Jason, for his part, couldn’t help but let his protective-big-brother side creep out in an interview.
“It’s certainly been weird, the level that it is now,” he said. “On one hand, I’m happy for my brother that he seems to be in a relationship that he’s excited about, that he is genuine about. But there’s another end of it, where it’s like, ‘Man, this is a lot.’ There’s paparazzi talking about him fueling his car before the game today, and I’m like, ‘Is that really necessary information to share?’”
“There’s some, I think, alarms sometimes with how over in-pursuit people can be,” Jason said. “Overall, he can deal with some of this. As long as it’s not becoming a threat to his safety and things like that.”
October 22, 2023: The not-so-secret WAG handshake
Swift and Mahomes celebrate a touchdown at Arrowhead Stadium on October 22, 2023.
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In yet another jaunt to Kansas City, Swift took in another Chiefs win while wearing a vintage Chiefs sweatshirt and a friendship bracelet featuring Kelce’s jersey number surrounded by beads with hearts. She also reached a new level of WAG-dom by debuting an elaborate celebration handshake with Brittany Mahomes after a touchdown, all under the watchful toddler eye of Mahomes’s daughter, Sterling.
Late October 2023: Public opinions
You can’t make everyone like you, but Travis’s dad, Ed Kelce, lent his endorsement to Swift anyway.
In an interview, he called their relationship “just great,” and said that Swift is “very genuine” and “realizes how committed Travis is to sleep, 10 hours a day.” He said his first meeting with Swift surprised him.
“We’re sitting in the suite, she gets up…to go get a drink or something and she starts picking up empty bottles, cans, plates that are scattered around,” he said. “I’m just thinking, I don’t think she got the diva memo. She didn’t get the spoiled musician. She doesn’t know how to pull that off. And that really, to me, said a whole lot.”
