Patrick Mahomes questioned Travis Kelce’s Taylor Swift romance before seeing it himself | NFL News
The moment Taylor Swift walked into Arrowhead Stadium, the Kansas City Chiefs felt it instantly. Phones buzzed. Heads turned. Energy shifted. What began as a regular-season game against the Chicago Bears quietly transformed into one of the most talked-about crossover moments in modern sports culture. Long before the internet caught up, the buzz was already echoing through the locker room.Inside the Chiefs organization, disbelief mixed with excitement. This was not just another celebrity sighting. It was Taylor Swift showing up for Travis Kelce, and it forced teammates to process the moment in real time while preparing to win a football game. For some, it felt unreal. For others, it felt historic.
How Taylor Swift’s first Chiefs game changed everything inside the locker room
ESPN’s documentary The Kingdom captured those early reactions with rare honesty. Defensive tackle Chris Jones summed it up perfectly, saying, “You know the locker room was like, ‘Taylor Swift’s here. Taylor Swift’s here. For real? With Travis? Oh my god.’” He added, “We’re like, ‘Oh my god, Travis pulled Taylor Swift,’” a line that quickly became one of the episode’s most replayed moments.Quarterback Patrick Mahomes admitted he was skeptical at first, even after Kelce gave him advance notice. “He told me during the week. I was one of those like, ‘I got to see it, you know? I got to see it until I believe it,’” Mahomes said. Once the game began, the distraction was impossible to miss. “That’s the first person I noticed. I didn’t see anybody else,” he told Kelce on the sideline.Mahomes later explained the atmosphere shift, saying, “You definitely felt the buzz and you could see people in the stadium gravitating toward where she was at there.” Still, the focus never wavered. “But at the same time, we had business to handle.”Head coach Andy Reid added another layer to the story, revealing, “By that time, I knew they were going out. I knew her before him.” He even joked about Kelce’s reaction when Swift mentioned their connection, recalling, “And he went, ‘Oh no.’”As the postseason unfolded, Swift became part of the Chiefs’ inner circle. After the AFC Championship win, cameras caught her thanking Brittany Mahomes for emotional support, saying, “You’ve kept me so calm the last couple weeks. I did not know what to do and I’d just text Brittany and just be like, ‘Tell me it’s going to be OK. Tell me it’s going to be OK.”What started as a rumor ended up reshaping the NFL spotlight. As one teammate put it best, “The Swifties are a real thing.”
