{"id":1981601,"date":"2025-08-27T01:24:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T01:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1981601"},"modified":"2025-08-27T01:24:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T01:24:16","slug":"travis-kelces-dad-reveals-intimate-details-of-taylor-swift-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/travis-kelces-dad-reveals-intimate-details-of-taylor-swift-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"Travis Kelce&#8217;s dad reveals intimate details of Taylor Swift engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Ed Kelce provided intimate details on his son Travis\u2019 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/08\/26\/celebrity-news\/taylor-swift-and-travis-kelce-engaged-after-2-years-of-dating\/\">proposal to Taylor Swift<\/a>, revealing when the Kansas City Chiefs star popped the question.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe got her out there, they were about to go out to dinner, and he said, \u2018Let\u2019s go out and have a glass of wine,\u2019 \u2026 They got out there, and that\u2019s when he asked her, and it was beautiful,\u201d Ed <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news5cleveland.com\/news\/local-news\/travis-kelces-father-ed-kelce-says-the-couple-got-engaged-almost-2-weeks-ago\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told ABC News 5 Cleveland<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The singer\u2019s soon-to-be father-in-law went on to share that the NFL tight end proposed to Swift nearly two weeks ago, confirming <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/08\/26\/celebrity-news\/heres-how-long-travis-and-taylor-have-kept-their-engagement-a-secret\/\">Page Six\u2019s exclusive reporting<\/a> on the engagement timeline.<\/p>\n<p>Although Ed told the outlet that Travis got down on one knee at a garden in Lee\u2019s Summit, Mo., Page Six can exclusively reveal that Travis actually popped the question in the backyard of his Leawood, Kan., house.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Ed Kelce shared intimate details of his son Travis\u2019 proposal to Taylor Swift on Tuesday. <span class=\"credit\">Maureen Maguire\/Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The NFL star popped the question to his girlfriend in his backyard surrounded by flowers, Page Six exclusively confirmed. <span class=\"credit\">Taylor Swift \/ Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Ed continued: \u201cHe was going to put it off till this week. I think she was getting maybe a little antsy, but he was going to put her off till this week, to, you know, make some grand thing, to make it a big special event.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cAnd I told him repeatedly, you know, you could do it on the side of the road, do it any place that makes it a special event \u2026 when you get down on one knee and ask her to marry you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/08\/25\/celebrity-news\/taylor-swift-live-updates-8-25-26-2025\/\">Follow Page Six\u2019s Taylor Swift live updates for the latest news, photos, fan theories and more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ed, 74, shared that he learned of the proposal not long after Travis got down on one knee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey started FaceTiming me and their mother [Donna Kelce] and her folks [mom Andrea Swift and dad Scott Swift] to make sure everybody knew. So, to see them together is great,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cHe got her out there, they were about to go out to dinner, and he said, \u2018Let\u2019s go out and have a glass of wine,&#8217;\u201d Ed told ABC News 5 Cleveland of the special moment. <span class=\"credit\">Taylor Swift \/ Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Ed also confirmed Page Six\u2019s exclusive reporting about the NFL star popping the question about two weeks ago. <span class=\"credit\">killatrav\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ed was visiting a public Eagles practice when he got the call from the couple.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got a FaceTime call from them, and as soon as I saw the FaceTime, I saw it was Travis, and then I saw Taylor there with him, I knew what they were going to say, and they, you know, let us know,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>The \u201cFortnight\u201d singer and the athlete, both 35, announced their engagement via Instagram on Tuesday, sharing several adorable photos from their beautiful flower-filled proposal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married \ud83e\udde8,\u201d they captioned the joint Instagram post.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The lovebirds announced their engagement via Instagram on Tuesday, sharing a series of loved-up photos from their proposal photo shoot. <span class=\"credit\">Taylor Swift \/ Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Travis proposed to Swift with a custom old mine brilliant-cut diamond\u00a0in a gold bezel setting. <span class=\"credit\">Taylor Swift \/ Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The couple appeared to be on cloud nine while they hugged and kissed in their photos documenting their special day.<\/p>\n<p>The pro athlete proposed to his girlfriend with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/08\/26\/style\/taylor-swift-shows-off-engagement-ring-from-travis-kelce-on-instagram\/\">a custom old mine brilliant-cut diamond<\/a>\u00a0in a gold bezel setting.<\/p>\n<p>Travis designed the sparkler himself alongside jeweler Kindred Lubeck of\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/artifexfine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Artifex Fine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\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 pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ed Kelce provided intimate details on his son Travis\u2019 proposal to Taylor Swift, revealing when the Kansas City 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