Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce hold hands, get ‘cozy’ in NYC. Next: Sunday’s Eagles game?
Update: Travis Kelce sat in the stands, but apparently Taylor Swift opted against going to Sunday’s Eagles game at MetLife Stadium after a “night of partying in New York City,” says the Daily Mail.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce made their romance public with a blast on Saturday, strolling hand in hand into famous Nobu restaurant in New York City in front of the waiting paparazzi.
The images sent Swifties into spasms of delight and focused their attention on Sunday afternoon: Will the new celebrity couple show up at the Philadelphia Eagles-New York Jets game to watch Kelce’s brother play?
Jason Kelce is starting center for the Eagles, who the Kansas City Chiefs defeated in the Super Bowl this year.
The Chiefs played Thursday in Kansas City — Swift was at the game — and don’t play again until next Sunday, which is why he has the time to hang out in New York this weekend.
After dinner Saturday, Swift and Kelce made surprise appearances on “Saturday Night Live,” which the Chiefs tight end hosted in March after winning the Super Bowl.
Kelce made a cameo in a skit spoofing the hype over his new romance, and Swift introduced the second performance of the show’s musical guest, Ice Spice.
But it was photos and videos of the couple holding hands that lit up Swift’s passionate army of fans on social media.
“Miss Americana and the touchdown prince,” one Swiftie crowned them in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
“Just popping on to say I love this. I love this more than I really should. I need them to be endgame,” another fan wrote on X. “Okay goodnight and only goodnight to Tayvis.”
A fellow fan marveled: “Travis Kelce went from wanting to give taylor swift a friendship bracelet with his number on it to him holding MOTHER taylor swift’s hand!!!!!! the glow up”
Some of the videos appeared to come from other diners in the Japanese restaurant, famous for its sushi.
One showed Kelce holding Swift’s hand and leading the way as they walked down a flight of stairs in the restaurant. A man yelled out: “Go Chiefs!”
Kelce raised his arm and yelled back. “Thank you, brutha!”
Another surreptitious video showed them walking past the open kitchen and Kelce waving back at some of the staff.
TMZ declared it a “date night — which was evidenced by the way they were grabbing on to each other, and TK leading the way.
“On top of the romantic gesture here, eyewitnesses tell us they were also cuddling at their table. On the way out … Travis proved to be a gentleman, putting Taylor’s coat on for her.”
Cameras caught Kelce flexing gentlemanly muscles.
When they arrived at the “Saturday Night Live” after-party, Kelce exited their SUV first, walked around to Swift’s side and politely brushed aside a security dude with an “I can take it from here” before opening the door and helping his new girlfriend out by the hand.
That’s much more intimate than the first time the public saw them together, leaving GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium last month after Kansas City beat the Chicago Bears. They walked side by side like buddies — no hand-holding — though someone took a picture of Swift cozied up to him later at a party at Prime Social, near the Country Club Plaza
That was the first of three Chiefs games Swift has attended, two in Kansas City. She’s watched with Kelce’s mother, Donna Kelce, and his father, Ed Kelce.
She took celebrity friends with her to MetLife Stadium when the Chiefs beat the Jets on Oct. 1.
If she returns to MetLife with Kelce on Sunday, she possibly could meet another member of the immediate Kelce family — Jason’s wife, Kylie, who is enjoying her own celebrity at the moment after appearing in the popular Amazon Prime Video documentary “Kelce.” Neither she nor Jason have been seen publicly with Swift.
Kickoff is at 3:25 p.m. on Fox.
This story was originally published October 15, 2023 at 8:57 AM.
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