' Sandler said.
'Best performer out here,' Kelce replied.
Sandler admitted his daughters were huge fans of Swift, with Kelce making sure the actor knew the respect was mutual.
Recapping a New York trip
Last September, the Kelce brothers talked about a few Swift-relayed topics, including releasing the episode on the day of MTV's Video Music Awards, with the ceremony on Long Island.
'Hopefully, Taylor can walk away with a few. She's nominated for about 10 of those things tonight,' Travis said. 'Hopefully, she can walk away with some Moonmen. Those are always one of the cooler trophies.'
Kelce also mentioned his trip to the US Open with Swift with Patrick and Brittany Mahomes, with the former being Travis' teammate.
The final mention of that episode came when talking about Jason's debut, post-retirement, as an analyst for ESPN, where he had a wardrobe issue, mainly with the 't***' of his dress shirt.
'Me and Taylor were watching that, absolutely dying laughing at it,' Travis said of his brother's antics.
Travis gets FOMO
Due to Travis' NFL schedule, he could not join his family in Miami for another venture to the 'Eras Tour'.
'I had all the FOMO in the world with the entire family and a lot of our friends being there,' Kelce said during an October 2024 episode.
Jason revealed he texted Travis in the middle of the concert, saying Swift was 'killing it' on stage.
More kudos for Travis and Taylor
Another guest wanted to give a shoutout to the happy couple, in Travis' 'Grotesquerie' co-star, Niecy Nash-Betts.
In other moments to do press for the show, Nash-Betts spoke highly of Kelce on set, including him speaking on his relationship with Swift.
'Every time someone has a mic in front of you and asks you something like that, thank you for always showing love. You know it's real. And you know that me and Tay are absolutely happy, and I appreciate you always making sure everybody knows that,' Kelce said to Nash-Betts.
How often does Swift herself tune in?
During an episode from this January, Travis revealed that Swift listens to 'New Heights' every week.
Kelce also detailed how Swift met the show's 'interns', Brandon Borders and Jake Chatzky, at this past season's AFC Championship Game.