Taylor Swift’s appearance on the “New Heights” podcast included a never-been-told story of what happened when she learned two years ago that Travis Kelce had a crush on her.
In 2023, Swift practically broke the internet when she first appeared at a Kansas City Chiefs game to support Travis Kelce — months after he revealed on “New Heights,” the podcast he co-hosts with brother Jason Kelce, that he attempted to give the pop star a friendship bracelet with his phone number on it at one of an “Eras Tour” concert.
While chatting about the beginning of their romance on the latest “New Heights” podcast, Swift compared hearing his public declaration to something straight out of an ‘80s romantic comedy.
“This podcast has done a lot for me. I owe a lot to this podcast. This podcast got me a boyfriend ever since Travis decided to use it as his personal dating app about two years ago,” she joked as the Kelce brothers laughed.
Jason Kelce asked the question Swifties have been dying to know: Did she ever get the bracelet?
“I’ve never seen the original,” she replied.
Travis Kelce explained, “They didn’t leave the stadium because I was butthurt, Jason.”
Swift playfully said that her beau threw a “man tantrum” when she wasn’t able to meet him at the concert. He then acted out how he felt in the moment, tearing rose petals from a flower and contemplating if she was into him.
Swift called the gesture “wild” but deeply romantic.
“It was such a wild romantic gesture to just be like, ‘I want to date you!'” she said.
When she first saw the clip of him from that July 2023 episode, Swift asked around to see if he’d ever tried to attend a meet-and-greet or connect at another show. Since she rarely scrolls social media and doesn’t check her DMs, she found his approach refreshingly bold.
“This kind of felt more like I was in an ’80s John Hughes movie and he was just like standing outside of my window with a boombox just being like, ‘I want to date you! Do you want to go on a date with me? I made you a friendship bracelet. Do you want to date me?'”
She worried he might be “crazy,” but then realized that his gesture was exactly what she has been writing about in many of her love songs.
“This is sort of what I’ve been writing songs about wanting to happen to me since I was a teenager,” she said.
Travis Kelce added, “I was sitting there at the ‘Eras Tour’ listening to every single one of those songs like, ‘I know what she wants me to do.'”
Swift summed up the start of their romance with, “It was wild, but it worked. I’m glad it worked. I’m just circling back to ‘New Heights’ to say thank you for (him). Look at this.”
Travis Kelce proudly said, “I’m the luckiest guy in the world.”
