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Travis Kelce pens sweet message about Taylor Swift on NFL’s social-media account

Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce were in attendance during the game between Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers in Game 4 of the 2025 Stanley Cup Final at Amerant Bank Arena.
Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce were in attendance during the game between Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers in Game 4 of the 2025 Stanley Cup Final at Amerant Bank Arena. Imagn Images

Roughly a few months passed after Super Bowl LIX without Taylor Swift and Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce being spotted together.

That’s changed this month. And who could have guessed that Tight End University, the teaching camp co-hosted by Kelce, would provide so many photo opportunities of the celebrity couple for fans this week?

On Tuesday night, Swift took the stage at the Tight Ends and Friends concert in Nashville, and Swifties spent much of Wednesday sharing videos of the “Shake It Off” performance and their reactions.

The NFL’s official social-media accounts got in on the fun, too.

On its Instagram account, the NFL posted photos of Swift on stage at the Brooklyn Bowl and wrote: “Just a casual surprise performance at @te_university.”

The dads, Brads and Chads who dislike Swift made their negative thoughts known in the comments, but the one that really mattered came from Kelce.

He wrote: “Turn me up Tay Tay!!!” About an hour after Kelce wrote it, the comment had more than 13,000 likes and 215 replies.

Travis Kelce was proud of his girlfriend, Taylor Swift., who performed Tuesday night.
Travis Kelce was proud of his girlfriend, Taylor Swift., who performed Tuesday night. Screengrab of NFL Instagram post

This story was originally published June 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM.

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From covering the World Series to the World Cup, Pete Grathoff has done a little bit of everything since joining The Kansas City Star in 1997.
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