Taylor Swift burst right into a raucous spherical of cheers when her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, scored a landing through the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs’ divisional playoff sport.
Quarterback Patrick Mahomes tossed the ball to Kelce, 35, in the course of the Chiefs’ Saturday, January 18, soccer sport in opposition to the Houston Texans. Kelce, for his half, had been standing ultimately zone when the pigskin landed in his arms.
Whereas the tight finish carried out a celebration dance along with his teammates, Swift, 35, was noticed leaping up and down from her perch in a personal suite. In social media footage, the pop star hugged WNBA phenom Caitlin Clark earlier than giving Kelce’s dad, Ed, a handshake.
Swift confirmed as much as KC’s Arrowhead Stadium wearing head-to-toe Chanel, arriving alongside her dad and mom, Scott and Andrea, and youthful brother, Austin. The remainder of the Swift household wore Chiefs-branded gear as they sat with Kelce’s household and 22-year-old Clark within the field.
Kelce’s landing additionally helped the Chiefs win the sport 23-14.
“I do know I had to purchase a little bit time … however we had talked about that precise play,” Mahomes, 29, stated of Kelce’s finish zone catch in a postgame press convention. “Trav simply needed to recover from that linebacker, so I had to purchase a little bit time. I stepped into the pocket and was in a position to get sufficient on it to get into the tip zone. That was a giant play within the sport.”
In accordance with Mahomes, he “gave it the whole lot [he] acquired” to throw the ball throughout the sphere to Kelce.

“You discover a approach in these huge moments, and that was a giant second,” the quarterback added. “I used to be glad Trav was in that spot, the place I may give him the soccer. … I used to be in a position to get by and get to the tip zone, however that’s one thing we labored on. We labored on that play and that scenario.”
Mahomes additional gushed about Kelce’s spectacular receptions through the Saturday matchup, referring to the Man of the Yr nominee as a “big-time participant.”
“Large-time gamers make big-time performs in big-time video games,” Mahomes stated. “He’s a type of guys and he didn’t let the second be larger than what it’s. He simply goes on the market and executes [on] a excessive stage, similar to he does within the common season. He simply does that [at] a little bit bit greater depth.”
With the Chiefs’ Saturday victory, they are going to transfer on to the AFC Championship sport later this month in opposition to both the Baltimore Ravens or the Buffalo Payments. The longer term AFC title champ will characterize the convention within the 2025 Tremendous Bowl in opposition to the NFC division winner. (The Washington Commanders will play both the Los Angeles Rams or the Philadelphia Eagles for that honor.)
Ought to the Chiefs make it to and win the massive sport, it will be their third consecutive Lombardi trophy. Kelce and Mahomes, particularly, had been signed with the workforce after they gained in 2020, 2023 and 2024, respectively.
“I haven’t heard anyone discuss something ‘three-peat’ [or] something like that,” Kelce stated in an ESPN sit-down that aired forward of the divisional playoff sport. “Anyone can get beat within the playoffs in case you don’t are available with the best mentality and the best mindset courting again to coaching camp and all through the season. We’ve such a veteran workforce. We’ve so many leaders in so many alternative methods. Guys step up and guys simply perceive the duty at hand.”