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Fans Share Photos Taken With Travis Kelce Every Time He Meets Them, Despite His Busy Schedule, He Always Makes Out Time To Have Fun With Fans.
Travis Kelce has seen his profile soar after Taylor Swift was seen supporting him when his team Kansas City Chiefs took on the Chicago Bears on Sunday.
The American footballer, 33, and the singer, 33, are reportedly dating and were seen in public for the first time this weekend, after spending time together under the radar for months. Within 24 hours, Travis had gained 300,000+ social media followers, seen a 400% increase in merchandise sales and had his jersey hit the top five best-selling in the NFL.
Fans have called it the ‘Taylor Swift effect’ as Swifties showed their support to the songstress. Travis now boasts a staggering 3.1million followers and counting. Sports and business investor Joe Pompliano wrote on X – formerly known as Twitter: ‘Travis Kelce has had a busy 24 hours: 7 catches for 69 yards and a TD, gained 300,000+ social media followers, 400% increase in the NFL, Top 5 selling jersey in the NFL. That’s the Taylor Swift effect.’
‘I was disappointed that she doesn’t talk before or after her shows because she has to save her voice for the 44 songs that she sings, so I was a little b**t-hurt I didn’t get to hand her one of the bracelets I made for her,’ he said. Taylor amped up the budding courtship at Sunday’s game when she arrived alone — aside from her usual bodyguards — to cheer on Travis from a box.
Sources have stressed the two are not ‘officially’ dating. Taylor is on a break from her Eras Tour, which resumes November 9 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Another sign that Taylor the Kansas City Chiefs star are growing closer was that she met his parents at Sunday’s game. The hitmaker could be seen cheering on Travis while standing next to his mother Donna, and Travis’ father Ed was also in attendance.
Although Taylor and Travis appeared to keep the PDA to a minimum while heading to the Prime Social Rooftop in Kansas City after the game on Sunday, eyewitnesses spotted them holding hands once they were inside the restaurant The PDA escalated when Taylor reportedly sat on the football players lap at one point. The dinner was only somewhat private, as Travis’ family, including his mother Donna, also showed up, and some of his teammates dropped by as well.
An eyewitness previously told Entertainment Tonight it was Travis who had bought out the restaurant for the afterparty. ‘Taylor arrived, wearing a denim dress, and was seen snacking, having some cocktails and dancing alongside Travis,’ they said. Another diner told ET restaurant staff told them there would be a ‘hard close’ at 8 p.m., and the wait staff handed out to-go boxes ahead of the deadline while letting them know that they would need to leave the premises before that time.
However, they were offered free drinks at the restaurant’s sister venue to cut down on the inconvenience. Although some of the patrons apparently asked if the closure was related to Travis and Taylor, the staff reportedly were stiff-lipped. Taylor split from her long-time partner Joe Alwyn in April after six years together. She had a brief romance with The 1975’s Matty Healy but they parted ways in June.