Ed Kelce reveals Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce got engaged 2 weeks ago
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are officially engaged.
The pop star and Kansas City Chiefs tight end shared the joyous news in a joint Instagram post Tuesday, with Swift writing in the caption, "Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married 🧨."
Travis Kelce's father, Ed Kelce, told Cleveland ABC affiliate WEWS, also on Tuesday, that his son proposed to his future daughter-in-law nearly two weeks ago at home in Missouri.
"They were about to go out to dinner and he said, 'Let's go out and have a glass of wine,' ... they got out there and that's when he asked her and it was beautiful," Ed Kelce said. "They started FaceTiming me and their mother and her folks to make sure everybody knew. So, to see them together is great."
Ed Kelce also told WEWS that he knew of Travis Kelce's plan to pop the big question months ago and had thought his son might ask last year, during the NFL season.
The father of two said Travis Kelce and Swift are "just crazy about each other."
"It's truly kinda neat," Ed Kelce said. "They're just two young people very much in love."
Travis Kelce and Swift's engagement post included several photos from their engagement day, including a snap of Kelce down on one knee.
The post was accompanied by the music of Swift's hit song, "So High School."
In the photos, the two are seen standing in a garden, surrounded by flowers, with Swift wearing a striped summer dress and Kelce in a dark blue collared shirt and white shorts. The post also included a photo of Swift's ring, which ABC News confirmed is an old-mine brilliant cut diamond designed by Kelce and Kindred Lubeck of Artifex Fine Jewelry in New York City.
The engagement comes just weeks after Swift made her debut on Kelce's "New Heights" podcast, which he co-hosts with his brother, retired NFL star Jason Kelce. Swift announced her 12th studio album, "The Life of a Showgirl," during the podcast episode and spoke about the couple's relationship.
"He's just a vibe booster in everyone's life that he's in," Swift said of her now-fiance during the episode. "He's like a human exclamation point."
Swift and Kelce have been dating since 2023.
Speculation around their relationship arose in September of 2023 when Swift attended her first Kansas City football game and was spotted alongside Kelce's mom, Donna Kelce.
Her appearance at that game came after Kelce said on his podcast in July 2023 that he tried to meet Swift after one of her Eras Tour shows at Arrowhead Stadium that summer to give her a friendship bracelet with his number on it, but was unsuccessful.
Kelce confirmed their relationship in November 2023 during an interview with WSJ. Magazine. "Obviously I've never dated anyone with that kind of aura about them…. I've never dealt with it," he said.
He added, "But at the same time, I'm not running away from any of it…. The scrutiny she gets, how much she has a magnifying glass on her, every single day, paparazzi outside her house, outside every restaurant she goes to, after every flight she gets off, and she's just living, enjoying life. When she acts like that, I better not be the one acting all strange."
Kelce also shared how Swift has changed his life. "Being around her, seeing how smart Taylor is, has been f------ mind-blowing," he said at the time. "I'm learning every day."
Swift shared more about how their relationship came about in her December 2023 TIME Person of the Year interview. "This all started when Travis very adorably put me on blast on his podcast, which I thought was metal as hell," she told the outlet at the time.
"We started hanging out right after that," she added. "So we actually had a significant amount of time that no one knew, which I'm grateful for, because we got to get to know each other."
The singer also told TIME that she and Kelce were "showing up for each other" by attending each other's shows and games -- this after he attended one of her Eras Tour concerts in the summer and she returned the favor by attending a Chiefs game. "We're just proud of each other," she added.
Since then, Swift has cheered Kelce on at countless Chiefs games, both Super Bowl LVIII and Super Bowl LIX, and he was seen attending many Eras Tour stops, even joining her onstage at her stop in London in June 2024.
Check out a full timeline looking back at their relationship here.
