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onna Kelce recently shared insights into the bond she shares with daughter-in-law, Kylie Kelce, emphasizing the similarities that have made their connection truly special.

Kylie is married to Jason Kelce, the Philadelphia Eagles’ center who announced his retirement from the NFL following his team’s loss against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday.

Donna and Kylie’s shared passions

Donna Kelce praised Kylie as a standup individual who takes everything onto herself, noting, “She is just one of those individuals that doesn’t need any help.”

Donna expressed admiration for Kylie’s independence and shared activities they both enjoy, saying, “We’re very similar in our likes and dislikes and how we feel about the world and everything that goes on in the United States.”

The Kelce matriarch highlighted their shared love for women’s sports and other “really fun things,” deepening the connection between the two.

Despite differences in their family backgrounds, Donna and Kylie both enjoy entertaining and hosting gatherings.

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Donna described their family as small, consisting of her sons Travis, Jason, and their father, Ed, while Kylie hails from a larger extended family accustomed to entertaining on a grand scale.

Donna Kelce loves being a grandmother

Donna remained discreet about her relationship with Travis’ girlfriend, Taylor Swift, but she couldn’t help but express her pride in watching her grandchildren grow up.

Speaking to PEOPLE, Donna, who goes by the name “Dee Dee” to her grandchildren, shared her joy in witnessing the unique qualities of Wyatt, Elliotte, and Bennett, revealing that “I like seeing Wyatt’s articulate, confident growth into her own identity. Elliotte’s sweet disposition and loving nature – while still showing traits of a toddler. And Bennett’s [got a] chill, independent, and happy temperament.”

The brothers won podcast of the year at the 2024 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards on Monday and thanked Travis’ girlfriend Taylor Swift’s fanbase for their success

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Travis and Jason Kelce and Taylor Swift
Travis and Jason Kelce are feeling grateful!

The NFL brothers jokingly thanked Taylor Swift fans for voting for their podcast New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce after they won podcast of the year at the 2024 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards on Monday.

“Podcast of the year … it’s big s—.” Travis, 34, shared in a video of the pair accepting their award after missing the ceremony.

“Listen, this is an incredible honor, especially for two jabronis like us,” Jason, 36, who officially announced his retirement from the NFL earlier this month, began.

Related: Travis Kelce Attends Night 5 of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour in Singapore

“To receive an award like this is beyond humbling and we would be remiss if we didn’t immediately thank all of the 92%ers out there — aka Swifties — who voted for us to win this award,” he continued.

Travis laughed and added, “Thank you guys for everything. We truly do have the best fanbase in the entire world.”

Jason and Travis launched their podcast together in September 2022. The brothers began using the term ‘92%ers’ on the podcast in season one about a gameplay term that later became a reference for their fan group.

Season two of their podcast, which covers topics of football and pop culture, began airing last year amid Travis’ developing relationship with Swift, also 34.

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Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift at the AFC Championship in Jan. 2024
Related: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Spotted on Low-Key Date Night in Singapore amid Her Eras Tour Shows

Following their romance, the singer has been mentioned, along with her fandom, a few times in the weekly episodes. In the latest recording, which aired last week, Travis referred to Swift as “the biggest and the best thing possible” as he opened up about supporting his girlfriend during the Sydney leg of her Eras Tour in Australia.

On Sunday night, the couple were spotted attending Gucci’s official Oscars afterparty after arriving back in Los Angeles from Swift’s Eras Tour shows in Singapore.

The pair stepped out together for Gucci’s 16th annual event known as “The Party” which took place at talent manager Guy Oseary’s home.

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“They were on the patio and in great moods. She had a very happy, giant smile,” a party guest told PEOPLE. “He was protective of her and she was delightful and glowing — they seemed very happy together and loving the night.”

The Grammy winner and the Kansas City Chiefs tight end were joined at the party by A-list guests and Oscar winners including Billie Eilish and Cillian Murphy, along with stars Anya Taylor Joy, Austin Butler, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence.

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What started with Super Bowl dreams ended in disarray for the Eagles, who went 2-6 down the stretch then were destroyed by Baker Mayfield and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 32-9 in an NFC Wild Card game.

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Jason Kelce was overcome with emotion after the Philadelphia Eagles’ season abruptly endedCredit: Getty
As the final seconds ticked away on Tuesday in Philadelphia, Kelce was seen on TV crying while staring out at a field and a lost season.

The Eagles have huge questions to answer this offseason, starting with the future of Nick Sirianni as head coach, the status of quarterback Jalen Hurts, the team’s locker-room chemistry, and the diva-like personality of wide receiver A.J. Brown.

But NFL fans were also wondering if this could be the final game of Kelce’s career. “That looks like a man filled with emotion,” announcer and former NFL star Troy Aikman said.

“An outstanding player and a good human,” one fan tweeted. “If it’s over, he left a mark on the game of football. True impact.”

“Sucks to see him go out with an L but he’s got no reason to hang his head,” a second fan posted. “Dude is the GOAT of centers.”

“He’s retiring,” a third fan said.

“The end of an era,” a fourth fan wrote, as the 36-year-old shared a moment on the field with his family.

And it turned out they were right. Kelce informed his teammates after the loss that he would be walking away after 13 seasons with the Eagles.

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The center shared a moment with his family, decked in Eagles colors, as he appeared to bid farewell to the NFLCredit: Getty
A sixth-round draft selection in 2011, the seven-time Pro Bowler and five-time All Pro has been at the center of a Philly squad that made the Super Bowl last season and won the big game in 2018.

“I love him. He’s one of the best to ever play the game,” Eagles right tackle Lane Johnson said about his teammate. “The things he can do on the football field athletically — I don’t think we’ll see another one like him for a long time.”

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Travis Kelce makes brother Jason Kelce walk out of their podcast after Philadelphia Eagles joke

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Kelce shares a private moment with Tampa Bay quarterback Baker MayfieldCredit: Getty

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Kelce took it all in for what was the last time of him being on the field as a playerCredit: Getty
Kelce has been honest this season about the toll a glaring spotlight has taken on him and his family, while brother Travis, the Kansas City Chiefs’ tight end, still appears to have more football time left.

The Kelces have acknowledged they’ve embraced the glare — which includes Travis dating pop music superstar Taylor Swift — Jason has been especially open about the heavy public demands on the Kelces.

Kelce didn’t speak to reporters after the game and perhaps more light will be shed on his podcast, New Heights, that he hosts with his brother.

Philadelphia Eagles star Jason Kelce gushed about his two massive dogs when asked for advice on whether to get one by a fan on social media.

Jason and Kylie Kelce’s family of five expands beyond their three beautiful daughters with the couple, who tied the knot in 2018, are also proud owners to two Irish Wolfhounds, Winnie and Baloo.

In a previous photo shared by the Eagles center, one of the wolfhounds can be seen reaching for a slice of pizza on its hind legs. The dog towers over Kelce, despite the NFL veteran’s 6-foot-3 frame.

Despite their massive size, Kelce insisted that the canine giants were actually ‘very loving’ pets.

‘They are wonderful animals, absolutely adore mine,’ he posted on X, in response to a fan who asked for advice on whether to get one or not.

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Jason Kelce is a proud owner to two Irish Wolfhounds, Winnie and Baloo

The Eagles star gushed about his two massive dogs when asked for advice by a fan

‘Very loving and connected with their humans. Not for everyone though. If you travel a lot, have limited amount of space, keep food on the counter, and have nice furniture, they may not be for you.’

He added: ‘Incredibly gentle, loyal, majestic lapdogs that hate being away from their owners.’

The two dogs even made it into the Kelce family photo last year with the pups wearing reindeer antlers for the occasion.

In a behind-the-scenes video of the shoot with Minted, Kylie joked that it was hard to corral the ‘smelly’ dogs into the photo.

‘Person on the naughty list [of] Team Kelce is Baloo,’ Kylie joked, warning crew members about leaving snacks out for the dog to steal. ‘If we lose another loaf of bread to Baloo Kelce …’

Kelce chimed in, adding their dog will ‘eat anything in sight.’

‘The vets are like, “Hey, don’t give him chocolate.” We’re not givin’ him chocolate, he’s choosing chocolate,’ the Philadelphia Eagles center quipped, with Kylie concurring that it definitely earned Baloo the ‘naughty’ label.

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The NFL veteran’s wife, Kylie, regularly shares photos of the massive pups to social media

However, while Kelce appears happy with his wolfhounds roaming around the house, he’s in no hurry to expand the family’s pets.

During an episode of his New Heights podcast with his brother Travis in December, Kylie attempted to persuade her husband to become a cat lover.

Kylie and Travis even reflected on how they could work together to convince Jason to add a feline to his Philly home.

‘No, here’s the deal, I told Jason that I want to get a cat. And he told me no. And I feel like you might like cats now,’ she said, referring to Travis’ relationship with Taylor Swift, who is known for her love of cats. The pop star is a proud owner of three little felines – Meredith Gray, Olivia Benson and Benjamin Button.

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The Super Bowl winner hailed the dogs as ‘incredibly gentle, loyal, majestic lapdogs’

Following Jason’s drunken, shirtless antics at the Chiefs-Bills game in January, Kylie joked that she would get a cat without his permission under an Instagram post shared by New Heights.

‘I’m not asking for permission, I’m doing this.’ – the exact quote I will say when I’m grabbing the keys to go get a cat,’ she wrote.

Jason responded by saying, ‘Ky tweeted this or Instagrammed this and immediately, I googled ”how to lose a cat.”

‘Nothing came up. The only thing that came up was like, ‘Oh, are you sad you just lost a cat?’ ‘ he added. ‘Like, no, I need to lose a cat. I’m not worried about losing it. I want to lose it, and I’m surprised that there was nowhere to research good ways to accidentally lose a cat.’

Travis Kelce isn’t shying away from any opportunity to talk about his lover, Taylor Swift.

The Kansas City Chiefs player recently gave a subtle nod to Taylor, 34, during the latest episode of his and brother Jason Kelce‘s New Heights podcast, when he slyly brought the “Anti-Hero” songstress’ hometown into the conversation.

Travis, 34, and Jason, 36, were having a discussion about Christmas trees with Jason’s wife, Kylie Kelce, who appeared as a guest for the bonus holiday podcast episode on Friday, Dec. 29.

Kylie, a Pennsylvania native like Swift, explained that she and her family used to go to a Christmas tree farm in West Philadelphia to pick out the right one—and Travis immediately began thinking about what every Swiftie watching the episode was probably thinking.

“West Philly? Did you ever go out to like Reading or like Lancaster?” the tight end asked, hinting at the area of Pennsylvania where Taylor grew up.

“I heard there’s a Christmas tree farm out there,” he then quipped, without even breaking a smile, but Swifties know all too well that the Grammy-winner famously grew up on a Christmas tree farm in the area. She even wrote a holiday song, “Christmas Tree Farm,” inspired by her childhood experience.

Kylie, who has proven herself to be quite the Swiftie on multiple occasions, clearly caught on to Travis’ point as she smiled and said, “I heard there was a tree farm out there.”

Jason, however, didn’t seem to get it, and he even corrected his younger brother when he asked about Reading and Lancaster, which are both suburbs a little farther out from Philly.

“No she’s talking about actual Philadelphia,” the Eagles center said, clearly missing the point. Maybe he needs to brush up on his Swiftie knowledge!

On the most recent episode of the New Heights podcast, big brother Jason Kelce had to remind Travis Kelce that even his jokes have weight these days. You see, Travis spoke about diamonds and babies in the same sentence, leading some outlets and Swifties to wonder whether he was deliberately trying to spark engagement rumors.

The brothers had been discussing NBA player Victor Wembanyama’s skills. Wembanyama is a staggering 7’4” and from Le Chesnay, Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt, France, so Travis told Jason, “You can’t tell me that dude wasn’t made in a fucking lab over there in France. Lab-grown diamonds, that’s a lab-grown fucking NBA player.”

Then he added, “Can’t wait ’til I fuckin’ make one.” It was not clear whether Travis meant a baby superathlete or a diamond.

Jason wisely cut Travis off, saying, “Don’t do this. Do not give any of these other conspiracy theorists anything else to latch onto, please.”

Travis and his girlfriend, Taylor Swift, have

managed to keep their relationship more private during her tour break. The couple was spotted on vacation earlier in the week, but otherwise, they have been completely offline and out of the paparazzi’s lens.

A source spoke to People about how well things are going between Travis and Swift on March 18. “They’re still very happy,” the insider said. “They’re so cute together.”

Swift and Travis have been together for less than a year and first began dating privately in July. A source told Entertainment Tonight that Swift really can see the Kansas City Chiefs tight end going the distance in her love life.

The source said on March 10 that Swift is “happier than ever and so in love. She likes that Travis is so proud of her and that he isn’t afraid to show his love for her publicly. She is in a great place and having the best time performing, making music, and feeling free to live her life more openly. Travis is enjoying being on tour with Taylor and is happy to support her.” They added, “Taylor views Travis as a true partner and someone she can have a real future with.”

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When it comes to her favorite wedding memory, Kylie Kelce can’t choose just one!

When asked about her nuptials to husband Jason Kelce, the mom of three, 31, revealed she has a few favorite moments from their special day.

The first being when she felt “terrified” before stepping out in front of everyone at the ceremony. But upon seeing her NFL star husband, 36, Kylie says her fear melted away.

“I know personally my favorite wedding memory is when I was getting ready to walk down the aisle,” she recalls to PEOPLE about their 2018 nuptials. “I was terrified not because I was about to get married but because everyone was going to be staring at me.”

Kylie Kelce Says She ‘Would Like a Cat’ But Wants Jason Kelce to ‘Be on Board’ First (Exclusive)

Kylie says she “had worked up this sort of anticipation,” but seeing the football player waiting for her at the altar changed everything.

“As soon as our wedding planner opened the door and I could see Jason, it was as if all of the worries melted away,” she says. “So I was like, ‘Oh I just have to get to him. I can do that.’ “

“So that was like a memory where I really remember that overall feeling of ease and bliss,” she adds.

Kylie’s second favorite memory? Sitting at their sweetheart table — a small table designated exclusively for the newlyweds — at the reception.

She tells PEOPLE sitting at the table with Jason was a “really special time.”

Jason and Kylie Kelce with their three daughters.KYLIE KELCE/INSTAGRAM

“It’s really the only time where you get to sit down and sort of catch up with each other because you’re running in opposite directions most of the day,” she explains. “Which seems counterintuitive on your wedding day, but you do get sort of split up.”

“So we loved sitting down and having dinner just the two of us,” she adds.

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Kylie and Jason tied the knot on April 14, 2018 at the Logan Hotel in Philadelphia — just two months after Jason and the Philadelphia Eagles won Super Bowl LII.

The couple — who now shares three daughters, Bennett, 11 months, Elliotte, 2½, and Wyatt, 4 — met on Tinder over two years earlier.

They went Instagram-official with their relationship in November 2015, with Kylie joking, “Thank goodness you swiped right too.”

Jason Kelce, the former Philadelphia Eagles center, has made the best use of his freed-up time. After astonishing the fans with his  WrestleMania debut,  Jason Kelce has been continuing to share interesting insights from the WWE arena during the match. In his WrestleMania 40 cameo in Philadelphia, Jason assisted Rey Mysterio and Andrade with his ex-teammate Lane Johnson against “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio.

After sharing the tremendous experience of his WWE match during the conversation with his brother, Travis Kelce on their podcast “New Heights”, Jason Kelce once again is in the limelight due to his recent podcast revelation. The older Kelce brother stated that his wife Kylie Kelce was making fun of him for being “obsessed” with his biceps before entering the ring.

Jason Kelce’s wife makes fun of his obsession with flexing his biceps!

Taking to the official Instagram account, “New Heights Show” along with Jason Kelce shared a short clip of a podcast conversation. They captioned the post as “Wrestlemania is for sure an acceptable time to go tarps off.”

During the recent podcast conversation, Jason Kelce revealed that when he first looked at himself in a picture with Rey Mysterio before WrestleMania night, he was astounded, stating, “Not gonna lie, my biceps are looking really good. Look at that picture” and he felt proud of his looks. Though watching his older brother’s biceps, the Chiefs tight end was amazed, and asked Jason Kelce, “How much did you lift before you went out there?”

To which Jason quickly answered, “We were using a lot of bands and Kylie kept making fun of me because I was really obsessed with how my biceps looked it’s just the honest answer I’m not gonna hide it going in there with the cutoff we’ll get them things popping.” 

Apart from that, Jason also shared his splendid experience of double jumping over the rope during the tag team wrestling match, affirming that “I feel like people think it’s that hard but that’s a steel cable that has some elasticity to it.”

In addition, Travis Kelce inquired about donning lucha libre masks to hide their identities, to which Jason replied, remarking,  “Everyone knew it was me and Lane Johnson.” Alas, the masks failed to do their tasks in front of the ecstatic and witty Philly crowd. However, Jason dazzled brightly in his home wrestling arena, even though he did not have any idea about his wrestling match plans until 2 hours before the show.

Jason Kelce had no clue about the WrestleMania plan!

Besides unfolding his biceps looks during the wrestling match, the Philadelphia Eagles legend also lifted the lid on his wrestling match backstage plans during his recent appearance on his New Heights podcast. He delved into the plans for their WrestleMania performance which was highly uncertain up to two hours before the show. Despite knowing he’d be on Rey Mysterio’s side, he was unsure about further details.

“We knew that we were going to be involved with these masks, but we didn’t really find out the full extent until pretty much about two hours before the show. There’s like a little backstage area where you’re kind of figuring things out.” He remarked. Apart from that, he gave further details about his participation in the wrestling show, commenting, “We knew we were on Team Rey [Mysterio], which they didn’t have to tell us. From there, it was just, you know, operation get it done.”

Nonetheless, Jason Kelce doesn’t fail to please his fans with his enthralling performances, which makes him a fan favorite.

Alongside multiple possible references to her boyfriend Travis Kelce, 14-time Grammy Award winner Taylor Swift may have sang about Travis’ older brother, Jason Kelce, on one track of her new album ‘The Tortured Poets Department’.

On track 15, ‘The Alchemy’, Swift makes reference to someone being shirtless, drinking beer, and cheering. There are also references to chasing a championship.

It all fits with what Swift saw in person during the Kansas City Chiefs AFC Divisional round postseason game against the Buffalo Bills in January, where Jason Kelce and the ‘Anti-Hero’ singer shared a luxury box with the rest of the Kelce family.

Swift was in Buffalo to support Travis Kelce, who scored two touchdowns in the playoff victory, as was Jason, who ripped off his shirt in the freezing cold while drinking multiple beers.

Kelce hopped out of the luxury suite shirtless to celebrate with fans at one point too, and grabbed a female child to introduce her to Swift. According to Jason, this was the first time he and wife Kylie Kelce had met Taylor.

On January 21, Jason Kelce celebrated a touchdown from his younger brother Travis shirtless

Taylor Swift was in the luxury box with Jason Kelce and other members of Travis’ family

‘Shirts off and your friends lift you up over their heads/Beer sticking to the floor, cheers chanted cause they said/There was no chance/Trying to be the greatest in the league/Where’s the trophy?/He just comes running over to me/Touchdown!’ Swift sings.

Travis is a three-time Super Bowl champion, winning all of those championships, in the last five seasons with the Chiefs.

Jason won one Super Bowl, in 2018, and recently lost his championship ring in a chili pit while hosting a live version of the Kelce brothers podcast ‘New Heights’.

Fans of Swift’s believe there are multiple references to Travis Kelce throughout the album in ‘So High School’, as well as other parts of ‘The Alchemy’.

Travis Kelce scored two touchdowns against Buffalo with Jason and Taylor watching on

Other sports references could exist in ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ with Swift possibly making a nod to a romance with Formula One driver Fernando Alonso.

In ‘imgonnagetyouback’, there is a reference to an Aston Martin falling into a ditch. Alonso drives for Aston Martin in Formula One.

Swift has been publicly dating Travis Kelce since last September, when she attended a Chiefs game against the Chicago Bears.

Kansas City was 10-3 this season with Swift in attendance, including all four playoff victories in different cities.

Taylor Swift may help Kylie Kelce in an unexpected way.

During Friday’s episode of Travis Kelce and Jason Kelce’s “New Heights” podcast, Kylie, 31, asked brother-in-law Travis to help her convince Jason to let her get a pet cat.

She teased that Travis “might like cats now” amid his relationship with a certain someone who happens to be a feline lover.

Travis, 34, seemed on board with the idea and asked Kylie what color cat she wanted.

“I don’t want you to send a cat,” she clarified. “I just want you to get on my team here.”

Perhaps she can babysit Swift’s cats the next time she and Travis are on a date night if Jason doesn’t change his mind.

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Taylor Swift’s adoration of cats may have rubbed off on Travis Kelce.GC Images
As fans know, Swift, 34, has an affinity for cats and owns three she publicly adores: Meredith Grey, Olivia Benson and Benjamin Button.

“I’m obsessed with them,” Swift raved to Time magazine in 2019.

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During Friday’s “New Heights” podcast episode, Kylie Kelce asked her brother-in-law Travis to help convince Jason Kelce to let her adopt a cat.New Heights/YouTube

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“I feel like you might like cats now,” she reasoned.New Heights/YouTube
Further explaining why she enjoys cats so much, the singer added, “They’re very dignified. They’re independent. They’re very capable of dealing with their own life.”

Pets are seemingly a touchy subject in the Kelce family, however, as Kylie laid down the law regarding animals for all to hear during her discussion with Travis.

“We have an agreement here. You don’t send us anything with a heartbeat,” she explained with a straight face.

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She’s the proud owner of three: Meredith Grey, Olivia Benson and Benjamin Button.
“[And if you do], the next morning there will be a full petting zoo on your front lawn.”

Only time will tell if Travis can convince his Philadelphia Eagles center brother to get on board with becoming a cat dad.

The 12-time Grammy winner and Travis have been dating since July and shamelessly took their romance public when the singer showed up to support her man at his Kansas City Chiefs game against the Chicago Bears on Sept. 24.

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Travis didn’t deny that he likes cats and even asked Kylie what color cat she wanted.New Heights with Jason and Travis/Youtube
Since then, she — and her family — have been back to watch the tight end play several times.

In fact, Travis revealed Swift’s younger brother, Austin Swift, provided some holiday joy at Monday’s game during Friday’s podcast episode.

Austin attended the game dressed up as Santa Claus, and Travis revealed he even gifted him a VHS of his favorite football movie, 1994’s “Little Giants,” out of a classic Santa present sack.

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Travis and the “Anti-Hero” hitmaker have been dating since July.chariah/Instagram
“It was a full commit. He killed it,” Travis gushed.

While the Chiefs lost against the Las Vegas Raiders on their Christmas day game, Travis said the evening was much better.

“It ended well with good Christmas cheer and good people,” he said, not mentioning exactly who he was with.

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The pair reportedly spent Christmas together with her family and his father.andrewspruill/Instagram