Timeline Of Taylor Swift And Travis Kelce's Relationship: Eras Tour To Engagement

She ended up dating nan boy connected nan shot team and is now headed for the beatified ground of matrimony.

It’s been a agelong clip coming for Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end, whose romance has captivated nan popular euphony world for 2 years. The 2 announced their engagement connected Tuesday.

The first conclusive grounds of nan brace seeing each different came connected Sept. 24, 2023, erstwhile Swift showed up to Arrowhead Stadium to witnesser Kelce’s Chiefs thump nan Chicago Bears.

Her attendance shocked and thrilled nan world, but immoderate group whitethorn besides beryllium confused really this budding romance began.

Taylor Swift watches nan Kansas City Chiefs crippled pinch Donna Kelce, left, nan Travis Kelce's mom, connected Sept. 24, 2023.Ed Zurga / AP file

Rumors astir nan 2 perchance making love had been circling nan net since nan summertime of 2023, and galore of Swift’s fans were rooting for nan relationship.

News broke successful April 2023 that Swift, 33, ended her six-year narration pinch character Joe Alwyn conscionable arsenic her world circuit was picking up steam successful nan United States. Kelce, 33, appears to person remained azygous aft breaking up pinch his longtime woman and sports journalist Kayla Nicole successful 2022.

A root adjacent to nan “Anti-Hero” vocalist confirmed to NBC News that Swift and Kelce were “hanging out” but things betwixt them were successful early stages.

While Swift has already done a batch successful life greater than conscionable making love nan boy connected nan shot team, location mightiness still beryllium room for Kelce successful nan popular superstar’s world.

‘A relationship bracelet and a dream’

Kelce, 33, did much than conscionable driblet a hint that he was willing successful Swift — he publically declared his liking successful her to nan world.

The Chief’s tight extremity attended nan Eras Tour successful July 2023 erstwhile Swift was performing astatine Arrowhead Stadium, his team’s location turf. Her fans, who telephone themselves “Swifties,” posted astir his quality connected societal media.

Kelce and his brother, Jason Kelce, later discussed his quality astatine nan performance connected their podcast “New Heights” and a clip of it was posted to their TikTok relationship July 2023. He said he attended nan show and was “butt hurt” that Swift wasn’t capable to speak to him anterior to her performance.

Jason, left, and Travis Kelce successful Philadelphia successful 2023.Gabriella Ricciardi / MLB Photos via Getty Images record

“If you’re up connected Taylor Swift concerts, location are relationship bracelets,” Kelce said. “And I received a bunch of them being there, but I wanted to springiness Taylor Swift 1 pinch my number connected it.”

“Your number arsenic successful 87, aliases your telephone number?” his relative asked.

“You cognize which one,” Kelce joked back.

As one Taylor Swift instrumentality relationship noted connected X, “he had a relationship bracelet and a dream.”

Kelce explained that Swift astir apt didn’t spot anyone successful an effort to prevention her voice, aliases possibly she conscionable didn’t want to spot him. But that was capable to get headlines written and nan seed planted successful nan minds of fans each complete nan world.

The Kelce brothers support dropping hints

All was quiet connected nan Kelce and Swift beforehand for nan adjacent fewer weeks, arsenic she was still completing nan first U.S. limb of her circuit and released her “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)” re-recording. In that clip she besides announced nan upcoming merchandise of “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” during a performance successful Los Angeles.

A playful infinitesimal dropped August 2023 erstwhile Chiefs societal media did a TikTok video questioning players astir their personage crushes.

“Mine was...” Kelce pondered.

“Taylor Swift?” his teammate interrupted, causing Kelce to chuckle earlier moving on.

The cheeky clip was brushed speech by galore arsenic mischievous teasing betwixt teammates astatine nan time.

But hints started to driblet again astatine nan extremity of August, done nan Kelce brothers’ podcast. The NFL’s preseason had begun and nan brothers were discussing Kelce’s yearly training campy mustache successful their Aug. 31 podcast episode.

“Have you recovered retired what Taylor Swift thinks of your mustache?” his relative asked.

“Yeah, we’re not going to bring up Taylor Swift successful this episode,” Kelce deflected pinch a chuckle. “But thing tells maine she’s gonna for illustration it.”

That one-liner was capable to resurface nan speculation that possibly Swift and Kelce were seeing each different aft her circuit schedule slowed down successful early August.

Finally, Kelce was asked successful an question and reply connected “The Pat McAfee Show” whether nan headlines astir his individual life bothered him. The Chiefs tight extremity said he recovered each nan speculation “hilarious,” likening nan the full business to a puerility crippled of “telephone.”

“I threw nan shot successful her court,” Kelce said, mounting nan grounds straight. “I told her, I’ve seen you stone a shape successful Arrowhead and you mightiness person to travel spot maine stone nan shape astatine Arrowhead. We’ll spot what happens successful nan adjacent future.”

Swift cheers Kelce on, seemingly confirming nan rumors

Swift evidently took him up connected nan connection and showed up to Arrowhead Stadium to watch Kelce play against nan Chicago Bears connected Sept. 24, 2023. She was seen successful a backstage suite pinch Kelce’s mother, Donna, cheering him connected while decked retired successful Chiefs colors.

The popular superstar was later seen leaving nan stadium pinch Kelce, telling him successful a video clip posted to nan X that “it was nan best.”

Taylor Swift reacts during nan first half of a crippled betwixt nan Chicago Bears and nan Kansas City Chiefs connected Sept. 24, 2023.Jason Hanna / Getty Images

Many of Swifts’ fans were simply delighted to spot her having a bully clip astatine nan game, posting jokes each crossed societal media astir her enthusiasm, her imaginable romance and her turning her backmost connected her hometown team, nan Eagles.

Kelce discussed her quality connected a September 2023 section of his podcast, calling it “a crippled to remember.”

“Shoutout to Taylor for pulling up, that was beautiful ballsy!” he said connected nan section of “New Heights,” which he co-hosts pinch his brother, Philadelphia Eagles subordinate Jason Kelce.

“I conscionable thought it was awesome really everybody successful nan suite had thing but awesome things to opportunity astir her, nan friends and family,” he added. “She looked amazing. Everyone was talking astir her successful awesome light.”

He joked that Kansas City Chiefs caput coach Andy Reid played matchmaker: “I cognize that he had met nan Swift family before, truthful I don’t know, he could person been successful nan inheritance nan full time.”

Swift’s clip astatine nan crippled was fixed nan meme curen while group besides celebrated Kelce arsenic a deviation from erstwhile men successful Swift’s life, including erstwhile fellow Alwyn and her caller interlude pinch Matt Healy, The 1975’s frontman. Unlike those men, Kelce is American, and his profession is based successful athletics, not nan arts.

Swift is simply a record-breaking musician astatine nan tallness of her fame, and Kelce is simply a aggregate Super Bowl champion, truthful it’s unsurprising that it would beryllium difficult for them to get to cognize each different privately.

“Also reminder that casual making love is simply a point moreover for celebrities — going connected a day aliases 2 does not make anyone official,” 1 instrumentality wrote connected X.

Others besides chimed in, saying they didn’t attraction whether nan narration was superior but that it was bully to spot Swift “having fun.”

Love connected nan podcast

Swift was a impermanent connected nan Kelce brothers’ podcast connected Aug. 13, getting teary-eyed telling Travis and Jason really overjoyed she was complete buying backmost nan maestro recordings of her music.

Swift utilized nan “New Heights” podcast to denote her caller medium “The Life of a Showgirl,” which she had penned during her Eras circuit successful Europe.

Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift connected nan New Heights podcast connected Aug. 13.New Heights via YouTube

Swift described really blown distant she was by Travis Kelce’s very nationalist courting of her saying really she could only ideate specified a romanticist pursuit.

“This is benignant of what I’ve been penning songs astir wanting to hap to maine since I was a teenager,” Swift said of nan wooing.

And baby, she conscionable said yes

The mates announced they were engaged successful an Instagram station connected Tuesday, featuring a slideshow of photos from nan proposal, on pinch a changeable of nan ample gem group successful yellowish gold.

“Your English coach and your gym coach are getting married,” nan post’s caption said.