Is he ready for it?
Travis Kelce revealed his girlfriend Taylor Swift has been encouraging him to continue showing up and showing out on the field as he clarified her stance on his potential retirement from the NFL.
The Kansas City Chiefs тιԍнт end, 35, was asked about the 14-time Grammy winner’s thoughts on his career as he nears the end of his 12th season during Wednesday’s episode of “The Stephen A. Smith Show.”
“She’s fully encouraging me to enjoy playing this game,” Kelce said.
The 3-time Super Bowl champ added that the “Fortnight” hitmaker “loves coming” to his games, and enjoys “cheering” for him at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo.
“I got all the support in the world to keep chasing these dreams,” he said.
Swift attended 13 Chiefs games during the 2023 season after her relationship with the athlete became public.
The “Cruel Summer” singer was no stranger to Arrowhead Stadium in 2024, having attended several Chiefs home games with friends and family this season.
Kelce briefly touched on how he feels about retirement, saying his opinion on hanging up his cleats for good “changes every single day.”
“I love everything that I’m doing … but at the end of the day, I’m not having that extreme success on the field,” Kelce said about the Chiefs’ current season.
“I’m excited for these next couple of games … to finish this season off. I’ll reevaluate it like I always do [and] I’ll probably tell myself how much I love this thing and I’ll come back next year.”
“It’s just something that you have to keep into perspective and I never want to get to the point where I’m not helping this team win or I’m hurting this team more than I’m helping this team,” he added.
The “New Heights” podcaster said fans can expect to see him “in Chiefs uniform” as long as he’s playing “good football.”
Speaking in September, Kelce said he was “struggling in terms of stats,” however admitted that his team still managed to find “ways to win games.”
“We’re not playing our best football,” Kelce said at the time, adding that he has “not really [received] a lot of opportunities” to make plays.
Kelce caught three touchdowns in 2024 — falling one shy of last year’s mark and tallied 823 yards. He recorded 984 yards last season.
Still, the Chiefs have been chugging along and now boast a 15-2 record.
They clinched a bye during last week’s Wild Card round and are set to face the Houston Texans on Saturday.
Kelce’s team, which is chasing its third straight Super Bowl win, topped Houston in Week 16 of the regular season, 27-19.
The Texans defeated the Chargers last week in their wild-card clash, 32-12.
The winner of Saturday’s Chiefs-Texans matchup will face the winner of Ravens-Bills, which gets underway Sunday night.
Swift, for her part, is enjoying some much-deserved downtime following the conclusion of her sold-out Eras Tour in December.
