Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are engaged. Proving it was never a fake love story.
Initial skepticism stemmed from perceptions of Kelce as a goof and an unlikely match for Swift.
This moment shows the power of love. Yes, it really does.
Once, someone wrote that the Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce relationship was fake. Not real. A made up thing. Some kind of publicity stunt. Some of what was written was tongue in cheek but it also seemed like the right approach. You know why. These types of highly public romances seem artificially inflated.
The headline to the story read: ‘The Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce romance is fake. You know it is. So what? Let’s enjoy it.’
Well, it wasn’t fake, was it?
You know the dolt who wrote that story? This guy. Me. That’s who.
It was two years ago. What I will say is that when I reached out to NFL players around that time, as well people in various front offices, and even inside the NFL’s offices, no one believed it. And I mean, no one. It was considered a total joke.
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Part of the perception was no one took Kelce’s love life seriously. The Kansas City Chiefs tight end was viewed as a future Hall of Famer and remarkable player but kind of a goof. After all, this is a man who was the star of his own reality dating show, ‘Catching Kelce,’ in 2016.
With news of Kelce’s engagement to Swift coming Tuesday, Aug. 26, what we see now is that love isn’t so easily explained. It doesn’t come in neat little packages. It’s not something we can predict. It’s not something that we can even vision. It’s like a fifth dimension that only becomes clear when it’s right before our face and, even then, it can be muddled.
And predicting other people’s love? LOL. Even more impossible. When I see Kelce. When I hear him. When I see him melt around Swift, well, hoo boy were we wrong. But at the time, he didn’t seem like the kind of person who would be capable of such deep emotional connections.
What the football world saw in Kelce (outside of the Chiefs) was someone seemed too odd to date someone like Swift — a megastar, talented businesswoman and super intelligent human. But we deeply, wrongly underestimated Kelce.
We saw in the ‘New Heights’ podcast just how much they love each other, but also, how much love Kelce has inside of him. He’s no goof.
This lesson is about love. Its powers and abilities are more super than any Avenger. It can destroy us but it can also captivate us. We know it when we see it and we see two people deeply in love. For once, for just once, we should drop our cynicism. That protective veil who sees a heating Earth and soiled politics and just enjoy this.
It’s OK. It’s totally OK.
Remember the beginning? Swift was shown at Arrowhead Stadium during FOX’s broadcast of the Kansas City’s game against the Chicago Bears at the end of Sept. 2023. Swift was sitting in a box next to Donna Kelce, Travis’ mom. Swift was cheering while wearing a red hoodie as the team prepared for kickoff. People rolled their eyes.
No longer. At least no one should be.
I see there are betting odds for when they will get divorced. Those oddsmakers will be as wrong as I was.
It’s fine to believe in love. Try it.
Just try it. It won’t hurt this time.