If you are not obsessed with Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, I’m sorry to say, this place is not for you. Because we are obsessed. Even Sarah, who’s taken up the mantle of resident contrarian while Duana is off showrunning and directing, isn’t immune to the joy that Taylor and Travis keep serving up, weekend after weekend.
We left off last Friday with Taylor in Kansas City to watch the Travis and his team’s win over Denver. And since he doesn’t play again until next Sunday, it was expected that they’d have some extra time together. So they fueled up the jet and headed to New York, where both made surprise and separate appearances on Saturday Night Live. Taylor introduced Ice Spice’s second performance. Travis, meanwhile, showed up at the end of a sketch mocking the NFL’s Taylor thirst.
SNL makes skit about Taylor Swift with a surprise Travis Kelce cameo at the end.
— Pop Base (@PopBase) October 15, 2023
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I will never get enough of this: that Taylor has basically made the National Football League her bitch, and is now getting free promotion for her concert film not just from the NFL but also SNL.
But let’s go back to the rom-com…
Because this is the weekend Taylor and Travis hard-launched themselves. Not that there was any doubt that they’re a thing, but what they gave us what a new public step in their situationship which blew up the internet: handholding and more, in other words PDA. They arrived at the SNL after-party together, and gossip from inside event is that they were all over each other, touching and kissing, and even though there aren’t any pictures of the actions, we do have evidence that it took place because, of course, you don’t have to be a Swiftie to see that Travis has lipstick on his face.

But social media was also fixated on some other details. This is what Kathleen and I were squealing about yesterday: the way Travis got out of the car first, waved off her security, and helped her out himself. And the little gesture that was going viral was how he slid his hand around her waist.
🎥 | The way how Travis Kelce grabbed Taylor Swift’s waist 🥺💕https://t.co/KzUu6h3P7t
— Taylor Swift News (@blessedswifty) October 15, 2023
We are now entering the horny era of this story. This is HOT. They’re undeniably hot for each other. And for Taylor, while we have seen her in relationships over the years, we’ve never seen her publicly DESIRED like this. Travis openly pursued her. And now, having been allowed in her orbit, he’s out here basically revelling in the fact that he’s her plus one.
That has to be part of the appeal, especially coming off her last serious boyfriend, Joe Alwyn, so much of it was muted, so much of it was performed around his unwillingness to be a supporting character in her spotlight. And Travis, clearly, doesn’t have that problem. He is attracted to her, he’s enjoying the shine, and he’s happy to follow in her lead. Who knew that it would take a professional athlete, an American footballer, no less, to finally be the one to check all her boxes.
This is no guilt gossip. Let’s not pretend that Taylor isn’t living for how well we are living for the rom-com that she’s in right now. Especially not when it’s making her look this good.
Also attached – Taylor and Travis out for dinner together again last night with more chivalrous hand action. And a pair of great boots that I clocked right away, because I have the same pair in silver. They’re Louis Vuitton, from several seasons ago. To be exact, they were first seen around the time of the Met Gala 2016, just before Taylor + Tom Hiddleston, which is the last time we had this much fun with one of her romances.
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