Here's What Travis Kelce's Family Think Of His New Romance With Taylor Swift

25 October 2023, 16:32 | Updated: 9 February 2024, 14:44

Travis Kelce's brother Jason Kelce speaks out on his relationship with Taylor Swift. Picture: Alamy

By Abbie Reynolds

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have become 2023's hottest couple - but do they have the family's seal of approval?

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Since Taylor Swift and NFL athlete Travis Kelce hard-launched their relationship the internet has gone WILD for the pair.

Swifties have been living to see Taylor swoon over her 6ft 5 hunk as she rallies behind him for his football games and sports homemade friendship bracelets dedicated to the budding relationship.

But the latest is, people closer to home – including Travis' brother Jason – might not be so thrilled by the VIP couple.

Travis and Taylor leave Arrowhead stadium after an NFL football game. Picture: Alamy

Speaking to NBC Sports, Travis' elder brother Jason Kelce - who is also an American footballer - described how he feels about his little bro's relationship being catapulted into the limelight.

"It's certainly been weird, the level that it is now," Jason said. "On one hand, I'm happy for my brother that he seems to be in a relationship that he's excited about, that he is genuine about. But there's another end of it where it's like, 'Man, this is a lot.'"

Travis' brother, who is also his podcast co-host for their show New Heights, went on: "This is another level of stardom that typically football players don't deal with.

"And so on one hand, [I'm] really, really happy for my brother and where he's at in his current situation with Taylor but on the other hand, there's some, I think, alarms sometimes with how you know, over-in-pursuit people can be."

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Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift are seen leaving the SNL after party. Picture: Getty

In a different light it has emerged that Travis' dad, Ed Kelce, has been singing Taylor's praises. Speaking in his first interview since the pair went public he described the 'Shake It Off' singer as “a very, very sweet, very charming, down-to-earth young woman".

“I’ll tell you something very special that I noticed about Taylor the first time I met her," Ed began telling People, “we're sitting in the suite, she gets up and in the front room, she gets up to go get a drink or something and she starts picking up empty bottles, cans, plates that are scattered around."

Taylor Swift wears a friendship bracelet with Travis Kelce's number 87. Picture: Alamy

Travis' dad went on: “And I'm just thinking, I don't think she got the diva memo. She didn't get the spoiled musician [memo]. She doesn't know how to pull that off. And that really to me said a whole lot.”

Dating Taylor is no small feat, especially with the singer's recent concert documentary The Eras Film dominating theatres, but for the most part it seems the Kelce men are all for TayTay.

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