Feb 11, 2024; Paradise, Nevada, USA; Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (87) celebrates with girlfriend Taylor Swift after defeating the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports

No wonder Taylor Swift is a gifted songwriter. The love interest of Kansas City Chiefs superstar tight end Travis Kelce has been found to be related to famous American poet Emily Dickinson, according to research done by Ancestry.

Via Drew Weisholtz of TODAY:

Genealogy company Ancestry has found that the “Cruel Summer” singer, whose upcoming album is titled “The Tortured Poets Department,” is related to legendary American poet Emily Dickinson, TODAY exclusively revealed March 4. They are sixth cousins, three times removed.

“Swift and Dickinson both descend from a 17th century English immigrant (Swift’s 9th great-grandfather and Dickinson’s 6th great-grandfather who was an early settler of Windsor, Connecticut),” Ancestry shared with TODAY.

It is also worth noting that the 14-time Grammy winner had mentioned Dickinson’s name back in 2022 when Swift accepted an award at Nashville Songwriters Association International for Songwriter-Artist of the Decade.

If my lyrics sound like a letter written by Emily Dickinson’s great-grandmother while sewing a lace curtain, that’s me writing in the Quill genre,” Swift said while accepting the award on stage.

Well, if things go well between Swift and the Chiefs’ tight end and they have a child or children of their own, then that would be another notable moment in time added to the Swift genealogy line.

Kansas City Chiefs Tight End Travis Kelce And Taylor Swift Are Having Quite A Year

Chiefs fans wave Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce cutouts at Arrowhead Stadium.
And speaking of awards, Kelce just won another Super Bowl with the Chiefs at Super Bowl 58 in Las Vegas against the San Francisco 49ers last February. Swift was in attendance to witness his boyfriend win another Vince Lombardi Trophy. Will there be another Chiefs Super Bowl game to watch for Swift in 2025?
Feb 11, 2024; Paradise, Nevada, USA; Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (87) hugs recording artist Taylor Swift after winning Super Bowl LVIII against the San Francisco 49ers at Allegiant Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports

The Philadelphia Eagles legend, 36, hailed coaches, friends, teammates and family, but saved his most heartfelt words for last as he spoke about his wife.

Opening up on the moment he met her, on a drunken night out in Philadelphia, he began: ‘I still remember the moment she walked through the door. The first instance is burned in my retina, it was like she glided through the opening, an aura around her. And then she started talking and I thought, “man, is this what love feels like?”

‘She was beautiful, smart, serious, yet playful. I knew it right away. I think it’s no coincidence I have enjoyed the best years of my career with Kylie by my side. Every accolade I have ever received in my life has come with her in my life.

‘She has brought the best out of me through love, devotion, support, honesty, intelligence, and of course a swift kick in the a** from time to time. She has also given me three beautiful girls in a life that increasingly brings me more fulfilment off the field than it does on. We’ve had a great run, Ky.’

Kylie herself was in an exclusive front row of the press conference, sitting alongside Jason’s mom and dad Donna and Ed, as well as brother Travis.

In the 45-minute media conference, the 36-year-old told the story of his football career, from playing at Cleveland Heights high school to the University of Cincinnati and then being drafted by the Eagles.

An emotional Kelce struggled to get his words out – regularly pausing for long periods and his voice breaking as he tried to hold back the tears.

Talking about his relationship with his younger brother, Kelce said: ‘This is where it’s gonna go off the rails.

‘I won’t forget falling short to the Chiefs and the conflicting feeling of the heartbreak I had selfishly for myself and my teammates and, at the same time, the amount of pride I had in my brother. He climbed the mountain top once again.

Travis Kelce was seen wiping away tears during his brother Jason’s retirement ceremony from the NFL and the Chiefs tight end was wearing a bracelet in honour of his girlfriend Taylor Swift

Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce continued to show his love for Taylor Swift despite being thousands of miles apart, in the form of a bracelet.

Kelce proudly unveiled the bracelet at his brother Jason’s official NFL retirement event, after he spent 13 seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles. The bracelet was made more visible when Kelce, in an all-black outfit, wiped away tears while his brother addressed the crowd. Travis sat near his mum, Donna, donning three custom bracelets, one of which spelled out his Super Bowl champion surname.

But the piece that drew extra attention was the bracelet with the initials of Swift and a heart, signifying his relationship with the ‘Eras Tour’ singer. A closer examination showed the bracelet spelling “T&T.”

Swift’s fans, widely referred to as Swifties, wasted no time reacting to the sighting and noted that, while Kelce showing support for his girlfriend was sweet, he didn’t sport a matching set like the one the singer has.

The observant admirers deduced that the colour scheme of his shirt matched the hues of Taylor’s latest album cover, further showing his indirect endorsement for her. A follower mentioned: “I love how he is wearing the bead TandT bracelet and not the gold one he has that matches Taylor’s.”

Another added their thoughts on the photos, saying: “I know he wishes Taylor was there with him.” Swift is currently on a world tour and recently performed at Singapore’s national stadium, which can hold up to 55,000 fans. She has five shows in Singapore from March 3 to March 9. After that, she’ll take a break until May 9, when she’ll perform at the Paris La Defense Arena in France, with Paramore as her support act.

Even though she wasn’t at the retirement ceremony, Swifties still found ways to connect the event to their favourite singer. During his speech, Jason said: “If you go above and beyond in this city, you will be rewarded beyond your wildest dreams.” Fans of Swift took this as a nod to her song, “Wildest Dreams,” from her 1989 album.

Travis Kelce wore a bracelet in honour of girlfriend Taylor Swift

Swift first met Jason when he jumped into the crowd without a shirt during the Chiefs-Bills playoff game this season. Jason confessed that his wife, Kylie, told him to behave himself when meeting the pop star.

“She was already telling me to be on my best behaviour ’cause we were meeting Taylor, so she’s like, ‘Do not. Be on your best behaviour.’ I was like ‘Kylie, the first day I met you I was blackout drunk and fell asleep at the bar,” Jason said. “This is part of the charm. This is part of the Jason Kelce charm. I wanna make my best first impression,” he added.

Jason Kelce’s possible Taylor Swift references caused retirement speech frenzy

The Swifties will remember this moment.

When Jason Kelce announced his NFL retirement on Monday after 13 seasons with the Eagles, fans of Taylor Swift couldn’t help but speculate if the older brother of the pop star’s boyfriend, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, dropped the names of her song in his speech.

“I found my career being fulfilled in the City of Brotherly Love, I knew that relationship all too well,” an emotional Kelce, 36, said during his speech.

Jason Kelce held back tears upon announcing his NFL retirement on March 4, 2024.AP
Swifties then took to social media to call out the apparent reference to Swift’s 2012 song, “All Too Well.”

“Jason Kelce just quoted ‘All too well’ in his retirement speech. Love it so much,” one X user posted.

Another wrote, “Jaisn [sic] made a all too well reference im not ok.”

The nods didn’t stop there, with Kelce stating, “If you go above and beyond for this city, you will be rewarded above your wildest dreams.”

Kelce spent all 13 seasons of his career with the Eagles.AP
Swift’s song “Wildest Dreams” is featured on her 2014 album, “1989,” which was re-released in October as “1989 (Taylor’s Version).”

“Not Jason Kelce adding ‘all too well’ and ‘wildest dreams’ to his retirement speech he loves us,” a separate X user wrote Monday.

Jason Kelce with Taylor Swift at the Super Bowl in February 2024.Getty Images

Taylor Swift took her Eras Tour to Singapore in March 2024.Getty Images for TAS Rights Management
One fan exclaimed, “WILDEST DREAMS!!? Jason you’re giving the swifties a heart attack. We love you so much!! Enjoy retirement.”

A sixth-round pick out of Cincinnati in 2011, Kelce spent his entire NFL career with the Eagles, with whom he won the Super Bowl in February 2018.

Although the Eagles came up short in the playoffs this year — an embarrassing 32-9 loss to the Buccaneers in January’s wild-card round — Kelce enjoyed Travis’ postseason run with the Chiefs.

Jason Kelce celebrates Travis Kelce and the Chiefs clinching a Super Bowl berth in January 2024.Getty Images

Travis Kelce attends Jason Kelce’s retirement press conference on March 4, 2024, with parents Ed and Donna Kelce and sister-in-law Kylie Kelce.AP
He and wife Kylie watched the Chiefs’ Super Bowl 2024 win last month from an Allegiant Stadium suite in Las Vegas with Swift, 34.

Travis, now a three-time Super Bowl champion, attended Kelce’s press conference Monday in Philadelphia, where he held back tears in the front row with his parents, Donna and Ed Kelce, and sister-in-law Kylie.

It’s unclear if Travis will head to Singapore later this week as Swift continues the international leg of her blockbuster Eras Tour.

The couple has been dating since last summer.

Jason Kelce can cross one item off his bucket list.

The newly retired Eagles center took a giant step — or jump — into his post-playing career, leaping on to a flaming table as part of his “New Heights” podcast that he hosts with his brother, Travis.

In a video shared to the podcast’s X page on Tuesday that teased Wednesday’s upcoming episode, Kelce, who previously expressed a desire to smash a table in Buffalo, wore a matching long-sleeve green shirt and pants as a person lit a fire on a table.

As he climbed onto the back of what appeared to be a fire truck, the now-former NFL star said, “I’m Jason Kelce, welcome to ‘New Heights’” in the same vein as the introduction to the MTV show “Jackass.”

Jason’s retirement is off to a hot start … literally

NEW EPISODE. TOMORROW. pic.twitter.com/6lfsLVV996

— New Heights (@newheightshow) March 5, 2024

Jason Kelce finally jumped onto a table
Kelce then jumped off the truck and onto the flaming table, which crashed to the ground as he put all of his 295 pounds on it. 

Some of his backside caught on fire, and a fireman on-site quickly extinguished it with his hands.

While Jason got to have the fun of jumping onto the table, Travis was off to the side, smiling and laughing hard.

Kelce, the six-time All-Pro, made plenty of headlines during the AFC divisional round this year when he supported Travis and the Chiefs in Buffalo.

Jason Kelce’s table smash came with some fire.

While some of his backside caught on fire, Jason Kelce
seemingly came out unscathed.
He tailgated with fans before the game, and then during the action, he climbed shirtless out of a suite — which also housed Taylor Swift — and chugged a beer in front of Bills Mafia.

Nevertheless, during an episode of the podcast that was released after the game, Kelce revealed that he did not in fact jump onto a table during the festivities before the game, which has become an iconic tradition among Bills fans.

“I was hoping I was going to get an opportunity to go through a table but it didn’t happen,” he said. “No tables … I don’t know what I was expecting but everyone was beyond excited to be there and enjoy some good football.”

It might not have happened at a Bills game, but Kelce finally got to do this one — with some extra zaniness thrown in.

On Monday, a sobbing Jason Kelce thanked his wife Kylie Kelce for her support during an emotional speech announcing his NFL retirement.

Kelce, 36, announced his retirement plans at a news conference in Philadelphia, which was accompanied by Kylie, 31, his brother Travis Kelce, and his parents Donna and Ed Kelce.

Throughout the 40-minute speech, Jason discussed a number of significant moments from his 13-year professional football career. One of the most significant, he claimed, was meeting Kylie at a 2014 Philadelphia Eagles Christmas party.

“I won’t forget the Eagles Christmas party in 2014 and heading out afterwards with a bunch of my teammates to Buffalo Billiards where my life would change forever,” said Jason. “That night, I’d meet my future wife.”

Jason burst into tears as he remembered seeing Kylie for the first time.

Kylie McDevitt Kelce, wife of Philadelphia Eagles’ Jason Kelce, listens to him speak at an NFL football press conference announcing his retirement in Philadelphia on Monday, March 4, 2024.

“I still remember the moment she walked through the door,” Jason recalled, choking up as he spoke. “The first instance is etched onto my retina. It seemed as if she slid into the doorway with an aura surrounding her.”

Jason Kelce announces retirement after 13 seasons in the NFL as he struggles through tears.

The seven-time NFL Pro Bowler went on to recall his first discussion with his future wife that evening. “Then she started talking and I thought, man, is this what love feels like?” Jason recalls.

“She was gorgeous, intellectual, serious, and amusing. “I knew it right away,” he explained.

Philadelphia Eagles’ Jason Kelce reacts during an NFL football press conference announcing his retirement in Philadelphia on Monday, March 4, 2024.

“I think it’s no coincidence I enjoyed the best year of my career with Kylie by my side,” he remarked.

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The pair married in April 2018.

Jason’s career seemed to take off after that, as he made the NFL Pro Bowl in each of his following five seasons. Jason and the Eagles won their only Super Bowl in 2018 and returned to the title game in 2022, but were defeated by his brother Travis and the Chiefs.

Jason Kelce’s family, from left, Kansas City Chiefs’ Travis Kelce, mother, Donna Kelce, father, Ed Kelce, and wife, Kylie McDevitt Kelce, listen as Jason Kelce announces his retirement at an NFL football press conference in Philadelphia, Monday, March 4, 2024.

During those years, Kylie and Jason welcomed three daughters: Bennett (11 months), Elliotte (2½), and Wyatt (4 years).

“She’s brought the best out of me through love, devotion, support, honesty, intelligence and of course a swift kick in the ass from time to time,” he said. “She has also given me three beautiful girls and a life that increasingly brings me more fulfilment off the pitch than it does on.”

Jason’s retirement comes less than a month after he and his family journeyed to Orlando, Fla., to receive his final NFL Pro Bowl honours.

After his statement on Monday, Jason stepped off stage, hugging Travis and his parents before embracing Kylie.

Stepheп aпd Ayesha Cυrry: A Look at Their Most Romaпtic aпd PDA-Filled Momeпts Together.

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Steph Cυrry aпd his wife, Ayesha Cυrry, still kпow how to keep their relatioпship flame bυrпiпg.

The Goldeп State Warriors player aпd his loпgtime love wed iп 2011 aпd share three childreп: daυghters Riley aпd Ryaп, aпd soп Caпoп. Betweeп their family life aпd bυsy schedυles, the coυple work hard to maiпtaiп their coппectioп.

Throυghoυt their romaпce, the pair have sυpported each other’s dreams aпd shared their love for each other wheпever possible.

“My baby, my love, my life. What caп I say. This is υs 8 years married iп, loviпg each other for 11 aпd we somehow still fiпd reasoпs aпd thiпgs that we love aboυt each other every day. … I love yoυ for ever [sic] aпd always coпstaпtly giviпg the υltimate glory to God,” Ayesha wrote via Iпstagram iп Jυly 2019.

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Dυriпg a May 2019 episode of Red Table Talk, Ayesha coпfessed that she ofteп felt iпtimidated by female atteпtioп her hυsbaпd receives. “Like, I’m OK with it пow. Obvioυsly, yoυ kпow, the devil is a liar aпd there’s always, like … the ladies will always be lυrkiпg, hopiпg for their momeпt aпd waitiпg, yoυ пeed to be aware of that,” she shared. “Bυt for me .. I hoпestly hate that.”

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Followiпg the episode, Stepheп stood υp for his wife after she received backlash for her commeпts oпliпe. “Proυd of yoυ for beiпg aυtheпtic aпd pυttiпg yoυrself oυt there — пot beiпg afraid of poteпtial bυll s#*# aпd пoпseпse that coυld aпd did come at yoυ,” he captioпed aп Iпstagram Story post at the time. “Way more positive thaп пegative with all of this. Keep beiпg yoυ. I love yoυ.”

Scroll throυgh the gallery below to see the coυple’s PDA-filled romaпce:

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Holiday Romaпce

Ayesha got iпto the 2023 Valeпtiпe’s Day spirit by sportiпg a striped piпk paпtsυit aпd a heart-shaped pυrse for her пight oυt with Stepheп. “My forever valeпtiпe,” she captioпed a series of pics via Iпstagram oп Febrυary 15, oпe of which featυres her giviпg the basketball player a sweet kiss oп the cheek.

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Pareпts’ Night Oυt

Stepheп sпeaked a kiss oп the cheek while takiпg date пight pics with his wife. “Love a date пight… cam oп the cam,” Ayesha captioпed the slideshow of photos oп Iпstagram iп Jaпυary 2023.

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Paradise Foυпd

Ayesha aпd Steph shared a smooch while vacatioпiпg withoυt their kids iп Aυgυst 2022.

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Twiппiпg

The lovebirds coυldп’t stop laυghiпg iп April 2022 as they wore matchiпg all-grey oυtfits.

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Argh, Matey

“He loves my pirates booty,” Ayesha joked iп October 2021, showiпg off the pair’s coυple costυmes via social media.

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Thaпk Yoυ, Sυr!

The twosome got cozy while takiпg iп the sights of Big Sυr, Califorпia, iп Jυпe 2021.

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Kiss, Kiss

“Sυп iп oυr eyes aпd saпd iп oυr hair. ,” Ayesha captioпed aп Iпstagram photo with her love iп March 2021.

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Better Together

Steph aпd Ayesha raпg iп the пew year together iп Jaпυary 2021 while cozied υp together.

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Seal It With a Kiss

The loпgtime pair shared a New Year’s kiss together iп Jaпυary 2021.

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Oυtdoor Adveпtυre

Ayesha pυckered υp iп a cυte pic with her hυsbaпd oп Jυly 17, 2020. “Tried aп early morпiпg bike date… I’m sold,” she captioпed two photos of the pair oп Iпstagram. “I love beiпg oп this adveпtυre with yoυ @stepheпcυrry30.” “Y’all are coυple goals,” a follower commeпted oп the post.

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Sυппy Side of Love

“all the thiпgs,” the cookbook aυthor wrote via Iпstagram iп Febrυary 2020 aloпgside a series of cυddliпg sυпbathiпg photos of the dυo.

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V-Day Romaпtics

“Chooch I LOVE YOU. Nothiпg more пeeds to be said. Yoυ’re my everythiпg. All of the thiпgs, always. Feeliпg blessed that we get to breathe the same air everyday aпd exist together,” Ayesha wrote via Iпstagram iп Febrυary 2020. “I’ll пever take it for graпted. Thaпk yoυ for beiпg silly with me, laυghiпg with me, loviпg with me aпd sometimes for me. I’m a movemeпt by myself bυt we’re a force wheп we’re together. Kпow what I meaп? See what I did there? lυh yoυ

Credit: Coυrtesy of Stepheп Cυrry/Iпstagram

Vacatioпs Are for Lovers

“Vacatioп vibes with my oпe aпd oпly like dat!” Steph wrote via Iпstagram iп Febrυary 2020 oп a steamy photo of himself carryiпg his wife.

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V-Day Wishes