{"id":1981136,"date":"2025-08-26T20:11:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T20:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1981136"},"modified":"2025-08-26T20:11:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T20:11:17","slug":"travis-kelce-revealed-marriage-hopes-before-taylor-swift-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/travis-kelce-revealed-marriage-hopes-before-taylor-swift-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"Travis Kelce revealed marriage hopes before Taylor Swift engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F08%2F110110196.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>He belongs with her.<\/p>\n<p>Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift both spoke about marriage before <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/26\/sports\/travis-kelce-taylor-swift-are-engaged-pop-star-announces\/\">announcing their engagement <\/a>on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p>In fact, Kelce, 35, gave specific insight into what his marriage to Swift, 35, would look like in a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gq.com\/story\/travis-kelce-september-cover-2025-interview-super-bowl-taylor-swift\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GQ interview<\/a> that was published exactly two weeks before the proposal news. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce in their engagement pictures. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/ Taylor Swift<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The NFL superstar explained that, despite <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/05\/09\/sports\/donna-kelce-opens-up-on-divorce-and-hard-decisions-raising-travis-jason\/\">his parents Ed and Donna Kelce\u2019s divorce,<\/a> he\u2019s hopeful he\u2019ll have a relationship that lasts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe handful of my friends whose parents are still together and still thriving \u2014 those are situations I would love to have,\u201d Kelce stated.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Travis Kelce on the cover of GQ. <span class=\"credit\">Ryan McGinley for GQ<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cNot that I think my parents dealt with it the wrong way or anything like that,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s more so, if we\u2019re gonna start this and do it, why not try and do it to last forever? Not just in a \u2018It\u2019s just for the kids\u2019 aspect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ed, 74, and Donna, 72, who also share son Jason, 37, were married for 25 years before they went their separate ways. Their sons just graduated college at the time of the divorce. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><figcaption>Taylor Swift with Donna Kelce at a Chiefs game. <span class=\"credit\">NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce in New York in Oct. 2023. <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the GQ interview, the reporter reminded Kelce that he once said in an interview that his ideal partner would have the same qualities as his mom, and asked the football player if Swift and Donna are similar. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir kindness, their genuineness, their ability to say hello to everyone in the room,\u201d Kelce answered. \u201cTheir ability to show love and support no matter what. And on top of that, their work ethic.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift on the \u201cNew Heights\u201d podcast. <span class=\"credit\">New Heights\/Youtube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI saw my mother reach goals that she had set for herself, go from being a teller to working all the way up in the KeyBank building,\u201d he continued, adding of Swift, \u201cI\u2019ve seen Taylor do the exact same thing of setting goals for herself and exceeding the expectations and really captivating the world in that regard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kelce also told the outlet that he and Swift have a \u201cregular\u201d romance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen there is not a camera on us, we\u2019re just two people that are in love,\u201d he said. \u201cIt can be perceived as something else because of how much it is talked about and how much we are tracked whenever we do go out, but I would say that it\u2019s as normal of\u2026. It happened very organically even though from a media standpoint it was being tracked. It still happened very organically.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift kiss after the Chiefs win the 2024 Super Bowl. <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Swift, for her part, talked about her desire to get married and more back in 2012. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing a mom full-time, doing everything for my kids, having a bunch of them. One day, I\u2019m sure,\u201d she told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/entertainment\/celebs\/news\/a4064\/taylor-swift-december-cover-cosmopolitan\/\">Cosmopolitan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Travis Kelce with Taylor Swift in NYC in Oct. 2023. <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Grammy winner has also written lyrics about marriage in her songs \u201cLover,\u201d \u201cPaper Rings,\u201d \u201cLove Story,\u201d \u201cStarlight,\u201d \u201cSo High School,\u201d How You Get the Girl\u201d and more.<\/p>\n<p>Swift announced her engagement to the Kansas Chiefs tight end with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DN02niAXMM-\/?img_index=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stunning Instagram photos<\/a> of her engagement ring and Kelce down on one knee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>A glimpse of Taylor Swift\u2019s engagement ring. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/ Taylor Swift<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce attend the US Open in New York in Sept. 2024. <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The couple were first linked in 2023. That September, Swift <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/09\/24\/taylor-swift-attends-chiefs-game-after-travis-kelce-invite\/\">attended her first Chiefs game<\/a>\u00a0at Arrowhead Stadium. Kelce, in turn, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/13\/sports\/taylor-swift-reveals-what-she-misses-most-about-the-eras-tour-on-new-heights-podcast\/\">showed up to several of Swift\u2019s Eras Tour shows<\/a> as their romance continued to heat up through 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Swift <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/14\/sports\/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-podcast-draws-staggering-10-million-views\/\">made her first-ever podcast appearance<\/a> on \u201cNew Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce,\u201d where she <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/13\/entertainment\/taylor-swift-reveals-life-of-a-showgirl-album-release-date-as-new-heights-podcast-drops\/\">announced her new album<\/a>, \u201cThe Life of a Showgirl,\u201d out Oct. 3.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He belongs with her. Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift both spoke about marriage before announcing their engagement on Tuesday. In fact, Kelce, 35, gave specific insight into what his marriage to Swift, 35, would look like in a GQ interview that was published exactly two weeks before the proposal news. 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