This time final 12 months, Travis Kelce hoped to make it to the Tremendous Bowl. As we speak, he’s hoping for a similar factor, however he additionally occurs to be courting essentially the most well-known individual on the planet.
The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish shot to international recognition in September when rumors started swirling that he and Taylor Swift had been quietly courting.
However, regardless of capturing from soccer fame to worldwide fame throughout the span of some weeks, it feels like Travis is preserving his ft firmly on the bottom.
Throughout a press convention earlier this week, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes sang Travis’s praises whereas being requested concerning the elevated consideration surrounding the workforce.
“Travis has all the time been Travis,” he informed reporters, including that his pal’s surge in recognition has been “cool to observe.”
“He has all that spotlight however he’s simply been himself the entire time,” Patrick went on. “He’s nonetheless Travis Kelce.”
The 2-time Tremendous Bowl MVP continued: “He nonetheless will stroll by means of the stadium and deal with each single individual like they’re his finest buddy. And he’s going to be like that within the locker room each single day.”
As you could have seen, Taylor appears to have developed a detailed bond with Patrick’s spouse, Brittany Mahomes. Patrick did not deal with this, although he did say that the fanfare hasn’t made a distinction in his life.
“It hasn’t been any completely different to me,” he defined. “I’ve come to work each single day and I’m fortunate sufficient that I’ve numerous nice gamers round me, and Travis is one in every of them.”
Being that they’re shut each on and off the sphere, this isn’t the primary time that Patrick has been requested to touch upon Travis’s love life and the way it’s impacted their dynamic.
Talking to ESPN in November, Patrick assured followers that each one the thrill surrounding Travis and Taylor’s relationship had “not turn out to be a distraction” for the workforce.
“Individuals see the entire Taylor Swift and Travis [thing] they usually make it an enormous deal as a result of it’s a enormous deal,” he stated on the time, happening to share his ideas on all of the hype. “I believe it turns into a much bigger deal to the fan bases than it does to the blokes who’re really within the constructing.”
Praising Travis, he added: “He would not attempt to be this Travis Kelce Saturday Night time Dwell man, he simply needs to be the man who involves play soccer each single day.”
The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs are among the many final 4 groups within the race to Tremendous Bowl LVIII, which can happen in Las Vegas on Feb. 11.
On Sunday, Patrick, Travis, and the remainder of the Chiefs will tackle the top-seeded Baltimore Ravens to see if they will make it to the Tremendous Bowl for a second consecutive 12 months.
