As Taylor Swift winds down Eras Tour, here are 5 memorable times Travis Kelce showed up
Spoiler alert: Taylor Swift won’t be at the Chiefs game this Sunday in San Francisco.
Those reports of a “breakup contract” were wrong, so that’s not why Swift won’t be rooting on the Chiefs and Travis Kelce at Levi’s Stadium. It’s because Swift’s Eras Tour resumes Friday in Miami at Hard Rock Stadium (where the Chiefs won Super Bowl LIV).
When Swift’s fans look back at this record-breaking tour, Kelce will undoubtedly be front and center in those memories.
The Kansas City Chiefs tight end has attended more than a dozen shows on five continents, including the one where this romance began at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium last summer.
From Singapore to Dublin, Buenos Aires to Paris, Kelce has been the ever-supportive partner, creating sweet and romantic storybook memories for one of the most famous celebrity romances in recent times.
And surely, he will be featured in the 256-page hardcover book coming next month that will document the tour. Swift announced the project on Tuesday.
“The Official Eras Tour Book” will be “filled with my own personal reflections, never-before-seen behind the scenes photos, all the magical memories you guys brought every single night,” Swift wrote on Instagram.
The book, along with “The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology,” on vinyl and CD “will all be available for the first time ever only at (Target) starting Nov 29th,” she wrote.
As Swift starts winding down the tour this week, here’s a look back at five memorable times Kelce showed up.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
During a break in the Chiefs schedule, Kelce’s first appearance at a show in Argentina sent shockwaves through Swiftie land, punctuated by a post-show kiss that fans likely will never forget.
Kelce also met Swift’s father, Scott Swift, for the first time on that trip in November. Kelce had dinner with Swift and her dad at a Buenos Aires steakhouse where restaurant patrons applauded and cheered as the newly minted celebrity couple walked past.
The next night Kelce and papa Swift watched the concert together in a VIP tent.
During the show Swift famously changed the lyrics to “Karma,” singing “karma is the guy on the Chiefs, coming straight home to me.”
After the show came The Kiss. (It should have its own trademark.) In a bold PDA, Swift ran straight into Kelce’s arms backstage after the show and gave him a big ol’ Hollywood kiss.
Sydney, Australia
Swift gave her fans more to swoon over during the first of four shows in Sydney, Australia, where Kelce traveled in February two weeks after winning the Super Bowl.
The day he arrived, the couple enjoyed a private tour of the zoo where they fed kangaroos, took selfies and were hounded by paparazzi flying overhead in helicopters, which angered fans.
The two later shared several sweet moments during the show, which Kelce attended with an armful of friendship bracelets, friend Ross Travis and Swift’s dad.
Swift once again changed the lyrics to “Karma” to reference “the guy on the Chiefs” and is thought to have referenced the Super Bowl victory while singing “Long Live,” when she seemed to point to Kelce and sang, “when they gave us our trophies.”
He waited for her again backstage where they kissed and left the arena together before he jetted back to Las Vegas to celebrate the Super Bowl win with his teammates.
London, England
The Internet survived perhaps its biggest challenge in June when Kelce took the stage and performed with Swift at Wembley Stadium.
Social media was abuzz when Kelce donned a tuxedo and top hat and picked up the love of his life.
Kelce later revealed he pulled off a dance move from the movie, “Dumb & Dumber,” and had one goal in mind the entire time he was performing in front of 90,000 concert-goers.
“It was awesome. And I didn’t disappoint Taylor, so that’s all that really matters,” Kelce said later on his podcast. “The one thing I told myself is do not drop the baby. Do not drop Taylor on your way over this damn couch. “The golden rule was, ‘Do not drop Taylor. Get her to the couch safely.’ Coach (Eric) Bieniemy always used to say that ball has our dreams, goals and aspirations. You do not drop that ball.”
London, Part 2
Kelce met none other than the Prince of Wales and two of his children — Prince George and Princess Charlotte — when he watched Swift perform in June during a three-day stand at London’s Wembley Stadium.
Swift’s shows there drew a passel of celebrities, from Tom Cruise, Paul McCartney and Hugh Grant to director Greta Gerwig, Cate Blanchett and Liam Hemsworth, some of whom Kelce was photographed with. (He danced with Gerwig.)
Dublin, Ireland
In a moment that Swifties dubbed kinda cringy, Oscar winner Julia Roberts got up close and personal with Kelce in the VIP tent at the third and final show in Dublin on June 30.
The “Erin Brokovich” star was seen standing close to him, scratching his chest and rubbing his shoulders as she talked excitedly and he laughed.
Social media star and deaf artist Jackie Gonzalez went viral when she shared a clip of herself reading Roberts’ lips during the exchange.
“I’m so unusually happy for you guys, and I don’t mean to make you nervous, but it makes me so happy,” Roberts told him, according to Gonzalez.
Awwww. But fans didn’t understand why she was scratching his pecs.
Kelce wasn’t expected to be at that show, but when he arrived, Swift couldn’t hide her surprise on stage.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Kelce has endeared himself to Swift’s fans for rarely hiding his emotions. On his New Heights podcast, Kelce frequently bursts out laughing, shares his admiration for Swift and has wiped away tears while talking about his mom.
When the Eras Tour stopped in Amsterdam on July 6, Kelce was in attendance and fans believe they caught him cry while watching Swift perform ”Everything Has Changed” and “So High School.”
Both songs are believed to be about Kelce, who is 6-foot-5 and 250 pounds, and he got emotional. Kelce was in a suite with teammate Patrick Mahomes and wife Brittany Mahomes.
That didn’t stop Kelce from showing how he felt about Swift, and it made her fans swoon to see how much he loves her.
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